Controversy Erupts Over Snoop Dogg’s Deliberate Efficiency At Australia’s Greatest Sporting Occasion
Snoop Dogg’s AFL Grand Ultimate efficiency is drawing intense criticism after a participant’s suspension for homophobic feedback.
Snoop Dogg is ready to headline Australia’s largest sporting occasion subsequent yr, however his upcoming AFL Grand Ultimate efficiency has ignited controversy following Adelaide Crows participant Izak Rankine’s suspension for utilizing a homophobic slur.
The announcement of the Hip-Hop icon’s look on the 2025 AFL Grand Ultimate drew sharp criticism from LGBTQI+ advocates and a few within the public, who questioned the league’s resolution to characteristic an artist with a historical past of misogynistic lyrics and previous homophobic remarks.
The backlash intensified after Rankine was handed a four-game ban on Thursday for utilizing a slur throughout a match.
AFL CEO Andrew Dillon addressed the rising criticism, defending the league’s selection and promising the efficiency could be appropriate for all ages.
“We can’t vouch for each lyric in each track ever written or carried out by any artist who has appeared on our stage — Australian or worldwide,” Dillon stated.
“What I can say is that our pre-match leisure on AFL Grand Ultimate day will likely be family-friendly and per the viewers on the MCG and people watching the published.”
Dillon emphasised that the choice to e book Snoop Dogg was primarily based on who he’s now, not who he was.
“Additionally it is necessary to do not forget that we engaged Snoop Dogg in 2025 because the particular person he’s as we speak,” he stated. “He has spoken publicly about his previous, he has modified, and as we speak he’s a grandfather, philanthropist, he helps rehabilitate youth and is a worldwide entertainer who has carried out at each the Tremendous Bowl and the Olympic Closing Ceremony to audiences of greater than 100 million folks.”
Snoop Dogg will take the stage on the Melbourne Cricket Floor on September 27, 2025, because the headline act for the Telstra Pre-Sport Leisure.
It will likely be his first reside efficiency on the MCG and is predicted to attract a crowd of 100,000 attendees and tens of millions extra watching on tv.
Snoop Dogg was beforehand banned from getting into Australia in 2007 as a consequence of his legal file, however was later granted a visa and allowed to carry out after 2008.
