Most of the black community moved Chrisette Michele's name over to the canceled list after finding out that she was performing at Trump's inauguration.

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Many would have liked for Chrisette to admit she was just in it for the money.

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But come to find out, she thought this was a stance of unity.

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Spike Lee wasn't too cool with her actions, pulling her song from his upcoming Netflix series. Chrisette has since doubled down on her decision, releasing a song called "No Political Genius," which talks about backlash from her performance and how to move on from division in the country. 

She also has given an interview to Billboard on the performance, as well as everything after and in between. 

This is what she had to say on Trump: 

"Originally I was supposed to perform directly after his first speech, and I had done that with Barack Obama before, so I was used to that kind of experience. And the woman who organized the event came and told me, "Now you’re going to go first and he’s going to go after you." I looked her in the eye and said, "My family has disowned me. If you decide to Google me, you’ll see that America is writing about me in their newspapers. I’m the black poster child for discord right now, and he’s not going to shake my hand?" So no, I didn’t get to meet him."

She also detailed on her actions leading up to agreeing to perform:

"When we got the phone call, and this may sound crazy, there was literally no hesitation. I turned my phone off. After seeing what happened to Jennifer Holliday, I literally turned my phone off because I knew if I was going to make any type of decision, I couldn’t be swayed left or right by what anybody thought. I had to just go with my own convictions. I changed my phone number also. I didn’t even think to say no. It didn’t cross my mind. The first thing I thought was that I have an opportunity to get in front of these people who don’t seem to understand who they’re talking to and show them what we look like. I felt automatically committed to making sure that I stood up for the women who’ve felt disrespected and the minorities who felt disrespected, communities that felt that they weren’t being heard or understood. I thought that it was almost my responsibility to not just say yes but to say yes with purpose, so that was my reasoning. And no, I didn’t think twice about it."

Chrisette also confirmed she received compensation for the performance. 

You can read the full interview over at Billboard.