You won’t believe the reason why West isn’t allowed to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration concert.
Trump’s inauguration has been hit with many problems so far. A host of artists have either turned down invitations to perform or pulled out at the last minute.
However, Michael Flatley and his Lord of the Dance troupe have reportedly been booked for Donald Trump’s inauguration, while the President-elect has also reportedly managed to book a Grammy-winning singer (Chrisette Michele) for his Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration concert. The Roots’ Questlove has since taken to Twitter to say that he would pay her not to perform at the event.
I'd pay Chrisette to NOT perform ?
— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) January 18, 2017
Tom Barrack, the chair of Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee, has told CNN that Kanye West, who recently met with Donald Trump and admitted that he would have voted for him, was not asked to perform at the inauguration because his music isn’t “typically and traditionally American”.
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We haven’t asked him,” Barrack said. “He considers himself a friend of the President-elect, but it’s not the venue. The venue we have for entertainment is filled out, it’s perfect, it’s going to be typically and traditionally American, and Kanye is a great guy but we just haven’t asked him to perform. We move on with our agenda.”
West recently met with the President-elect at Trump Tower, with the rapper later taking to Twitter to reveal that the pair discussed “multicultural issues” which included “bullying, supporting teachers, modernising curriculums, and violence in Chicago”.
I feel it is important to have a direct line of communication with our future President if we truly want change.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) December 13, 2016
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