Outspokenly liberal musician Janelle Monáe condemned rapper Nelly for performing at President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities last month, arguing he now looks like “a motherf—ing fool.”
On Sunday night, Monáe did a rendition of Nelly’s hit song “Hot in Herre” at a Grammys afterparty. She added her own spin, however, with an improvised, expletive-laced riff, shouting, “F— you, Nelly,” and accusing the original singer of having “sold out.”
“I used to like Nelly, but then he went to perform for Donald Trump,” she said, later declaring, “I care about women, I care about Hispanics…”
Monáe, a Grammy-nominated artist who got her big break with Diddy, later added, “Nelly, you sold out, I used to think you was cool, but now you look like a mother f—ing fool.”
“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,” he added.
Snoop Dogg also faced backlash for performing at the Crypto Ball at Trump’s inauguration, a remarkable change from his previous stance condemning artists who might perform for Trump in 2017.
The artist faced widespread backlash ranging from social media users to hosts of “The View,” but shrugged off the backlash.
“It’s Sunday, I got gospel in my heart,” he said in the video clip posted on Instagram. “For all the hate I’m going to answer with love, I love too much. Get your life right, stop worrying about mine. I’m cool. I’m together. Still a Black man. Still 100% Black. All out ’til you ball out or ’til you fall out.”
Monáe, who has also starred in films like Hidden Figures and Glass Onion, has shared incendiary rhetoric about those who associate with Trump before.
In 2020, she wrote in a screenshot obtained by Pop Crave, “F— Donald Tromp [sic] and every American citizen, celebrity, white woman, black man, ETC who supported him burnnnnnnnnnn.”
Fox News’ Julius Young and Caroline Thayer contributed to this report.
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