Big Snoop Striking Out!

It's getting old.

Do you know who is paying your checks?

Snoop Dogg, the CEO of Doggystyle Records and Death Row Records don't know who signs his checks. It could be a gay business executive and his family.

Ever since he performed at one of President Donald J. Trump’s inaugural balls, the legendary rapper is being blacklisted by the left and longtime hip-hop fans.

Calvin Broadus is getting old. He is 54 years old. He is supposed to be a role model to the next generation of inspiring rappers.

The antics of his past are no longer relevant in a society more willing to support kindness, Palestinians, an end to inequality, an end to the status quo, an end to capitalism, an end to career politicians, an end to hate, an end to wars and agitating conflicts.

Snoop Dogg appeared on the It's Giving podcast and he gave his take on LGBTQ representation in films. He claimed he took his grandson to a screening of Disney/Pixar's Lightyear. In the animated action film, there is a character who is in a same sex relationship with a child. Big Snoop complained about it.

"What you see is what you see, and they're putting it everywhere," he said on a recent episode of the It's Giving podcast. The rapper and pop culture personality described taking his grandson to see 2022's Lightyear, and being shocked to discover that one of the animated film's protagonists has two mothers. "They're like, 'She had a baby — with another woman.' 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 recalled thinking, "'Oh sh--, I didn't come in for this sh--. I just came to watch the goddamn movie.'" But his grandson pressed on, asking, "'They just said, she and she had a baby — they're both women. How does she have a baby?'" The rapper reflected that the experience "f----- me up. I'm like, scared to go to the movies. Y'all throwing me in the middle of sh-- that I don't have an answer for."

America doesn't have to be perfect. 

"It threw me for a loop. I'm like, 'What part of the movie was this?" Snoop continued.

The "Gin and Juice" rapper and The Voice coach elaborated on his reluctance toward LGBTQ+ representation in films like Lightyear, saying, "These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They're going to ask questions. I don't have the answer."

Entertainment Weekly has reached out to a representative for Snoop for comment.

Lightyear tells the origin story of the famed spaceman figurine from the Toy Story franchise, voiced by Chris Evans. Buzz Lightyear's best friend and co-officer in the film, Alisha Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba), becomes stranded on an alien planet with several other members of their crew, where she's seen in one montage marrying and raising a child with her partner Kiko.

The montage drew controversy before the film was even released for marking not just Disney's first prominent LGBTQ+ character, but depicting its first same-sex kiss. The kiss was almost axed from the film's theatrical cut, but a mass uprising of employees at the House of Mouse's animation subsidiary, Pixar, worked to reinstate the shot.

Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Boosie BadAzz, Pastor Troy, Busta Rhymes and DaBaby don't realize the LGBTQ community is paying their bills.

Understand this.

Hip-hop and homophobia are complex. In the earlier days, homophobia was part of the status quo in music. Rappers were allowed to say the f word and disparage transgender Americans.

Times have changed. This time you may face boycotts or firing from shows.

Snoop's return to The Voice will be marred with controversy. Pressure will start to mount for his removal. Trust me, it is coming.

By the 2000s and 2010s, artists like Kanye West and Jay-Z began publicly supporting gay rights, with West notably calling out homophobia in hip-hop during a 2005 interview. Frank Ocean’s 2012 coming out as bisexual was a pivotal moment, showing vulnerability and openness in a genre once hostile to such expressions. Younger artists like Lil Nas X, who came out as gay in 2019, have further challenged norms, using their platforms to embrace queer identity openly.

Still, homophobia persists in pockets of hip-hop culture. Some artists and fans cling to traditional notions of masculinity, and lyrics occasionally reflect this. Social media posts on X highlight ongoing tensions—some users celebrate artists like Lil Nas X for breaking barriers, while others express discomfort or outright hostility toward queer representation in hip-hop.The genre’s trajectory shows progress but not uniformity. Hip-hop reflects society’s broader struggles with acceptance, amplified by its raw, expressive nature. Data’s sparse, but a 2019 study from the Williams Institute noted 59% of Black Americans (a key hip-hop demographic) supported gay rights, compared to 65% of the general U.S. population, suggesting a gap that’s narrowing but still exists.