{"id":286548,"date":"2017-01-20T06:54:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T06:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=286548"},"modified":"2017-01-20T06:54:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T06:54:38","slug":"kanye-not-asked-to-perform-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/kanye-not-asked-to-perform-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye not asked to perform for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kanye West was not asked to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration, which will be a “traditionally American” event, the chief organiser has said.<\/p>\n
There has been speculation since the star told a concert crowd he would have voted for Mr Trump – if he had voted – and then turned up at Trump Tower.<\/p>\n
But Tom Barrack, the Presidential Inaugural Committee chair, told CNN the ceremony is “not the venue” for West.<\/p>\n
He said the rapper is “a great guy” but “we haven’t asked him”.<\/p>\n
Mr Barrack said: “He considers himself a friend of the president-elect, but it’s not the venue.<\/p>\n
“The venue we have for entertainment is filled out, it’s perfect, it’s going to be typically and traditionally American, and Kanye is a great guy but we just haven’t asked him to perform. We move on with our agenda.”<\/p>\n
Who’s performing at Trump’s big day?<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n