Nelly defends performing at Trump’s inauguration, says ‘it’s an honor’

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President-elect Trump’s inauguration.Rapper Nelly, who is set to perform on Monday at the Liberty Ball, defended his decision to join the festivities.“I’m not doing this for money.

I’m doing this ’cause it’s an honor. I respect the office,” the St. Louis native said in a live conversation with fellow rapper, Willie D.“It don’t matter who is in office.

The same way that our men and women, our brothers and sisters who protect this country, have to go to war and have to put their life on the line for whoever [is] in office,” the rapper, who was born on a military base, continued. “So, if they can put their life on the line for whoever [is] in office, I can damn sure perform for whoever [is] in office.”A source close to the artist told Fox News Digital that in addition to his father, Nelly’s aunts and uncles “all served in the military for our democracy and the right for us all to vote.

He has personally stayed away from politics and wouldn’t participate in campaigning for anyone, but this performance is for the highest office,” reaffirming that the 50-year-old considers the performance to be “an honor.”During the conversation with Willie D., the “Hot in Herre” singer also spoke directly to his critics, balking at the suggestion that Trump was a white supremacist. “I would ask them to show me where he’s a white supremacist,” Nelly retorted.“The politics, for me, is over.