Current:Home > InvestPredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center:Snoop Dogg has 'nothing but love' for former President Donald Trump after previous feud -ProfitPioneers Hub
PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center:Snoop Dogg has 'nothing but love' for former President Donald Trump after previous feud
Benjamin Ashford View
Date:2025-04-10 04:02:41
Following their highly publicized feud,PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center Snoop Dogg is extending an olive branch to former President Donald Trump.
The rapper, who had previously been vocal in his disapproval of Trump's presidency, appeared to change his tune in an interview with The Sunday Times published Sunday. "Donald Trump? He ain't done nothing wrong to me," Snoop Dogg told the British outlet. "He has done only great things for me. He pardoned Michael Harris."
Alongside Suge Knight and Dr. Dre, Harris co-founded the record label Death Row Records in the early '90s, which signed Snoop Dogg for the release of his debut album "Doggystyle" in 1993. Trump commuted Harris' prison sentence in 2021, along with 69 others, after he had served 30 years of a 25-year-to-life sentence for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
"I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump," Snoop Dogg said.
The "Gin and Juice" emcee's praise of Trump is a stark contrast to his previous criticisms of the former president.
In a 2017 music video for the song "Lavender (Nightfall Remix)," Snoop Dogg literally took aim at Trump, pointing a gun at a clown dressed like the then commander-in-chief. In an interview with Billboard at the time, the rapper listed his many issues with Trump, including the "ban that (he) tried to put up; him winning the presidency; police being able to kill ... and get away with it (and) people being in jail for weed for 20, 30 years."
Days after the music video dropped, Trump responded to Snoop Dogg's diss on social media. "Can you imagine what the outcry would be if (Snoop Dogg), failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!" he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Snoop Dogg slammed Trump again in June 2020 during an interview with Big Boy's Neighborhood on Real 92.3. While discussing his plan to vote for the first time in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the rapper said he didn't want Trump in office any longer.
"I ain't never voted a day in my life, but this year I think I'm going to get out and vote because I can't stand to see this punk in office one more year," Snoop Dogg said in response to Big Boi's question on what he thought about Trump and voting.
But while Trump is gunning for a face-off with President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election in November, Snoop Dogg remained coy when asked by The Sunday Times if he will declare support for a candidate.
"I may have to," Snoop Dogg said. "Because there are mixed views on that, so I want to see what the people say."
Snoop Dogg speaks out on family:Rapper says daughter Cori Broadus is 'doing a little better' following stroke
No, Snoop Dogg isn't quitting cannabis.Here's why he's 'giving up smoke'
Contributing: Kevin Johnson, David Jackson, Kevin Wagner, Rasha Ali, Jayme Deerwester and Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY
veryGood! (848)
Related
- Giants, Lions fined $200K for fights in training camp joint practices
- Mike Tyson is expected to honor late daughter during Jake Paul fight. Here's how.
- UFC 309: Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic fight card, odds, how to watch, date
- Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback
- Man can't find second winning lottery ticket, sues over $394 million jackpot, lawsuit says
- Golden Bachelorette: Joan Vassos Gets Engaged During Season Finale
- J.Crew Outlet Quietly Drops Their Black Friday Deals - Save Up to 70% off Everything, Styles Start at $12
- Eva Longoria Shares She and Her Family Have Moved Out of the United States
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- Burt Bacharach, composer of classic songs, will have papers donated to Library of Congress
Ranking
- Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie return for an 'Encore,' reminisce about 'The Simple Life'
- Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to kick off fundraising effort for Ohio women’s suffrage monument
- Mechanic dies after being 'trapped' under Amazon delivery van at Florida-based center
- Japan to resume V-22 flights after inquiry finds pilot error caused accident
- Taylor Swift Eras Archive site launches on singer's 35th birthday. What is it?
- Democrat Janelle Bynum flips Oregon’s 5th District, will be state’s first Black member of Congress
- Nelly will not face charges after St. Louis casino arrest for drug possession
- Hurricane-stricken Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 season at Yankees’ spring training field in Tampa
Recommendation
Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
US wholesale inflation picks up slightly in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
Demure? Brain rot? Oxford announces shortlist for 2024 Word of the Year: Cast your vote
4 arrested in California car insurance scam: 'Clearly a human in a bear suit'
Everything Simone Biles did at the Paris Olympics was amplified. She thrived in the spotlight
Craig Melvin replacing Hoda Kotb as 'Today' show co-anchor with Savannah Guthrie
South Carolina to take a break from executions for the holidays
Bankruptcy judge questioned Shilo Sanders' no-show at previous trial