Nelly blasts Kamala Harris for 'locking up black men' and having a white husband

Daily Mail​

01-07-2025

Music superstar Nelly slammed presidential loser Kamala Harris in a shocking tirade months after performing at Donald Trump's inauguration ball.
The drama unfolded when the rapper hit back at accusations he was 'Pro-Trump' during a chat on Hot 97's Ebro In The Morning podcast saying his performance was not an indicator of his endorsement of any presidential candidate.
He said: 'See, this is what I'm saying. Where did you get pro-Donald? What you had was "respect for office.''
Nelly continued: 'And it's great how people spin narratives to things that I think best fit whatever they're against. You know what I'm saying? Instead of giving a brother the exact fundamental of what he did, what he said. Nobody's doing that anymore.'
As fans accused the star of being 'manipulative' and resorting to word salad to confuse his audience, Nelly jumped into The Shade Room's comments section to blast the prosecutor for 'locking up black men' as well as taking aim at her 'white husband,' Doug Emhoff
Nelly also slammed fans for 'dumping on black men married to black women' because Harris lost the election, as well as defending fellow African-American artist Snoop Dogg for also performing for Trump.
Nelly wrote: 'I'll put whatever up me and snoop do more in the community and have been doing for over 20 + years against any of you that are just on here talking trash and have no stats to back up what you mean to the community.
'From the black families that we employ to the black children that we help every day and all year through our nonprofits, whether we're sending kids to schools on scholarships to HBCU or helping young black boys in la 'gang central ' with his junior football programs which many players have went on to go to the NFL and live their dreams.
'And on top of that we are 'Black Men' married to beautiful Black women with black children... should be inspiring to most but that some of y'all have a problem with because the prosecutor who has probably locked up more black men that we've helped woman of color with the white husband and white kids.'
Nelly continued: '[Harris] Did not win the election... again I reiterate, I did not campaign for anyone. I do not tell people who to vote for. I respect and love our country from top to bottom good and bad… and I am very aware there's a lot of things in this country that we need to work on the right is too far right and the left is too far left.
'I'm a military baby with a grand uncle who is a Tuskegee airmen and red tail that was very prideful for his country I told you it's my respect for the office meaning any president that calls upon Nelly it would be a honor... nothing to do with money.
'Nothing to do with race but if you wanna make it about race, then let's goooooooooooooo I find it very interesting.'
Nelly added: 'That's so many of you would dump on the two black men that's married to black women that has black children because the '' woman of color with the white husband and white kids. Didn't win..!!'
Fans were baffled by the rappers tirade and did not hold back in giving him their opinions.
One person commented: 'Why so many shade at Kamala???? just say you performed, you f*** with trump.
'I respect you and all that you have done, but be please be clear, it's not about Kamala not winning, it's about what Donald Trump stands for. I respect the office. I do not respect the man that is in office at this present time.'
However, one supporter of the musician added: 'Nelly no matter what you do, as far as it makes you happy and loved , am solidly behind you . Period,'
In January the star responded to backlash over his decision to perform at the Liberty Ball which celebrated the inauguration of Trump.
The rapper, who along with Snoop Dogg, took part in the inaugural festivities, explained his reasons for accepting the invitation to right-wing journalist Officer Lew on X.
He wrote: 'I'm not doing this for money, I'm doing this 'cause it's an honor. I respect the office. It don't matter who in office.'
He compared himself to members of the military, writing: 'The same way our men and women, our brothers and sisters who protect this country have to go to war and have to put their life on the line for whoever in the office. So, if they can put they life on the line for whoever in office, I can damn sure perform for whoever in office.'
Lew then asked him: 'What do you say to the people that say "we're not giving you this backlash because of your political affiliation or because of your political choice, or whatever, we're giving you this backlash because you are propping up a white supremacist?"'
Nelly answered: 'I would ask them to show me where he's a white supremacist.'
Nelly then brought up components of the 1994 Crime Bill sponsored by then-Senator Joe Biden, confusing it with the 1986 Crime Bill signed by Ronald Reagan, which which called for a minimum mandatory sentence of five years without parole for anyone caught with five grams of crack cocaine.
The 1994 Crime Bill did fund the building of prisons to hold more people convicted of violent crimes and is blamed by many for the mass incarceration of members of the Black community.
sarcastically referring to a comment President Joe Biden made in an interview with Charlamagne tha God, Nelly said: 'Okay, I did get it. He did say "if you don't vote me, you're not black," right?'
Then Nelly ventured back into Trump's past saying: 'I'mma get to it. He did not rent to black people, what was in the 70s or 80s, is that what they said, and like, okay, is he renting to them now? So, nobody's allowed to change?'
In 1970, Trump and his father Fred were sued by the Justice Department for refusing to rent to people of color, but the case was settled when Trump Management promised to stop discriminating against potential renters.
The 1968 Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to refuse to rent or sell housing based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, familial status, or national origin.
Nelly continued: 'See, here's the thing, we can talk about pasts, but we never want to talk about our pasts. If our pasts get brought up, in our community for a lot of what of our men did, we always call it rehab... these young brothers we been through a lot.
'I know I've been through a lot. If my past was what was going to prevent me from winning today, I wouldn't be here.'
Referring to Trump the rapper said: 'I'm not saying that he aint got some f***ed up ways, that's not what I'm saying at all, that's why I'm not telling you who to vote for. But what I'm saying is that he's the president of the United States. He's not the candidate for the United States, He's the president. He won.'
Nelly's comments drew praise from people of all backgrounds.
One person wrote: 'Nelly is a class act. He's always seen through the garbage.'
Another added: 'Key words here for NELLY. "I respect the Office." Not about the person. This is right is no many ways.'
A third said: 'As an African American that has supported Trump since 2016 I can relate to what Nelly is saying!'