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The tale of Kanye West vs Chrisette Michele has been one that has existed for years and largely one that Chrisette has shied away from but she has something to say today. Journalist Jawn Murray asked the question that yet again many have wondered about how is it she can have her career ended on sight for her performance at the former President’s inauguration only for Kanye to practically emulate him in every way and be completely forgiven for it as though it never happened.
“Since our culture is so hyped about Kanye West’s #Donda album; it’s time to UNcancel @ChrisetteM! I hated her singing at 45’s inauguration…but #ChrisetteMichele never disrespected our history/ancestors; didn’t rock a MAGA hat; & never ran a convert campaign to sway an election!” he tweeted.
Since our culture is so hyped about Kanye West’s #Donda album; it’s time to UNcancel @ChrisetteM!
I hated her singing at 45’s inauguration… But #ChrisetteMichele never disrespected our history/ancestors; didn’t rock a MAGA hat; & never ran a covert campaign to sway an election!
— Jawn Murray (@JawnMurray) August 30, 2021
She captioned his tweet saying, “Should Chrisette Michele be Un-Cancelled?” I always wonder how to respond to this question. It’s actually the reason I don’t do interviews anymore. Being compared to Kanye & Travis for the last 5 years. Watching them soar into the highest realms of stardom. Waiting on Gods hand to show me exactly what my story will look like.”
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She went on to say, “I’ve made a choice to stay full of gratitude and master peace, but today, this post has inspired me to allow the energy of comparison to enter my feed. I think most of the comments are well intended and I’m not really attached to the results of the conversation. But it is an interesting topic. Kanye endorsed him, Travis sang with me, and… time unfolded.”
“What do YOU think history has proven in this tale? What did you think 5 years ago? What do you think today? Would you release new music if you were me? What would you sing about? Who would you sing to? Why? What does my role as FEMALE play in this story? What about my role as Christian? How about my role as it compares to Kanye & Travis?”
Chrisette Michele had such a hard time through all of this in losing a distribution deal, stations quitting playing her music that she had a miscarriage. That’s serious. But then some might remember that she then made matters worse in sharing the story of her miscarriage by posting a pic of a miscarriage that turned out to be one she googled and the people who had sympathy for her called for her to be cancelled all over again. In the end, some people just don’t think.
I was talking about this because I forgot about this a week or two ago when reminded of what she did. It was stupid. Celebrities don’t always think like normal people and I try to remind people of that. Still, what happened to her was traumatizing. The last time I heard her name was a few years ago when she was booked to perform at a restaurant called Fast Eddie’s in Prince George’s County, MD which was rather shocking to me.
She has a point and it’s one the industry has to think about. Her involvement was nothing like that of Kanye’s. At what point is enough enough? And as she is contemplating the answer to her questions, Kanye’s new album DONDA broke another streaming record for Apple.
