During his final days as president, Donald Trump clashed with Snoop Dogg behind the scenes as the rapper sought clemency for his imprisoned friend, Death Row Records co-founder Michael “Harry-O” Harris, according to an exclusive report by Rolling Stone.
At the time of the feud, the 45th president was reportedly angry at Snoop because of the rapper’s past insults toward him, including in a 2018 interview in which Snoop called Trump and his supporters racist.
Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, also released a music video in 2017 where he aimed a toy gun at a clown resembling Trump, which reportedly infuriated the president and prompted a tirade on social media.
“Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!” Trump griped at the time on Twitter.
By the end of Trump’s term in early 2021, however, Snoop had softened his stance as he tried to arrange a pardon for Harris, who had been locked up for three decades at the Federal Correctional Institution in Lompoc, California.
But Trump rejected the notion after realizing Snoop was connected to the cause to free Harris.
The president was reportedly incensed about the issue as he prepared to deliver his national farewell address, less than two weeks after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and three days before Joe Biden’s inauguration.
“Well, f-ck him,” Trump seethed in the Oval Office on Jan. 18, indicating he was still angry about the rapper’s previous remarks, as Trump refused to entertain the pardon for Harris initially, Rolling Stone reported, citing former administration officials who were there at the time.
With the clock ticking down on Trump’s presidency, aides reportedly spent the final hours of Trump’s term scrambling to persuade him that Snoop Dogg had changed his tune, showing how much the topic dominated White House discussions in the days before the…
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