By Katherine Tinsley
10:08am PST, Jan 30, 2025
In 2017, Snoop was a vocal critic of
Kanye West after he endorsed Trump and sported a "Make America Great Again" hat. However, the youth football coach is seemingly singing a different tune.
"You need to talk to the 2017 version of you," Hughley said in a passionate Instagram rant. "You need to have a conversation with the man in the mirror.""I think most people are disappointed because they saw you a specific way," Hughley said while noting that the "Drop It Like Its Hot" singer had every "right" to attend the Crypto Ball.
Hughley alluded to Snoop's concert not aligning with African American voters, who seemed to support
Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
"No one's begrudging you that," the
Original Kings of Comedy alum stated. "But why the attack on the community because they disagree with something you did?"
"But it's us that have the problem," he continued. "It's us that are wrong. It is us that can't stick together."
Throughout his real estate and political careers, Trump has been accused of denying rental agreements to Black people and using dog whistles in his messaging.
"We stuck together. We decided that this was a man who was bad for our community," Hughley explained, as Trump has been criticized for using "racist" rhetoric.
"We didn't try to tear each other apart. We tried to protect each other," he continued. "And the very man who we knew would do the very things he's doing, you decided to entertain. It isn't anger or hate. It is honestly people being disappointed."
Hughley later encouraged the businessman to reflect on his choices instead of being upset with his fans' reactions.
"And if you're so angry about the backlash you're getting, you need to talk to the 2017 version of you," the ComicView host said, referring to Snoop's 2017 comments.
"So it isn't us that you have a problem with. It is you," he concluded. "The 2025 version of you is at odds with the 2017 version of you."
Snoop was previously candid about his disapproval of Black entertainers willing to associate themselves with the Republican administration.
"So ain't no one gonna perform for Donald Trump huh?" the rapper said in a 2017 Instagram post. "Which one of you j—boo a– n—– gone be the first one to do it?"
"I'm waiting," he continued. "I'm gonna roast the f— out of one of you uncle tom a– n—– for doing it."
"I tell them straight up, motherf—–, if you like that n—-, you motherf—— racist," he said eight years ago. "F— you, and f— him."
When Trump was first inaugurated, Snoop blasted his supporters, but at the Crypto Ball on Friday, January 17, he smiled in a picture with internet personality Bo Loudon.
On Sunday, January 19, Snoop responded to the criticism he received for aligning himself with Trump's "MAGA" agenda.
"For all the hate, I'm gonna answer it with love. Y'all can't hate enough on me," the Death Row Records owner said in an Instagram video. "I love too much."
"Get your life right," he continued. "Stop worrying about mine. I'm cool. I'm together. Still a Black man. Still 100 percent Black."
