Why Kanye West isn’t performing at Trump inauguration

Trump's inauguration committee chose not to invite West — who memorably met with the soon-to-be commander-in-chief last month — because they apparently decided the hip-hop superstar doesn't fit the bill for what they're calling a "typically and traditionally American" event.

"We haven't asked him," Tom Barrack, the chair for the committee, told CNN. "He considers himself a friend of the President-elect, but it's not the venue. The venue we have for entertainment is filled out, it's perfect, it's going to be typically and traditionally American, and Kanye is a great guy but we just haven't asked him to perform."