Despite Kanye West and Donald Trump’s “famous” friendship, the president-elect’s inaugural team has not asked the rapper to perform at the inauguration. Speaking to CNN, Tom Barrack, Trump’s longtime friend and the chair of his Presidential Inaugural Committee, said that ‘Ye’s music wasn’t right for “typically and traditionally American event.” Barrack told CNN’s Erin Burnett … Read more
Less than 24 hours after being named, with fanfare, as one of President-elect Donald Trump’s headliners for his inauguration concert, Jennifer Holliday canceled her appearance. The singer, along with country artists like Lee Greenwood and Toby Keith and rock band 3 Doors Down, was set to perform at the Lincoln Memorial on January 19 for … Read more
Broadway star Jennifer Holliday has backed out as a performer at next week’s presidential inaugural following protests from her gay and black fans, further dimming the event’s already low celebrity wattage. Holliday, best known for her Tony-winning role in Broadway’s “Dreamgirls,” said in an interview Saturday she hadn’t considered that singing at a Thursday concert … Read more