Snoop Dogg faces increasing pressure in Australia after he asked him to stand out from the 2025 AFL Finals in his recent podcast reviews and past lyrics.
The West Coast rapper was called a “slander businessman” by Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson Young in a speech in Parliament, where she urged the Australian Football League to cancel its headlines at the Melbourne Cricket Stadium on Saturday (September 27).
She slammed the league’s decision to pay $2 million to hip-hop idols, believing that the money should support local musicians.
“AFL is a cultural institution, and such a cultural institution should support the rest of our cultural institutions – our artists, musicians and the music industry are right at home,” Hansen Young said.
She pointed to the league’s comparison with Adelaide Ravens player Izak Rankine, who was suspended for using homophobia and decided to book Snoop Dogg.
“Ironically, despite Izak Rankine being abandoned, Snoop Dogg played his misogynistic, gay music on our turf,” she said.
Hanson-Young called on the AFL to “get the guts to rethink this decision.” She added: “Drunk Snoop Dogg and put it on Aussie Artist.”
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Snoop dogg in LGBTQ+ content in movies “fear”
The rebound intensified after Snoop Dogg commented on a podcast about LGBTQ+ representatives in children’s movies.
He recalls taking his grandson to watch the 2022 animated film “Light Years”, in which a same-sex couple raises their children.
He said: “My grandson… in the middle of the movie, asked, ‘Dad Snoopy? How could she have a baby with a woman? She is a woman!”
Snoopy continued, “I’m not here for ###. I’m just here to watch the G #### movie.” He added, “I’m afraid to go to the movie right now. You guys all throw me in the middle of my s ### that doesn’t have an answer.”
f ### snoop pic.twitter.com/h9btqezr9c
– Nurse against Dick’s photo. 🪷🇺🇦 (@claudettegbss1) August 24, 2025
In response to criticism, AFL CEO Andrew Dillon defended the decision to book Snoop Dogg.
“Remember, we regard Snoop Dogg as the person we are today,” Dillon said. “He is open to his past, developed, and is now a grandfather and philanthropist who supports youth recovery.”
As of now, the AFL has not announced any changes to the Finals entertainment lineup.
