The Crypto Ball took place on Friday (January 17) at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in the nation’s capitol. It was hosted by Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur David Sacks, who Trump appointed the “White House A.I. and Crypto Czar” last month.
You can see footage of Snoop, Ross, and Soulja Boy at the event below.
Snoop’s attendance at a pro-Trump event surprised some fans, as he had a very different opinion in the lead-up to the incoming president’s first inauguration.
Back in January 2017, Snoop heavily criticized Black artists who would perform for Trump, saying he would “roast the fuck out of” any who did it.
The rapper’s public stance on Trump appeared to change after then-president Trump commuted the prison sentence of Death Row Records founder Michael “Harry-O” Harris on the last day of his first term.
Harris learned he was granted clemency at Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution in California where he had been serving time for attempted murder and cocaine trafficking. Snoop producer Weldon Angelos, who received his own Trump pardon, revealed the news via Instagram.
Angelos said Harris sent him an email that read, “Thank God. God is great. It feels like the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders.”
Snoop, Ross, and Soulja Boy aren’t the only rappers who will be at Trump-themed events around the inauguration. Nelly is reportedly set to perform at the Inaugural Liberty Ball, one of three official inauguration parties.