Chrisette Michele Pens Crappy Letter to Justify Inauguration Performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flK2tqusitk It would be much easier if people would just admit they need the extra money when it comes to performing at this weekโ€™s โ€œalt-rightโ€ rally ... I mean inauguration. Suggested Reading Why Are There Still Black People Listening To R. Kelly At The Summer Cookouts — And What Does That Say About Us? How…

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It would be much easier if people would just admit they need the extra money when it comes to performing at this weekโ€™s โ€œalt-rightโ€ rally ... I mean inauguration.

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Chrisette Michele was pretty much silent Wednesday after it was revealed that sheโ€™s slated to perform for the urinal-elect and his crowd of Ku Klux Klan members. The backlash was brutal. People stated that they would be removing her music from their iPhones and other music devicesโ€”until they realized that they never had any of it to begin with. I guess thatโ€™s what happens when you go from being a Motown singer to doing chitlin circuit plays.

On Thursday morning, the singer tweeted a horribly written response to address the backlash sheโ€™s received for her upcoming performance:

https://twitter.com/ChrisetteM/status/822036942669905920

A bridge for what, exactly?

While youโ€™re shucking and jiving on that stage in front of people who probably hate you because of the color of your skin and kinky hair, and whoโ€™d probably like to throw stones at you, youโ€™re not accomplishing anything. So save the failed pseudo-intellectual pondering for the moment you cash that paycheck.

And, also, fuck that ugly-ass font and color.

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