Chrisette Michele
“Would You Release New Music If You Were Me?”: Chrisette Michele Responds To Kanye Comparisons And Cancel Culture
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Every time Kanye West finds (or puts) himself in the news and trending on social media—usually behind some controversial comment he made or tweeted and, of course, when he drops a new album—anti-hypocrisy and misogynoir Twitter comes through with a fresh discussion about the curious career demise of singer Chrisette Michele. There are a lot of different arguments here. Some say if Kanye was never “canceled” after all the MAGA-fied Trump-humping and disrespecting of the ancestors he’s done, then Michele should never have been “canceled” for performing Donald Trump’s inauguration. (I put “canceled” in quotes because I don’t believe “cancel culture” is an actual thing for various reasons, but that’s a post for another day.) Some argue t...
Chrisette Michele Says Trump’s Inauguration Performance Was “Wrong Thing To Do”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Ever since Chrisette Michele was swiftly canceled by damn near everyone for performing at Donald Trump’s 2016 presential inauguration, her career nearly tanked and continues to be in a state of recovery. Finally, she’s in a better space to share her reflections with the public by admitting the singing gig was a bad move. According to Blavity, Michele was an open book while visiting Terrell Grice’s talk show, The Terrell Show, discussing the controversy with the Black community surrounding her performance at the inauguration. “It was the wrong thing to do,” she admitted. Getting shunned from her own community gave her a deeper insight into her own ego, apparently. “I don’t regret it. I learned a lot,” Mic...
