Famed rapper Snoop Dogg misplaced greater than 500,000 followers on Instagram followers and practically 20,000 on X after his look on the Crypto Ball, a celebratory occasion tied to Donald Trump’s inauguration.
The “Gin and Juice” singer’s Instagram dropped by 571,800 and 17,177 on X as followers accused Snoop of hypocrisy resulting from his previous criticism of Trump.
Snoop Dogg, who boasted 88.1 million followers on Instagram as of Monday, isn’t the one A-list superstar to have followers abandon him in droves over perceived help for the Republican president.
Kim Kardashian, the truth tv star and entrepreneur, misplaced practically 150,000 social media followers after she posted a picture of First Woman Melania Trump carrying a trendy outfit on the inauguration.
Snoop Dogg’s efficiency on Jan. 17 elicited vital backlash from followers and commentators, in line with social media advertising and marketing agency Viralyftm which analyzed the decline.
Critics highlighted his earlier anti-Trump stance and speculated that monetary incentives may need motivated his participation.
“Shaking and crying as i unfollow snoop dogg on all platforms,” one alienated fan wrote on X, including “unhappy face” emojis.
“How might he activate us?” the fan wrote.
One other Snoop fan lamented: “Gotta unfollow anybody that carry out for Trump. Luv me some Snoop Dogg, however gotta go bro.”
“Rattling, I needed to unfollow Snoop Dogg as we speak smh he broke my coronary heart,” wrote one X consumer.
In response to the criticism, Snoop Dogg addressed the difficulty on Instagram Stay, stating, “Y’all can’t hate sufficient on me. I like an excessive amount of… Nonetheless a black man, nonetheless one hundred pc black.”
Notably, different artists like Nelly and Carrie Underwood additionally participated in inauguration-related occasions — a pattern that alerts a extra nuanced method by entertainers desirous to separate politics from skilled engagements.
Final yr, Snoop Dogg appeared to heat to Trump, telling the Sunday Instances: “Donald Trump? He ain’t completed nothing improper to me.”
“He has completed solely nice issues for me. He pardoned Michael Harris.”
Throughout Trump’s first time period, he granted clemency to Michael “Harry O” Harris, co-founder of Demise Row Data, who had been serving a 25-year-to-life sentence for drug trafficking and tried homicide.
Snoop Dogg and different lobbied for Harris’ clemency.
Kardashian, who counts Ivanka Trump as a buddy, efficiently lobbied the then-president in 2018 to commute the life sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, who was incarcerated for drug dealing.
The Submit has sought remark from Snoop Dogg.