how he responded to the backlash over his performance at one of Donald Trump’s inauguration events.Hughley, 61, aired his views on Snoop during Monday’s episode of his podcast, “The D.L.
Hughley Show.”The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper, who had previously been one of Trump’s more fiery critics, shocked many of his fans when he performed at Trump’s Crypto Ball on Jan.
17, the Friday before the former “Apprentice” host’s second inauguration. Snoop addressed the distress on Sunday on Instagram Live, in which he criticized the Black community for “pulling each other down.”“That’s what we great at as Black people,” he said. “We great at tearing each other down.”In a clip from his podcast posted on Instagram, Hughley took umbrage at Snoop’s characterization, saying, “You need to talk to the 2017 version of you,” adding, “You need to have a conversation with the man in the mirror,” alluding to the “Gin & Juice” rapper’s past criticism of Trump.“I think most people are disappointed because they saw you as specific way,” Hughley said while acknowledging that Snoop has a “right” to perform at Trump’s event. “No one’s begrudging you that,” the King of Comedy conceded. “But why the attack on the community because they disagree with something you did?”“But it’s us that have the problem.
It’s us that are wrong. It is us that can’t stick together.”Citing the Black community’s overwhelming support for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, Hughley said, “We stuck together.
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