Amaar Burton
The inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris has been full of firsts. Indian-American rapper Raja Kumari's performance at the virtual inaugural ball was monumental, considering that Harris is the country's first VP of Indian descent.
Raja Kumari Represents India At Inauguration
Grammy-nominated Raja Kumari took part at the AAPI Inaugural Ball, a virtual event held the day before Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ historic inauguration. The multi-talented artist, who calls her style “BollyHood,” has collaborated with the likes of Iggy Azalea, Tyga and Gwen Stefani. She went to Twitter to speak on her inauguration performance.
“So honored to be part of this historic moment! Thank you AAPI for inviting me to perform at the 2021 Inaugural Ball!”
Ja Rule is Pumped For Kamala Harris As VP
New York rapper Ja Rule is big proud of Kamala Harris. The hip-hop veteran recently stepped forward to reveal why he’s most excited about Harris’ historic victory.
The rapper and father of a Hampton University graduate said, “You don’t even have to put ‘black’ in front of it. I think that’s a major accomplishment in itself . . . and she went to Howard, an HBCU [historically black colleges and universities]. Which I love. I know my daughter Brittney is even more happy . . . so lotta love in the air. That’s all we really want. That’s all we ask for this election. We just want to bring some love and decency back to the country.” (Page Six)
Cardi B Shuts Down Presidency Conspiracy Theories
New York rapper Cardi B recently hit up her Instagram page and kept things a buck. The rap heavyweight shared recent footage of herself interviewing President-elect Joe Biden ahead of election day and singled out major media outlets and personalities for coming at her.
“Couple of weeks ago I was getting chewed up by Trump supporters over this interview especially by miss Candace who has been degrading my name for 2 years straight. I was so nervous for this interview especially because it was on zoom and not in person but it was important for my followers to get to know our running candidate and future president. Republicans like Candace, Shapiro, Fox news made fun of me ,talk so much sh*t about me and my song WAP. They said Biden use me as a pawn then weeks later we seen a list of rappers and artists that Trump was trying to reach out to and to pay for support a list that included my name. I never got payed a dollar from Biden I just wanted to get to know him and open my fans up to the importance of voting.Im so proud of all these celebs who uses their platform and for the people who went out and voted WE DID IT! Don’t let nobody down play you for what you doing that’s how they try to take away your power .YOUR POWER IS YOUR VOICE!Congrats Biden! Your family here, and in Heaven are very proud of you! Also congratulations to Kamala you made history!” -Cardi B’s Instagram
Hip-Hop Celebrates Joe Biden’s Victory
The entire hip-hop community came forward to celebrate Biden and Harris winning the election and ending President Donald Trump‘s run as head of state.
