Snoop Dogg is rapidly losing social media followers after his appearance at President Donald Trump’s Crypto Ball.
As of Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, the “Gin and Juice” rapper — Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. — has 88.1 million Instagram followers, a drop of 571,800, and 20.7 million on X, down 17,177, according to the New York Post.
Snoop Dogg’s performance at the pre-inauguration bash on Jan. 17, 2025, drew significant backlash from people who pointed out his previous anti-Trump position and speculated that financial incentives may have motivated him to take part.
“For all the hate, I’m going to answer with love. I love too much,” Snoop Dogg said, addressing the criticism on Instagram Live. “Get your life right, stop worrying about mine. I’m cool. I’m together. Still a black man. Still 100% black. All out till you ball out or till you fall out.”
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Per another report by the Post, in September 2018, Snoop Dogg publicly criticized Kanye West and anyone who backed Trump during an interview on DJ Suss One’s SiriusXM show.
“I tell them straight up, motherf–ker, if you like that n—a, you motherf–king racist. F–k you, and f–k him,” Snoop Dogg said in response to the DJ mentioning that some of his fans might support Trump.
The rapper appeared to have a different opinion when, during his first term as president, Trump granted clemency to Michael “Harry O” Harris, the co-founder of Death Row Records.
Harris had been behind bars for 33 years, serving a sentence of 25 years to life for drug trafficking and attempted murder.
“Donald Trump? He ain’t done nothing wrong to me. He has done only great things for me. He pardoned Michael Harris,” Snoop Dogg told The Times in 2024. “So I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.”
Since his release, Harris has kept his attention on Black empowerment and social activism, founding a nonprofit organization called Community First. He also endorsed the Republican president ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024, election, sharing a screenshot of Trump’s Truth Social post that praised him, per The Hill.
“Michael Harris (Harry O), is working hard to support and build on what my administration did for Black Americans in the first term,” the post read. “Good luck to Michael and the Community First team. Working together, we will Make America Great Again for everyone!”
In addition to Snoop Dogg, Nelly, Rick Ross, and Soulja Boy also participated in inauguration-related events, the Post reported.
