Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg has had a rocky relationship with incoming U.S. President Donald Trump.
From pretending to shoot a parody version of Trump with a gun in a music video to praising him for pardoning an incarcerated man, we take a look at whether Snoop Dogg is a Trump supporter.
Newsweek contacted Snoop Dogg's representatives by email on Monday morning for comment.
2011: Snoop Dogg Performs at Roast Of Donald Trump
Snoop Dogg proved he had comedy chops when he made jokes at expense of Trump during the The Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump.
The hip hop star poked fun at the then-rumors that Trump planned to run for president.
"Donald's saying he wants to run for president and move into the White House. Why not?" Snoop joked. "It wouldn't be the first time you've pushed a black family out of their home," referring to President Barack Obama.
He added: "I wish I had half your money but for that you need a 20-year-old's p**** and a divorce lawyer."
2018: Snoop Dogg says 'F*** Donald Trump'
Snoop Dogg had a strong message for the president and what he deemed to be his "racist" supporters during an interview with DJ Suss, who told the rapper a lot of his fans" get upset if the president is criticized on his show.
"Well, you need to know that a lot of your fans is racist. I don't give a f****, I tell them straight up. If you like that n*****, you motherf***** racist," he said.
Snoop Dogg accused Trump of drawing lines of division by "pointing motherf******* out and singling them out" during his time in the White House.
"Before him, there were no lines. Everybody was everybody, we respected everything. We didn't trip," the rapper said.
Snoop Dogg then took aim at fellow rapper Kanye West who has been a staunch Trump supporter.
"Kanye too. Don't forget about him too. F**** you, too," Snoop Dogg said.
2017: Snoop Dogg 'Shoots' Fake Donald Trump in Music Video
The rap legend made headlines for the music video to "Lavender," a track originally by Canadian group BadBadNotGood, where he uses a toy gun to shoot a fake Trump.
Set in an alternate reality, the video includes a clown Trump parody named, Ronald Klump, appearing on TV and announcing the deportation of all "doggs."
Later in the video, Snoop points a toy gun at Klump and fires; a "bang" sign unfurls from the barrel of the gun and Klump remains standing.
2017: Trump hits back at Snoop Dogg 'assassination' video
Trump reacted to Snoop Dogg's video in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!" Trump wrote at the time.
Trump's lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, also slammed the video calling it, "totally disgraceful."
"There is absolutely nothing funny about an assassination attempt on a president," Cohen told TMZ in 2017. "I certainly would not have accepted it if it was President (Barack) Obama. I certainly don't accept it as President Trump, and in all fairness, it's not funny, it's not artistic."
Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 20172024: Snoop Dogg has 'love' for Trump
The rapper had kind words for Trump after he commuted the death sentence and prison term of Death Row Records founder Michael "Harry-O" Harris on his last day in office in 2021. Snoop Dogg had worked with activist Alice Johnson and producer Weldon Angelos to advocate for Harris' release.
In a January 2024 interview with British newspaper The Sunday Times, Snoop said that Trump, "ain't done nothing wrong to me."
"He has done only great things for me. He pardoned Michael Harris. So, I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump," he told the paper.
2024: Who did Snoop Dogg vote for?
Even though in 2020, Snoop Dogg declared he would be voting for the first time to get Trump out of office, he faced criticism four years later for not endorsing a candidate ahead of the election, and addressed the issue in a viral post.
"I'm not looking for separation, I'm not looking for division — I'm looking for people to come together," Snoop said on social media after the election. "And I just want to say this: when all of the hoopla was going on with the voting, notice how I was nowhere to be seen?"
"I wanted it to be like that, because I don't believe in separating people. I believe in bringing us together... If you're picking and choosing, now I gotta make people mad at me, because I chose this or chose that. I don't choose neither one," he added.
Snoop said he didn't "represent the Republican Party or the Democratic Party."
2025: Snoop Dogg performs at Inauguration Crypto Ball
Snoop faced criticism again for his choice to perform at the Inauguration Crypto Ball over the weekend.
Hosted by hosted by incoming White House AI and "Crypto Czar" David Sacks, the rapper performed some of his hit songs including, "Drop It Like It's Hot" and also did a DJ set.
The event drew other notable guests including fellow rapper Rick Ross and UFC star Colby Covington.
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