F**k You Snoop!: 10 Reasons Why Snoop Dogg’s Performance for Trump’s Inauguration Was a Slap in the Face to People of Color
When hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg showed up to perform for one of Donald Trump’s inaugural events—yes, that Donald Trump—it wasn’t just disappointing. It was an act that echoed through the Black community and other marginalized groups like a betrayal wrapped in a blunt and dipped in denial.
Snoop has long been viewed as an icon of resistance, Black excellence, and West Coast swagger. But in a moment where solidarity was needed more than ever, he chose to entertain a man who spent years antagonizing communities of color, immigrants, Muslims, and anyone who wasn’t a rich white nationalist donor.
Here are 10 reasons why that decision wasn’t just tone-deaf—it was harmful.
1. 🇺🇸 It Legitimated a Presidency Built on Racism
Donald Trump launched his political career by promoting the racist “birther” conspiracy against Barack Obama—a lie rooted in the idea that a Black man couldn’t possibly be a legitimate American president.
By performing at Trump’s inaugural celebration, Snoop helped normalize and legitimize that same presidency. That’s not “just business.” That’s co-signing white supremacy in a tailored tux.
2. 🤡 It Made a Mockery of His Own Lyrics
This is the same Snoop Dogg who once released a video pretending to shoot a Trump clown character in protest. The same Snoop who called Trump a “f***ing weirdo” on social media.
Then, like it was all just performance art, he gets on stage for the man he once called an enemy.
You can’t call out fascism one day and do a live set for it the next.
3. 🧱 It Undermined Collective Resistance
After Trump’s election, countless artists of color—including major hip-hop stars like Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Common—refused to perform for his inauguration out of principle.
They understood that music is power, and standing on that stage was a political act.
Snoop's appearance undercut that solidarity, making resistance seem fractured and up for sale.
4. 💰 It Sent the Message That Money Matters More Than Morals
Snoop didn’t do it for the culture. He didn’t do it for peace.
He did it for the check.
And when a legendary Black entertainer chooses a payday over protest, it teaches younger artists that selling out is acceptable—even to a regime that’s targeting your own people.
5. 🩹 It Gave Cover to Trump’s Racist Policies
From calling Haiti and African nations “sh*thole countries,” to defending white supremacists in Charlottesville, to pushing the Muslim ban and caging migrant children, Trump’s record on race was crystal clear.
Snoop performing at his event gave Trump’s supporters something they crave: a Black face to wave around as proof he’s “not that bad.”
That’s not just harmful—it’s political cover for oppression.
6. 🎤 It Confused and Divided Fans
Snoop has millions of fans around the world, especially within the Black and Latinx communities. For many, his actions were confusing, alienating, and even heartbreaking.
What are we supposed to think when someone who built his brand off anti-establishment swagger suddenly hops on the payroll of a billionaire bigot?
7. 👊 It Weakened Hip-Hop’s Role as a Resistance Movement
Hip-hop didn’t come from Wall Street—it came from poverty, struggle, and resistance. It’s the voice of the streets, of protest, of people left behind.
By showing up for Trump, Snoop turned down the volume on that voice.
He made hip-hop look like just another tool for the powerful, instead of a weapon for the oppressed.
8. 🧠 It Reinforced Harmful Stereotypes
There’s a long-standing racist stereotype that Black entertainers will dance for whoever pays them—no matter the politics.
By performing for Trump, Snoop reinforced that damaging narrative. He played right into the idea that Black culture can be bought and co-opted—as long as the price is right.
9. 🔥 It Diminished the Pain of the Moment
Trump’s inauguration was not a “normal” political event. It came after a campaign of fear, division, and open bigotry.
People were terrified. Activists were organizing. Immigrants were hiding.
And there was Snoop, rapping like it was just another awards show—completely ignoring the fear and trauma being experienced by the very people who made him famous.
10. 🧠 It Betrayed the Power of Representation
Representation isn't just about being seen. It’s about being seen on the right side of history.
Black icons like Snoop carry enormous cultural weight. And when they appear alongside oppressors, they send a dangerous message:
“This is fine.”
It wasn’t fine. It isn’t fine. And no amount of weed or charisma makes it okay.
🎤 Final Thoughts: Performance Over Principle
We all make mistakes. We all chase bags. But some stages are too sacred to step on.
When you perform for power that openly seeks to crush your people, you’re not just performing—you’re participating.
Snoop Dogg should have known better.
He’s not just a rapper. He’s a symbol. And in that moment, he became the wrong kind of symbol—one that comforted the powerful and confused the oppressed.
📢 TL;DR:
Snoop’s Trump inauguration performance wasn’t just a bad look. It was a betrayal of the communities that made him, a gift to the man trying to break them, and a textbook example of how selling out can set us all back.
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