June 30, 2025
Nelly threw main shade at Kamala Harris whereas defending his Trump inauguration efficiency.
Nelly issued a prolonged clapback in opposition to these who’re nonetheless criticizing his efficiency at Donald Trump’s inauguration occasion.
Amid the premiere of Nelly and Ashanti’s new actuality present, We Belong Collectively, the St. Louis rapper is going through renewed backlash over his efficiency at Donald Trump’s Liberty Ball earlier this 12 months. Many critics, who noticed the looks as assist for Trump’s re-election, have been slamming the rapper with a wave of damaging feedback on-line. Because of this, Nelly addressed the controversy instantly in The Shade Room’s remark part and in addition defended fellow rapper Snoop Dogg, who has additionally been underneath hearth for performing in the course of the weekend of inauguration occasions.
“I’ll put no matter up me and Snoop do extra in the neighborhood and have been doing for over 20+ years in opposition to any of you which are simply on right here speaking trash,” Nelly quipped.
Citing the Black households the 2 rappers make use of and the Black kids they assist via their nonprofits and neighborhood efforts, together with scholarships that ship college students to HBCUs or Snoop’s native soccer program in Los Angeles that has birthed future NFL gamers. Nelly additionally made certain to emphasise that he and Snoop are each “Black males” who’re “married to lovely Black girls with Black kids.”
The “Journey With Me” rapper selected to focus on that time to the critics who he believes are Kamala Harris supporters and mad that the “prosecutor who has in all probability locked up extra Black males than we’ve helped,” and who’s a “girl of colour with the white husband and white children” that “didn’t win the election.”
Nelly clarified that his look wasn’t about supporting any political occasion, however moderately honoring his nation. He emphasised that he by no means campaigned for any candidate and was merely acting at an occasion that paid tribute to his late uncle, a proud Tuskegee Airman and Crimson Tail pilot. He additionally burdened that his message wasn’t supposed to focus on race however to mirror his private values and household pleasure.
“However if you wish to make it about race, then let’s goooooooooooooo,” Nelly wrote. “I discover it very fascinating. That so lots of you’ll dump on the 2 Black males that’s married to Black girls that has Black kids as a result of “the girl of colour with the white husband and white children didn’t win!”
After The Shade Room highlighted Nelly’s prolonged clapback, he confronted extra warmth from critics who took his remark as delicate assist for Trump.
“Once more I reiterate, I didn’t marketing campaign for anybody.” proceeds to throw shade at Kamala, says nothing unhealthy about Trump…..actions communicate louder than phrases,” one particular person wrote.
“Citing Kamala the way in which you probably did tells us who you voted for smh,” added another person.
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