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Snoop Dogg’s Instagram followers plummet after Trump crypto ball performance

Rapper, who previously criticized Trump, has faced intense backlash over his apparent support of the President at his recent inauguration ball

Inga Parkel
in New York
Tuesday 28 January 2025 14:29 EST
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Snoop Dogg 'responds' to backlash over Trump support

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Snoop Dogg has lost more than half a million followers on social media in the wake of his recent performance at the Crypto Ball, which celebrated the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Ahead of Trump’s January 20 swearing-in ceremony, former PayPal COO and newly appointed White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks hosted a party in honor of the Republican’s second-term election. Trump was not in attendance, though Snoop, fellow rappers Soulja Boy and Rick Ross, and several crypto company executives were.

The 53-year-old “Drop It Like It’s Hot” artist’s appearance, however, was most glaring, with fans accusing him of being a sell-out as he had previously been a vocal critic of Trump.

As of Monday (January 27), Snoop had lost 571,800 Instagram followers, according to social media analytics firm Viralyft. Meanwhile, his X/Twitter follower count dropped by 17,177. Nevertheless, his follower count remains strong with 88.1 million on Instagram and 20.7 million on X/Twitter at the time of writing.

Snoop had previously stoked controversy with his stance against Trump in 2017 when he pretended to shoot a clown resembling the president in his remix of the BadBadNotGood song “Lavender.”

The “Gin and Juice” rapper referenced him again in his track “MACA (Make America Crip Again)” that same year, rapping: “The president say he want to Make America Great Again, f*** that s***.”

Snoop Dogg lost half a million social media followers after showing his support for Trump at the Crypto Ball
Snoop Dogg lost half a million social media followers after showing his support for Trump at the Crypto Ball (Getty Images)

In another video, posted in 2018, he said “f*** the president” while smoking a blunt outside the White House.

However, in a January 2024 interview, he stated that he had “nothing but love and respect” for Trump after his pardoning of Michael Harris, the founder of Snoop’s first label, Death Row Records, who was in prison for drug offenses.

Snoop has since addressed the recent uproar in a new Instagram video, telling fans: “Y’all can’t hate enough, I love too much. Get your life right, stop worrying about mine. I’m cool, I’m together. Still a Black man. Still 100 percent Black. All out, ‘til you ball out, or ‘til you fall out.”

He added: “I ain’t going nowhere, I’m right here,” before telling his followers to “get the crypto.”

Carrie Underwood, who sang “America the Beautiful” during the actual inauguration ceremony, also saw a significant drop in supporters.

According to entertainment data analysts Luminate, the American Idol winner’s listenership had fallen six percent after her a capella rendition of the patriotic song.

Rapper Nelly, who performed at Trump’s inaugural Liberty Ball, too, saw a decline in music streams. His songs were streamed 1.54 million times on inauguration day, down from 1.63 million a week earlier.

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