It’s no secret that President-elect Donald Trump has been struggling to find high-profile artists to perform at his Presidential Inauguration on January 20.
Rebecca Ferguson, runner-up on the 2010 season of the UK’s X Factor, has said that she will accept Trump’s invitation to perform at the ceremony on one condition: that she be allowed to sing “Strange Fruit,” a song made famous by Billie Holliday in 1939 that protests the lynchings of African Americans.
On Twitter, Ferguson outlined her demands:
“I’ve been asked and this is my answer. If you allow me to sing ‘Strange Fruit,’ a song that has huge historical importance, a song that was blacklisted in the United States for being too controversial. A song that speaks to all the disregarded and downtrodden black people in the United States. A song that is a reminder of how love is the only thing that will conquer all the hatred in this world, then I will graciously accept your invitation and see you in Washington.”
The condition seems to be a rather thinly-veiled jab at Donald Trump, who has been frequently criticized for his attitude toward minorities and marginalized people in American society.
We will be waiting patiently to see if Ferguson’s demands are met, but somehow we think that we won’t be seeing her in Washington, DC in January.
Check out Billie Holiday’s version below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs
Will she be performing in White Face to protest Donald Trump’s correct attitudes towards minorities? Play them against eachother since they are all democrats because you will win the election that way. Thanks T.I., Killer Mike and all the other race baiting morons out there. This bitch too. Now we have 4 years of a republican Senate/House/President. Keep protesting SPECIFICLIVESMATTER to help militarize the police. Thy used a bomb robot on that guy in Dallas. I had never heard of that before. Soon drones will be shooting your dumb asses. Keep it up. LOL.
You are white and cannot possibly understand our problems .
You are also white and need to shut the fuck up now or else
Yes. I can’t. I actually do something about my problems instead of whining and feeling sorry for myself…
This chick is so fucking ignorant, it is people like her who got Trump where he is in the 1st place lmao.
He only got elected because white america is racist you idiot
Did you bother to look at the other person running or did the mainstream media already tell you everything you needed to know? YG named you.
I would trust Don Lemon and Van Jones before I ever listen to guys like Alex Jones or Andrew Breitbart.
Then your stupid af. Andrew Breitbart is dead for one. Alex Jones is a crazy dude but still has more integrity than the guys at CNN.
I’d grab her by the pussy any day.
He would have to be desperate if he asked a runner-up on a UK TV show to perform. She would have to be like number 4-5,000 on the list.
White lives don’t matter
Even though i hate Trump who the fuck has lynched black people nowadays? What a fucking retart, race baitng bitch this talentless person is. Black on black crime is a BIG problem in the black community (including Black on Asian and White etc.) but this bitch wont mention that because it doesn’t fit her agenda and she DOESN’T care about black lives, shes just a racist.
Right On! I wish more black celebs would take public stances….
I’d let her perform at my inauguration.
Stop killing each other blacks!
More blacks are killed by other blacks in a Chicago weekend, then are killed by white cops in 5 yrs.
Rebecca Ferguson is a talentless nobody from UK Liverpool and know body knows her he is trying to seek money because she failed in Xtrem Fuckers and she thinks that she will get paid but she will get played and be treated like a dirt stain on a shirt or dirt dust on the floor I doubt she will be on the stage and sing because nobody knows her out of the many American black soul selling sellouts why would they chose a talentless nobody from Liverpool UK come on I am not trying to show my jealousy and hate toward talentless and know body individual alright and when they swear him in his ingurgitation day and he take office he won’t last long in the office he will bring depression 2 in the USA and the poor will poorer and the rich will be richer and have less taxes to pay and inequality will be increase division and tensions will increase between black and whites and other races and unemployment and disenfranchised black minority of white and Latin’s Americans will increase and Homelessness will also increase under Dumb Trump presidency which is something that is seen across the globe but my God forbid and ruin Mentally Diseased Dumb Trump Plans and evil Zionist and May God Bring Equality Justice Peace Prosperity Aspirations Unity under the umbrella of the Brother Hood and Sister Hood and May God Stabilize the world and bring end to inequality bloodshed chaos mayhem and suffering which many people are facing across the globe 🙂
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When “celebrities” don’t want anything to do with you, you’re probably doing something right..
Fuck black lives crybaby pussys. Eat some watermelon bitch.