Snoop Brought Narcotics, Violence and Gangs to Pop Culture, But Now He’s Offended by a Gay Kiss, Says TWO
Delray Beach, FL – Fresh off singing at Donald Trump’s MAGA inauguration, the gangster rapper Snoop Dogg is posing as an avatar of right wing “family values.” He criticized the Disney movie Lightyear (2022) because it featured a lesbian storyline that included a kiss. It seems the hip hop singer, who became rich piping lurid songs into our car radios and living rooms about narcotics, violence and gangs, is now apoplectic over the mere inclusion of gay couples, says TWO.
The entertainer took his grandchildren to see Lightyear, a Pixar Toy Story spinoff, which is about the origin story of the human Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear. On the It’s Giving Podcast he whined about a montage of two women sharing a kiss and raising a child together.
“It fucked me up,” Snoop said. “I’m like, scared to go to the movies now. Y’all throwing me in the middle of shit that I don’t have an answer for. It threw me for a loop. I’m like, ‘What part of the movie was this?’ These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They’re going to ask questions. I don’t have the answer.”
“Snoop Dogg is a hypocrite who has no business lecturing on ‘family values’”, said Truth Wins Out’s Executive Director Wayne Besen. “His provocative music introduced an entire generation of kids to narcotics, criminal gangs and wanton violence. Parents were afraid to turn on their TVs and radios thanks to his vivid depictions of gratuitous sex and violent criminal activity. Yet, Snoop is suddenly a Puritan who wants to make gay couples invisible because he’s uncomfortable and refuses to educate himself.”
Mr. Dogg also said the movie experience led to a whole bunch of questions from his grandchildren about same-sex couples that he said, “I don’t have an answer for.”
“They’re like, ‘She had a baby — with another woman,’” Snoop recalled on the podcast, which appears to have since deleted his comments on the matter from the YouTube episode. “Well, my grandson, in the middle of the movie is like, ‘Papa Snoop? How she have a baby with a woman? She’s a woman!’”
“Snoop could have taken the opportunity to educate his grandchildren by saying that LGBTQ people exist and are our friends, family, neighbors and co-workers, who deserve dignity, respect and equality under the law,” said TWO’s Besen. “Instead, he portrayed unremarkable, loving gay families as dirty adult content that should be hidden from public view. This was a missed opportunity for Snoop to teach his grandchildren about tolerance and respecting peoples’ differences.”
Snoop got his big break from the legendary hip hop producer Dr. Dre, who is known for his work with the controversial group N.W.A. The rap band produced gritty songs about the streets, such “Gangsta Gangsta”, “Arrested” and “Fuck the Police”.
In 1992, Dr. Dre featured Snoop on his debut solo single, “Deep Cover,” and later on Dr. Dre’s debut, The Chronic, an album with a title promoting potent strains of marijuana.
The newly minted conservative version of Snoop appears to have amnesia of how he became a star. His career includes explicit depictions of subject matter one could argue are not suitable for children. He publicly puffed on marijuana cigarettes in front of kids and legions of young people learned about taboos from his song and video catalogue. While Truth Wins Out is pro-marijuana legalization, millions of Americans don’t want their children exposed to drugs or Snoop’s party lifestyle.
Here is a brief snapshot of Mr. Dogg’s “wholesome” and “child friendly” body of work:
Drugs and Alcohol
- “Gin and Juice” (1994) — partying, alcohol, weed; Doggystyle.
- “Young, Wild & Free” (2011) w/ Wiz Khalifa & Bruno Mars — carefree weed use; Mac & Devin Go to High School.
Sex
- “Sensual Seduction (Sexual Eruption)” (2007) — explicit sexual themes; Ego Trippin’.
- “Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None)” (1993) — explicit, misogynistic sexual content; Doggystyle.
- “Wet” (2010) — sex/club record (famously tied to a royal-party request).
Gangs & violence
- “Deep Cover (187)” (1992) w/ Dr. Dre — murder/underworld narrative; Deep Cover OST.
- “Murder Was the Case” (1993/1994) — violent narrative with horrorcore elements; Doggystyle / OST remix.
- “Vato” (2006) — gang tensions & street conflict; Tha Blue Carpet Treatment.
Typical “family friendly” lyrics from the song “Sweat” on the 2011 album “Doggumentary”
Tell me baby are you wet
I’m gonna get you wet
Lick your feet and kiss your mouth
Swisha sweet, I got you out
There’s only one way we can stop the drought
Can you, can you get me up?
Like I’m late for the first class
So I can give it to you rough
Every night every day
Sippin’ on a different drink
Different chicks different days
I do it different ways
More “wholesome” Snoop Dogg lyrics from the 1993 song Murder Was the Case:
Hell yeah, that’s the nigga (the LB to the C, two times, don’t miss)
Nigga, roll up on the side of him, man (’cause if you do)
Roll your window down (you break you get broke)
Man, hand me my motherfucking Glock man, give me another clip (me and Mr. G and the Indo smoke)
‘Cause I’m finna smoke this fool
From the song, “Young, Wild & Free” (2011):
So what we get drunk
So what we smoke weed
We’re just having fun
We don’t care who sees
“Given the explicit content that defined his career, which also frequently found its way to children, I think Snoop has the capacity to explain that lesbian couples are part of our world and deserve respect,” said Besen. “Unfortunately, he has a disturbing history of troubling remarks about LGBTQ people.”
Mr. Dogg’s anti-LGBTQ history include:
- 2013 – “Gay rapper” commentary & Frank Ocean
In interviews around the time Frank Ocean came out, Snoop said being gay “isn’t acceptable” in rap and distinguished Ocean as “a singer,” remarks widely criticized as reinforcing homophobia in hip-hop.
- 2014 – Anti-gay slur on Instagram
He posted (and then deleted) a photo with a homophobic caption directed at a critic.
- 2015 – Caitlyn Jenner insult
He shared a meme calling Caitlyn Jenner a “science project.”
- 2017 – “Moment I Feared” video
A segment parodying a gender-nonconforming rapper
In fairness, Snoop did voice support for marriage equality in 2013, saying, “People can do what they want and as they please, I have no issues with nobody”. Truth Wins Out hopes Snoop can return to the more tolerant version of himself, so his fans can enjoy his hip hop hate free.
While Snoop is vexed on talking about a lesbian kiss, how does he plan to tell his grandchildren about his history with law enforcement?:
- 1993: Snoop Dogg was charged with first-degree murder in 1993. The charges were based on the fatal shooting of a rival gang member by his bodyguard, who was driving in Snoop’s vehicle. After a highly publicized trial, he was acquitted in 1996.
- 2006–2007: He was arrested several times for drug and weapon charges in California, including at airports. The arrests resulted in a no-contest plea to felony charges and five years of probation.
- 2012: He was arrested in January 2012 after a drug-sniffing dog on his tour bus found marijuana at a border patrol checkpoint in Texas.
- 2015: In July 2015, Snoop Dogg was arrested in Sweden for suspected illegal drug use. After being taken to a police station for a urine test, he was released without charges but vowed not to return to the country.
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