Rebecca Ferguson Wants to Sing ‘Strange Fruit’ at Trump Inauguration
Rebecca Ferguson said she has been asked to perform at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, and she has agreed under one condition: that she can sing the anti-racism anthem “Strange Fruit.”
Regarding her possible appearance at the Jan. 20 ceremony, the British X-Factor alum shared a statement that reads: “I’ve been asked and this is my answer. If you allow me to sing ‘strange fruit’ a song that has huge historical importance, a song that was blacklisted in the United States for being too controversial.
“A song that speaks to all the disregarded and down trodden black people in the United States. A song that is a reminder…
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