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Stephen A. Smith is defending Snoop Dogg, Nelly, and other rappers who performed at Trump’s inauguration celebration. Earlier this week, Snoop Dogg caught some heat when he performed for Trump a few years after he called out people for aligning themselves with Trump.
Snoop Dogg performing at Trumps inaugural ball. 🤮 Dude never met a paycheck he didn’t take. pic.twitter.com/f4BQLGdNNG
— BUDDYHEAD (@BUDDYHEAD_) January 18, 2025
On his YouTube channel, Smith fired back at critics of Snoop Dogg for attending Trump’s inauguration celebration.
“This brother sending cats to college, he sending cats to the NFL, we just gon’ ignore that? Because he performed at the inauguration?”
Smith also defended other rappers who decided to perform at the event.
“Now that the brothers come along and make something of themselves, and they got opportunities that they’re willing to exploit, and they choose to be apolitical, you wanna get in their a–?”
Stephen A. Smith goes off on the people criticizing Snoop Dogg, Nelly, and Soulja Boy for performing at President Donald Trump’s inauguration celebration and calls out those in our community who turned against Ice Cube.
(🎥 Stephen A. Smith/YouTube) pic.twitter.com/AutqkxBTjq
— The Art Of Dialogue (@ArtOfDialogue_) January 21, 2025