Snopp Dogg said he blames President Ronald Reagan for the culture of gang violence that existed in parts of Los Angeles , California during the 1980s and beyond . Snoop , aka Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr , brought the issue up after he took the stage in Austin , Texas , on Friday as South by Southwest Music 's 2015 keynote speaker . The 43-year-old said Reaganomics prompted a shift away from football and fun to guns and drugs . Scroll down for video . Snopp Dogg said that he blames President Ronald Reagan for the culture of gang violence in Los Angeles . The 43-year-old said the era of Reaganomics prompted a shift away from football and fun to guns and drugs . Snoop posted a Yakit video that was created of himself speaking to Reagan about the allegation on Instagram . Snoop was talking about an HBO show he is developing that will be about life on the West Coast during the 1980s . The plot will center 'on a family whose seemingly idyllic life is turned upside down by the collision of their community and American politics ' , Deadline reported . The hip-hop legend said Reaganomics was 'designed ' to make things tough in the inner-city , the Daily Beast reported . Snoop said : 'When Reaganomics kicked in , certain things were taken away , after-school programs and things of that nature . 'Guns and drugs were shipped into the neighborhood . 'So it was a shift of having fun and playing football to selling drugs and shooting at each other . 'To me it was a system that was designed , because when the Reaganomics era began , that 's when this began . ' He began his remarks by speaking about what life was like before the Reaganomics era began . Snoop said : 'Early in the '70s and toward the latter part of the '70s everything was beautiful because we had ways to have fun and communicate , and those who were underprivileged , the low economic side of life , the government would provide for us , which helped us get by . 'It was a society and we all needed it and we all had it and we all helped each other . ' Later on Friday , Snoop posted a Yakit video that was created of himself speaking to Reagan about the allegation on Instagram .
Reaganomics , aka Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr , was speaking at SXSW in Austin . Rapper , 43 , said Reagan was at fault for gang violence in East LA in 1980s . Blamed former president for drugs and guns arriving in the neighborhood . 'When Reaganomics kicked in , certain things were taken away ' , Reaganomics said .