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In a surprising about-face, Snoop Dogg has explained why he has “nothing but love and respect” for Donald Trump.
The rapper made the comments in a new interview, years after he was embroiled in something of a feud with the former president, who is running for office again in the 2024 US elections.
Snoop appeared to be putting his days of trolling Trump behind him, telling The Times on Sunday (January 28): “Donald Trump? He didn't do anything to me. He’s done nothing but great things for me.”
The rapper then specifically referenced the time Trump pardoned “Michael Harris,” the co-founder of Snoop's first label, Death Row, who was in prison on drug charges.
He added: “So I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.”
Prior to this admission, Snoop Dogg has repeatedly targeted Trump's controversial views, drawing a backlash from the former president in 2017 after he released a music video for “Lavender” featuring BADBADNOTGOOD.
The video showed him pointing a gun at a clown dressed like Trump, which he pulled to reveal a red flag that read “BANG.” At the time, Trump's lawyer said he was “shocked” by the video and demanded an apology, while Trump even suggested Snoop be arrested.
Later that year, he released a song called “Make America Crip Again” – a reference to Trump's signature campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”
In the opening line of the song he said, “The president said he wanted to make America great again. Shit, we’re ruining America again.”
The Crips, also known by their nickname Original Crip Homies, are a predominantly African-American gang that was founded in Los Angeles in 1969.
Snoop Dogg and Donald Trump in 2011
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In a statement, he said: “Some people think we should make America 'great again,' but the era they are referring to always takes me back to segregation and segregation, so I would rather say 'Make America Crip Again.' .”
“What I mean by that is that in my lifetime, young black men in impoverished areas were organizing to help their communities and take care of their own because society had essentially thought they were dead.”
Elsewhere, in 2018, Snoop shared a video of himself smoking a blunt outside the White House and exclaiming, “F*** the President.”