Nelly has called out supporters of Kamala Harris as he continues to face backlash for supporting at an event for Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Writing on Instagram, Nelly said: “Some of y’all have a problem with [us] because the prosecutor who has probably locked up more Black men that we’ve helped woman of color with the white husband and white kids did not win the election.”
He added: “I did not campaign for anyone. I do not tell people who to vote for. I respect and love our country from top to bottom good and bad… and I’m very aware that it’s a lot of things we need to work on the right is too far right and the left is too far left…
“I’m a military baby with a grand uncle who is a Tuskegee airman and red tail that was very prideful in his country I told you it’s my respect for the office meaning any president that calls on Nelly it would be an honor… nothing to do with money. Nothing to do with race but if you wanna make it about race then let’s goooooooo I find it very interesting. That’s so many of you would dump on two Black men that’s married to Black women that has Black children because the woman of color with the white husband and white kids didn’t win.”
Nelly’s decision to perform for Trump also led to some issues at home.
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Ashanti‘s mom, Tina, made it clear that she was not happy Nelly decided to perform at the second inauguration of Donald Trump.
In a clip from their new reality show Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together, Ashanti and her mother are discussing that an offer was made to Nelly for the event.
Ashanti attempts to defend Nelly’s reasoning for appearing at the inauguration, saying: “This is more about the opportunity of performing at the White House as opposed to performing for a particular candidate.”
Tina then says that “This is very emotional for me,” as she reflected on the civil rights struggle and her own father’s role in 1960s activism.
