Nelly is doubling down on his decision to perform at Donald Trump‘s presidential inauguration.
via: AJC
Nelly addressed his upcoming performance during a YouTube Live conversation with the Geto Boys member Saturday night.
“I respect the office,” Nelly, a St. Louis native who resides in Atlanta, said Saturday. “This isn’t politics. The politics for me (are) over. He won. He’s the president, he’s the commander-in-chief of what I would like to say is the best country in the world.”
During the 50-minute chat, Nelly talked about being born on a military base in Austin, Texas, and how that family history makes him feel honored to perform on Inauguration Day.
He also said Monday’s events will mark the first time he’s been asked to perform for a president. However, he stressed he doesn’t want his decision to influence others, adding that “performing for somebody and voting for somebody are two different things.”
“That means if these people can give their lives for the office, (then) Nelly can perform,” the rapper said, when asked how his family’s miliary history was relevant to his inauguration performance.
Nelly didn’t go into specifics about what inspired him to participate in the inauguration or whether he was paid to perform. But he did note that he isn’t doing it for money.
Throughout the lengthy conversation, he repeatedly mentioned how he feels it is necessary for society to welcome differing opinions, but he didn’t provide much clarity on what his own are. Nelly’s team has not responded to requests for comment.
When asked whether he supports Trump, Nelly stated that he backs the office of president regardless of who’s elected.
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This is why less than smart celebrities like Nelly should be seen, and not heard. There are plenty of scenarios where Trump has been caught out here discriminating against black people and immigrants?
Has he forgotten about Trump taking out a full page newspaper ads against the “Central Park Five” rape case in the 1980s, where he wanted them put to death. Native American groups criticized him for making derogatory remarks about tribes seeking to build casinos in the 1990s. Trump also led the charge against the “birther” conspiracy where he claimed former President Barack Obama was from Africa and not an American citizen.
And let's not forget producers from his reality competition series The Apprentice, where they claimed he wanted to do a season where they would put black contestants against white contestants.
So if Nelly wants to stand ten toes down on why he supports Trump (where he had the nerve to compare it to performing for the troops - our very troops President Bone Suprs has talked shit about, BTW) by performing for him, then that's his prerogative.
However, we as a people have the right to no longer support the likes of Gen Xers such as Nelly, and we can not only start with his tired ass music, but also his upcoming reality series with his wife Ashanti.
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