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(NewsNation) — After receiving backlash from the public, Nelly defended his determination to execute astatine President Trump's inauguration ball.
Nelly told NewsNation's "CUOMO" his show is astir "respect."
"This is not a run trail," Nelly said. "This is not thing that I consciousness similar I'm influencing radical to sway however they feel, but it's much astir the respect and the grant of being invited for what I similar to telephone the top state connected the planet."
Nelly said "Regardless of the differences we have," it's "all astir coming together" and being positive. He besides said helium doesn't program to instrumentality his garment disconnected during his show due to the fact that "they don't privation to spot this dada bod."
Nelly wasn't the beryllium the lone euphony star contiguous successful Washington, D.C., connected Inauguration Day.
Country euphony improvement Carrie Underwood sang "America the Beautiful" astatine the swearing-in ceremony.
Underwood besides faced immoderate backlash for taking the accidental to motion astatine Trump's inauguration, though longtime Trump professional Whoopi Goldberg came to her defense this week.
Nelly, 49, whose commencement sanction is Cornell Haynes II, is simply a St. Louis autochthonal with hits specified arsenic "Hot successful Herre" and "Just A Dream." The 49-year-old has had 4 No. 1 hits and won 9 Billboard Music Awards.
He escaped drug charges successful November pursuing an apprehension astatine a Missouri casino successful August.
Other performers connected Inauguration Day see Kid Rock, Jason Aldean, Billy Ray Cyrus, The Village People and Rascal Flatts.
