Snoop Dogg’s Daughter Cori Broadus Shuts Down Colorism Fueled Hate of Relationship

Following Cori’s IG Stories posts, Wayne posted another shot of him and Cori hugging to his own story in a seeming move of support, writing: “I love you.”

Though hateful comments like the ones Cori has endured may appear as a regular byproduct of fame, make no mistake — they’re not. It’s one ridiculous thing to suggest that someone is only worthy of love because of who their famous parent is, but trolls immediately attacking Cori’s appearance — who, for the record, is a beautiful dark-skinned, full-figured young woman — to “justify” their point is a vicious move rooted in colorism and racialized misogyny. Black women do not have to look a certain way or have prominent parentage to be desirable or to deserve companionship, love, and care. There does not need to be an ulterior motive for Black women to be loved out loud in the way that Wayne loves Cori — and to claim that one exists is a cruel act of misogynoir.

Attempting to tear down a young Black woman in this way also ignores and invalidates her humanity. Cori may be the daughter of one of the most famous rappers in the world, she may have over half a million followers on Instagram, but she is still a person, a human with her own struggles. 

In May 2021, Cori posted a thank you to Wayne for being of the people in her life to help her through a considerably rough patch with her mental health, sharing that she had attempted suicide. A few days later, Cori hosted a vulnerable Instagram Live session in which she opened up further about her experiences with mental health challenges and suicidal thoughts, noting that her early diagnosis of Lupus combined with colorism-fueled bullying have severely impacted her mental health and self-confidence since she was a child.

“It was just so many ‘why, why, whys.’ I hated everything about me. And to this day, there’s a couple things that I hate… so just because you have money, just because you’re able to do certain things that people can’t do it doesn’t mean you don’t have a heart, you don’t have a mind, you don’t have a soul,” said Cori in her IG Live. 

“I go through it just like everybody else,” she continued. “And I try to be as transparent and as open as possible because I know there’s people out there that go through stuff, maybe worse. But you can’t make me feel like how I feel is not important or it don’t matter because my dad is rich and because I have this and that… that sh*t don’t mean nothing to me.”

Following Cori’s IG Stories addressing the hate she’s received, social media users voiced messages of support.

“To know that she struggled with mental health is cruel to even make her a topic, and a negative on at that #keepshining,” wrote one Instagram user. “Snoop Dogg’s daughter is so strong and she shouldn’t even have to be, it least not in that regard. People just evil and lack substance,” tweeted another person.

Black women deserve love and protection with no caveats, no hidden agendas, and no judgment.

“I love you sooo much you are my world!!!! I don’t think y’all understand my love for this girl,” wrote Wayne in his celebratory post for Cori on June 22. “I love waking up to you everyday, and you being my best friend, you being my dog baby mama, my business partner, and my soul mate and I wouldn’t change nothing about it.”

Cori and all Black women deserve exactly that: love for simply being who we are, period.