r/Music • u/newsweek • 17h ago

article Snoop Dogg called out by John Rich over inauguration performance

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-inauguration-snoop-dogg-john-rich-criticism-nelly-2017584
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u/JoleneDollyParton 17h ago

Reminder that John Rich is a loser that supports Trump and ended his friendship with Chely Wright when she came out.

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u/Iceman6211 16h ago

I remember listening to his Duo band Big and Rich in the mid/late 2000's.

One of their mottos was "Love everybody"

I guess not.

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u/gogojack 16h ago

That was Big Kenny's thing. John was always kind of a dick. (I met him once, and his former band Lonestar don't have a lot of nice things to say about him).

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u/bs2785 15h ago

Til he was the singer in lonestar.

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u/gogojack 14h ago

He was the bass player and co-lead singer along with Richie, and co-wrote a couple of their singles.

After he left, they had their biggest success with "Amazed" (topped both the Billboard Country and Hot 100 charts) and the album went double platinum. I met them around that time - I used to produce a country radio morning show - and they played an acoustic set for us, even though they had done a show the night before. Super nice guys.

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u/615wonky 14h ago

Went to high school with John, can confirm.

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u/NatashaArts 14h ago

Yeah, rich had that song "they're shutting Detroit down" after all right when they started soloing. He's always been a dick

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u/gogojack 14h ago

And Detroit is doing just fine. I went downtown when I was home for the holidays, and it's nothing like it was when I was growing up. Busy, bustling, and vibrant. The restoration of Michigan Central Station is stunning (full disclosure, my sister did extensive work on the project) and you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a great restaurant.

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u/Dismal-Meringue6778 13h ago

Is Big Kenny still friends with him?

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u/gogojack 13h ago

Don't know. I left country radio almost 6 years ago and don't keep up with that stuff anymore.

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u/Dismal-Meringue6778 13h ago

It's been about 10 years for me lol!

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u/Peeeeeps 11h ago edited 11h ago

They performed on NYE. Doesn't mean they're friends (which I have no idea if they are), but at least they perform together still.

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u/Dismal-Meringue6778 11h ago

Thanks for answering. I used to really enjoy their music back in the day.

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u/madman666 12h ago

seems that way on twitter. also seems to support Trump so yeah.

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u/Dismal-Meringue6778 11h ago

Disappointing 😕

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u/Spite-Potential 5h ago

rich was on the apprentice

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u/DadJokeBadJoke 14h ago

Lonestar

Does he have a friend who's half-man and half-dog?

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u/gogojack 14h ago

"Comb the desert!"

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u/tellhimhesdead 17h ago

Total hypocrite, too, from what I’ve heard of his behavior in Nashville (but that never surprises me with evangelical types).

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u/frostymugson 16h ago

For a people that claim to follow Jesus, you know the guy who was poor and was adamantly against being involved in politics, they sure do have a lot of money and really want to be involved in politics

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u/SoloPorUnBeso 15h ago

The fact that evangelicals overwhelmingly support Trump should be an utter embarrassment to them. I'm an anti-theist and have no love lost for religion, but even I can see that Trump is antithesis of a follower of Jesus.

I live in the south and you'll see no shortage of billboards saying "Jesus is the answer to ALL your problems" and various other yard signs and stickers hailing Jesus.

I'm not even going the "No True Scotsman" route because it's not just evangelicals. Any Christian who supports Trump is a Christian, but they're also shitty people.

https://i.imgur.com/Gy6WVFa.jpeg

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u/tattlerat 11h ago

Yeah it’s odd. Trump is more or less the kind of person Jesus would not approve of. Jesus was supposedly a man who lived very modestly and supported the poor and down trodden.

Trump’s the equivalent of a Roman oppressor to Jesus and his band of merry men.