Editing Snoop Dogg (section)

===Political views and activism===
[[File:Snoop Dogg speaking at press conference.jpg|thumb|Snoop Dogg and Los Angeles Mayor [[Eric Garcetti]] speaking at a press conference following the [[2016 shooting of Dallas police officers]]]]
In 2005, Snoop Dogg spoke at a funeral for [[Stanley Tookie Williams]] after he was executed by the state of California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10542468|title=Gang members, celebrities mourn Williams|website=NBC News|date=December 20, 2005|access-date=October 22, 2024|archive-date=December 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216140115/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10542468|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, Snoop Dogg endorsed Congressman [[Ron Paul]] in the [[Republican Party Presidential primaries, 2012|Republican presidential primary]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-snoopdogg-ronpaul-idUSTRE80U04220120131|work=Reuters|title=Snoop Dogg endorses Ron Paul, for Shizzle?|date=January 31, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422014334/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-snoopdogg-ronpaul-idUSTRE80U04220120131|url-status=live}}</ref> but later said he would vote for [[Barack Obama]] in the [[2012 United States presidential election|general election]], and on [[Instagram]] gave 10 reasons to vote for Obama (including "He a black nigga", "He's BFFs with [[Jay-Z]]", and "[[Michelle Obama|Michelle]] got a fat ass"), and 10 reasons not to vote for [[Mitt Romney]] (including "He a white nigga", "That muthafucka's name is Mitt", and "He a ho").<ref>{{cite news|title=Snoop Dogg Promotes Ten Reasons to Not Vote for Mitt Romney|author=E. Parker|url=http://v103.cbslocal.com/2012/10/05/snoop-dogg-mitt-romney-is-a-morman-with-no-hoes-and-other-musings/|newspaper=WVEE|date=October 5, 2012|access-date=June 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705151809/http://v103.cbslocal.com/2012/10/05/snoop-dogg-mitt-romney-is-a-morman-with-no-hoes-and-other-musings/|archive-date=July 5, 2013}}<br/>{{cite news|title=Snoop Dogg On Obama & Romney: Rapper Explains His Vote In List Posted On Instagram|first=Kia|last=Makarechi|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/snoop-dogg-obama-romney-instagram_n_1942724.html|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=October 5, 2012|access-date=June 23, 2013|archive-date=September 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915070948/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/snoop-dogg-obama-romney-instagram_n_1942724.html|url-status=live}}<br/>{{cite news|title=Snoop Dogg Endorses 'Why I'm Not Voting for Romney' List|first=Erik|last=Hayden|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/snoop-dogg-mitt-romney-vote-list-376789|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=October 5, 2012|access-date=June 23, 2013|archive-date=March 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307225940/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/snoop-dogg-mitt-romney-vote-list-376789|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a 2013 interview with ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', Snoop Dogg advocated for [[same-sex marriage]], saying: "People can do what they want and as they please".<ref>{{cite web|first=Joseph|last=McCormick|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/04/01/snoop-lion-on-equal-marriage-people-can-do-as-they-please/|title=Snoop Lion on equal marriage: 'People can do as they please'|website=[[pink News]]|date=April 1, 2013|access-date=October 5, 2017|archive-date=June 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630105527/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/04/01/snoop-lion-on-equal-marriage-people-can-do-as-they-please/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In his keynote address at the 2015 [[South by Southwest]] music festival, he blamed Los Angeles's explosion of gang violence in the 1980s on the economic policies of [[Ronald Reagan]], and insinuated that his administration shipped guns and drugs into the area.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ryan |last=Bort |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/20/snoop-dogg-ronald-reagan-to-blame-for-l-a-gang-violence.html |title=Snoop Dogg: Ronald Reagan to Blame For L.A. Gang Violence |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=March 21, 2015 |publisher=Thedailybeast.com |access-date=May 16, 2015 |archive-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511051349/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/20/snoop-dogg-ronald-reagan-to-blame-for-l-a-gang-violence.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

He endorsed presidential candidate [[Hillary Clinton]] on [[Bravo (American TV channel)|Bravo]]'s ''[[Watch What Happens Live]]'' in May 2015, saying: "I would love to see a woman in office because I feel like we're at that stage in life to where we need a perspective other than the male's train of thought"<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/06/why-people-say-i-want-a-woman-president-more-than-they-said-i-want-a-black-president/ |title=Why people say 'I want a woman president' more than they said 'I want a black president' |first=Hunter |last=Schwarz |date=July 6, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |department=The Fix |access-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714130459/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/06/why-people-say-i-want-a-woman-president-more-than-they-said-i-want-a-black-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and "[…] just to have a woman speaking from a global perspective as far as representing America, I'd love to see that. So I'll be voting for Mrs. Clinton".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/snoop-dogg-to-headline-unity-concert-after-democratic-convention-224267/ |title=Snoop Dogg to Headline 'Unity' Concert After Democratic Convention |first=Jon |last=Blistein |date=July 6, 2016 |website=Rollingstone.com |access-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714130459/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/snoop-dogg-to-headline-unity-concert-after-democratic-convention-224267/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following [[2016 shooting of Dallas police officers|the deadly shooting of five police officers in Dallas on July 7, 2016]], Snoop Dogg and fellow rapper [[The Game (rapper)|the Game]] organized and led a peaceful march to the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters.<ref name="Shakib-ap">{{cite news | url=https://www.apnews.com/291a1416e41c443c8e52fa583475981c | title=Snoop Dogg, The Game lead march to LAPD headquarters | first=Delara | last=Shakib | date=July 8, 2016 | agency=Associated Press | website=Apnews.com | access-date=July 14, 2019 | archive-date=July 14, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714144013/https://www.apnews.com/291a1416e41c443c8e52fa583475981c | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Gomez-ap">{{cite news | url=https://www.apnews.com/94f3b157b46f44de9643a0ff1bf7651f | title=Snoop Dogg, The Game march to police HQ 'for dialogue' | first=Luis | last=Gomez | date=July 8, 2016 | agency=Associated Press | website=Apnews.com | access-date=July 14, 2019 | archive-date=July 14, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714144009/https://www.apnews.com/94f3b157b46f44de9643a0ff1bf7651f | url-status=live }}</ref> The subsequent private meeting with the mayor Eric Garcetti and police chief Charlie Beck, and news conference was, according to Snoop Dogg, "[…] to get some dialogue and the communication going […]".<ref name="abc-July-9-2016">{{Cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-09/dallas-shooting-snoop-dogg-the-game-lead-la-rally/7583518 | title=Dallas shooting: Snoop Dogg, The Game lead peaceful demonstration to LAPD HQ | date=July 9, 2016 | publisher=ABC | website=Abc.net.au | access-date=July 14, 2019 | archive-date=September 24, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924080906/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-09/dallas-shooting-snoop-dogg-the-game-lead-la-rally/7583518 | url-status=live }}</ref> The march and conference were part of an initiative called "Operation {{abbr|H.U.N.T.|for both "Hate Us Not Today" and "Hunt Us Not Today"}}", serving as a police brutality protest in response to the police shooting and killing of two black men, [[Philando Castile]] and [[Alton Sterling]],<ref name="Ginsberg-hl">{{Cite news | url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2016/07/08/snoop-dogg-lapd-unite-the-game-dallas-police-shooting-peaceful-protest/ | title=Snoop Dogg & The Game Team Up With The LAPD: We Need To Stop Killing Each Other | first=Gabriella | last=Ginsberg | date=July 8, 2016 | publisher=HollywoodLife | website=hollywoodlife.com | access-date=July 14, 2019 | archive-date=July 14, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714144010/https://hollywoodlife.com/2016/07/08/snoop-dogg-lapd-unite-the-game-dallas-police-shooting-peaceful-protest/ | url-status=live }}</ref> whose killing prompted nationwide protests including those that led to the Dallas killing of police officers. Snoop Dogg stated that "We are tired of what is going on and it's communication that is lacking".<ref name="abc-July-9-2016" /> Reports of attendance range between 50 and 100 people.<ref name="Shakib-ap" /><ref name="abc-July-9-2016" /><ref name="Gomez-ap" /><ref name="Poston-Rocha-Serna-Mather-latimes">{{Cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-game-snoop-dogg-protest-lapd-20160708-snap-htmlstory.html | title='Respect is key': The Game, Snoop Dogg lead march to LAPD headquarters, meet with Chief Charlie Beck | first1=Ben | last1=Poston | first2=Veronica | last2=Rocha | first3=Joseph | last3=Serna | first4=Kate | last4=Mather | date=July 8, 2016 | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | access-date=July 14, 2019 | archive-date=July 14, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714144013/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-game-snoop-dogg-protest-lapd-20160708-snap-htmlstory.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

Snoop Dogg advocates for the [[Defund the police|defunding of police departments]], saying: "We need to start taking that money out of their pocket and put it back into our communities where we can police ourselves".<ref>{{cite news |title=Snoop Dogg Talks With Lil Wayne About Defunding The Police & Racism |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/snoop-dogg-talks-with-lil-wayne-about-defunding-the-police-and-racism-news.111992.html |work=HotNewHipHop |date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2020 |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201190410/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/snoop-dogg-talks-with-lil-wayne-about-defunding-the-police-and-racism-news.111992.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Snoop Dogg has consistently expressed his support for tighter [[Gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting|gun control]]. In 2013, then known as Snoop Lion, he told [[HuffPost Live]]: "Politicians, you all got to pay attention, man. This world that we live in, it's so easy to get your hands on a gun. You've got to put some restrictions or ramifications on it. I can go outside right now and buy a gun. Easy. Just like that".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=spowell |last2=spowell |date=April 23, 2013 |title=Snoop Lion Speaks On Gun Control, Tells Congress To 'Get Off Your A**' |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/snoop-lion-speaks-gun-control-tells-congress-get-your-150771/ |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=VIBE.com |language=en-US |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902090255/https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/snoop-lion-speaks-gun-control-tells-congress-get-your-150771/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, he released a song called "[[No Guns Allowed]]" feat. [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and Cori B in 2013.<ref>{{Citation |title=Snoop Lion ft. Drake and Cori B. – "No Guns Allowed" (Official Video) |date=April 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqo9gPxT6A8 |language=en |access-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902090025/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqo9gPxT6A8 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, Snoop Dogg endorsed former Vice President [[Joe Biden]] for President of the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/snoop-dogg-vote-2020-election-trump-joe-biden-a9555736.html |title=Snoop Dogg Says He Will Vote for First Time in 2020: 'I Can't Stand to See This Punk in Office One More Year' |work=[[The Independent]] |last=Lord |first=Annie |date=June 9, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2020 |archive-date=July 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715051659/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/snoop-dogg-vote-2020-election-trump-joe-biden-a9555736.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In contrast, in 2024, he said that he had "nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=January 30, 2024 |title=Snoop Dogg: 'I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump' |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/article/snoop-dogg-i-have-nothing-but-love-and-respect-for-donald-trump-k60k99phr |access-date=January 30, 2024 |language=en |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=January 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129231850/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/snoop-dogg-i-have-nothing-but-love-and-respect-for-donald-trump-k60k99phr |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Snoop Dogg has 'nothing but love' for former President Donald Trump after previous feud |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/01/28/snoop-dogg-talks-donald-trump-feud/72389129007/ |access-date=January 30, 2024 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2024 |title=Snoop Dogg Has Stunning Change Of Opinion On Trump |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/snoop-dogg-donald-trump-love-and-respect_n_65b62718e4b077c17ab57ae8 |access-date=January 30, 2024 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=January 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130030224/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/snoop-dogg-donald-trump-love-and-respect_n_65b62718e4b077c17ab57ae8 |url-status=live }}</ref> Snoop Dogg had previously in 2017 released a video showing a mock execution of Trump in a clown costume.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-snoop-dogg-video-execution-236073 | title=Trump blasts 'failing' Snoop Dogg for video showing mock execution of clown president | website=[[Politico]] | date=March 15, 2017 | access-date=January 18, 2025 | archive-date=October 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024051937/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-snoop-dogg-video-execution-236073 | url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2025, he, alongside [[Soulja Boy]] and [[Rick Ross]], performed at a Trump-sponsored [[cryptocurrency]] event preceding Trump's [[second inauguration of Donald Trump|second inauguration]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jenn |first1=London |title=Fans Drag Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross Over "Crypto Ball" In Honor Of Donald Trump |url=https://allhiphop.com/news/snoop-dogg-rick-ross-backlash-crypto-ball-donald-trump/ |website=All HipHop |access-date=February 11, 2025 |date=January 18, 2025 |archive-date=January 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120015241/https://allhiphop.com/news/snoop-dogg-rick-ross-backlash-crypto-ball-donald-trump/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bennett |first1=Jessica |title=Snoop Dogg Loses Over 500K Followers After Performing At Trump's Crypto Ball |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/snoop-dogg-loses-500k-followers-trump-crypto-ball-performance-1234984258/ |website=Vibe |access-date=February 10, 2025 |date=January 28, 2025 |archive-date=February 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209154501/https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/snoop-dogg-loses-500k-followers-trump-crypto-ball-performance-1234984258/ |url-status=live }}</ref>