BRITISH singer Rebecca Ferguson announced yesterday that she will only perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration if she can sing one of the US’s most famous anti-racist songs — Strange Fruit.

Ms Ferguson — who rose to fame as a runner-up in X-Factor in 2010 — revealed that she was asked to perform at the ceremony marking the start of his four-year US presidential term.

The Republican is reported to be struggling to find artists willing to perform on January 21.

But Ms Ferguson said she would only accept if Mr Trump allows her to sing the track first recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939 which depicts the lynchings of African-Americans at the beginning of the 20th century.

Ms Ferguson posted a statement on Twitter that reads: “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 downtrodden black people in the United States... then I will graciously accept your invitation and see you in Washington.”