A CNN panel on Don Lemon’s show Tuesday night went after Kanye West ahead of his meeting this week with President Trump, describing him as a poor role model for the black community.

“Kanye West is what happens when negroes don’t read,” CNN commentator Bakari Sellers said, apparently referencing a Chris Rock stand-up routine from the 1990s. Sellers added that West does not have the depth to understand the issues with the Trump presidency.

Another panel member, Tara Setmayer, said West should not be taken seriously and has become the “token negro of the Trump administration.”

“Listen, black folks are about to trade Kanye West in the racial draft,” Setmayer said, adding, “[Kanye’s] an attention whore, like the president.”

West’s wife, reality TV star Kim Kardashian West, met with Trump on prison reform over the summer.

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West went on a rant at the of the “Saturday Night Live” premiere late last month regarding Trump and wore a red “Make America Great Again” hat. Kanye claimed he was "bullied" backstage.

“They bullied me backstage. They said, 'Don't go out there with that hat on.’ They bullied me backstage. They bullied me! And then, they say I'm in a sunken place," West said.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced Tuesday that West is expected to meet with Trump and his son-in-law White House senior adviser Jared Kushner later in the week.

"Kanye West is coming to the White House to have lunch with President Trump and he will also meet with Jared Kushner," Sanders said. "Topics of discussions will include manufacturing resurgence in America, prison reform, how to prevent gang violence, and what can be done to reduce violence in Chicago."