Sexyy Red responds to backlash from Donald Trump after MAGA hat comparisons at Roots Picnic

nme.com:

Sexyy Red has responded to criticism of her recent live shows that saw her parody Donald Trump‘s infamous first presidential campaign.Last weekend, the St.

Louis rapper performed at The Roots Picnic in Philadelphia, curated by Questlove. During a set that included viral hits ‘Get It Sexyy, ‘Pound Town’, ‘SkeeYee’ and more, her stage production featured a huge “Make America Sexyy Again” hat on stage.

Red has used this stage design since performing at Rolling Loud California back in March.Her performance caused backlash as many thought the “Make America Sexyy Again” hat was her sympathising with Trump and endorsing his “Make America Great Again” campaign from 2016.One X/Twitter user said they “can no longer support” Red.

Another wrote: “Where was the tweet that said Sexyy Red would start rolling out that she’s a MAGA girl because you were spot on.”X/Twitter user deecdubz chimed in, saying: “[It’s] actually embarrassing [that] people [are] defending Sexyy Red doing that maga hat shit at a Black music festival because it said ‘sexy’ and not ‘great’.