
*Stephen A. Smith expressed confusion over the criticism directed at rappers Snoop Dogg, Nelly, and Soulja Boy for performing at events tied to Donald Trump’s inauguration.
On a recent episode of The Stephen A. Smith Show on YouTube, he addressed the online backlash, stating, “What if this person voted for him because they’re broke and they think he can put some more money in their pocket?” he asked.
“What if this person voted for him because they’re in a crime-ridden neighborhood and they feel leftists aren’t having the streets patrolled well enough?” Smith continued, Billboard reports.
“What if they wanna call 911, but they live in an environment that people were supporting defunding the police? … What if the job market mattered to them?” he added.
“Soulja Boy ain’t got no right to make some money?” he asked. “Everybody’s quick to say, ‘If it was me, there’s a different way to make money.’ You sure about that? I saw Soulja Boy pull out some cash. I couldn’t count, but it looked like at least six figures. What it takes most people to make in a year, the brother made in one night.”
Stephen A. Smith goes off on the people criticizing Snoop Dogg, Nelly, and Soulja Boy for performing at President Donald Trump’s inauguration celebration and calls out those in our community who turned against Ice Cube.
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Smith added: “Snoop Dogg’s worth over $100 million. He’s got a youth football league — this brother’s sending cats to college, this brother’s sending cats to the NFL. We just gonna ignore that cause he performed at the inauguration?”
When it came to Nelly, Stephen said: “Nelly is not a political person, he doesn’t get involved in the campaigns. Nelly does perform for people who will pay the right fee and believes in respecting the office because of the power that comes with it. That’s his position. Like it or not, you gotta respect it.”
Nelly recently appeared on Willie D Live and said he didn’t agree to perform at Trump’s inauguration for money.
“I’m not doing this for money,” he shared. “I’m doing this ’cause it’s an honor. I respect the office. It don’t matter who’s in office. The same way that our men and women, our brother and sisters who protect this country have to go to war and have to put their life on the line for whoever in office. If they can put their life on the line for whoever’s in office, I can perform for whoever’s in office.”
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