*Snoop Dogg surprised fans on May 13 with the announcement of his 21st studio album and an accompanying film, both titled “Iz It a Crime?“. The project was revealed during his recent appearance on Access Daily with Mario Lopez and Kit Hoover in New York City.
We reported earlier that the new album, arriving under his revived Death Row Records imprint, features collaborations with artists like Sexyy Red, Wiz Khalifa, and legendary producers Battlecat, Rick Rock, and Pharrell Williams. Snoop said the title was inspired by people questioning some of his past controversies, like his performance at Donald Trump’s inauguration.
During the May 15 episode of Watch What Happens Live, the hip‑hop icon revealed that the blowback he faced for performing at a Trump inauguration event earlier this year became the spark for the new project.
“‘Iz It a Crime?’ is a record that I did based off a lot of different scenarios that I hadn’t addressed,” he told host Andy Cohen. “When I did a certain little situation, a lot of people tried to blackball me, say I was a sellout, and put me in different categories and whatnot.”
Rather than wage a war on social media, Snoop decided to channel the noise into his studio sessions.
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“So instead of me answering, I went back to my craft which is making music and speaking from my heart and using my therapy as music to get my message across,” he said, adding that his goal is simple: “I make people have a good time when they hear my voice over music.”
The controversy stems from a January gathering linked to Trump’s second inauguration festivities. Although the president did not attend, the evening was emceed by his “crypto czar,” venture capitalist David Sacks, one of Snoop’s longtime friends. The appearance stunned fans who recalled that, eight years earlier, the West Coast legend vowed to “roast” any rapper willing to perform for Trump.
Speaking on The Breakfast Club, Snoop framed the gig as a favor for Sacks and brushed off partisan labels:
“I’m not a politician. I don’t represent the Republican Party. I don’t represent the Democratic Party. I represent the [expletive] Gangster Party—point‑blank, period,” he said. “We don’t explain [expletive] … that’s why I didn’t go into detail when [people] were trying to cancel me and say ‘he’s a sellout.’”
“Iz It a Crime?” marks Snoop’s first solo release since last year’s collaborative effort with Dr. Dre, “Missionary.”
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