Rapper Nelly is defending his decision to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s Liberty Inaugural Ball on Monday amid backlash from social media users.

“I respect the office,” Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., said during Saturday’s episode of the “Willie D. Live” podcast hosted by rapper William “Willie D” Dennis.

“This isn’t politics. The politics, for me, it’s over. He won. He’s the president. He’s the commander-in-chief of what I would like to say is the best country in the world.”

Nelly said that it’s “an honour” for him to “perform for the president of the United States, regardless of who is in office”.

“If President Biden would have asked me to perform, I would have performed. If Vice President Kamala Harris would have won........

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