Nelly defends performing at Donald Trump's inauguration in defiant statement

Rapper Nelly has deed backmost astatine disapproval up of his show astatine Donald Trump's inauguration enactment arsenic helium insisted helium 'isn't doing it for the money' and called it an 'honour'

Nelly has branded performing at Donald Trump's inauguration enactment an "honour" arsenic helium defends his determination to instrumentality part.

The rapper is acceptable to be portion of Trump's 2nd inauguration astatine the US Capitol today alongside Carrie Underwood, Kid Rock, Billy Ray Cyrus, Village People and Jason Aldean. It has since been moved indoors owed to acold weather. Just earlier the event, Nelly has decided to deed backmost astatine the disapproval helium has faced with performing astatine the event.

He said helium didn't expect radical to question his enactment and dedication towards his community. Speaking to Geto Boys’ Willie D, Nelly argued that "the things you do" are much important than "the things you accidental should beryllium done". He said: "I didn’t cognize that I had to hold with your governmental choices.

"If you travel what I do, this shouldn’t adjacent beryllium an argument. He is the president. He won. I’m not doing this for money. I’m doing this due to the fact that it’s an honor. I respect the office. It don’t substance who is successful office. The aforesaid mode our brothers and sisters spell to warfare to enactment their beingness connected the enactment for whoever is successful office. So, if they tin enactment their beingness connected the enactment for whoever is successful office, I tin damn definite execute for whoever is successful office."

Nelly responded to the disapproval of perchance endorsing a "white supremacist" with his show arsenic helium demanded grounds for specified claims. He added: "I'm not saying that helium ain't got immoderate f---ed up ways, that's wherefore I'm not telling you who to ballot for. What I'm saying is that he's the president of the United States. He's not the campaigner for the United States-he's the president. He won."

Last year, 50 Cent revealed helium was offered $3million to perform astatine Trump's arguable rally astatine New York's Madison Square Garden. The rapper and actor, existent sanction Curtis James Jackson III, was asked if the rumours surrounding Trump were existent portion connected The Breakfast Club.

50 Cent replied yes and added: "I got a a call, but they wanted maine [for] Sunday. They offered $3 million." It is understood helium was referring to Sunday's rally, but confirmed helium was asked to execute astatine the Republican National Convention implicit the summertime arsenic well. “I didn’t adjacent spell far… I didn’t speech to them astir that kinda stuff. I’m acrophobic astir politics,” 50 Cent said. “You understand? I bash not similar nary portion astir them.”

Trump's 2017 inauguration had performances from Rockettes, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and America’s Got Talent vocalist Jackie Evancho. Village People person besides addressed their inclusion successful today's lawsuit arsenic they said they agreed to play arsenic they deliberation "music is to beryllium performed without respect to politics".

Trump volition beryllium sworn successful arsenic the 47th president astatine 5pm UK clip successful a hurriedly arranged indoor ceremonial aft freezing temperatures cancelled the planned lawsuit connected the Capitol lawn. The alteration has near hundreds of thousands of summons holders incapable to ticker the historical event, sparking an exodus from Washington up of the swearing-in.

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