Unhealthy Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and name for the top of the continued immigration crackdown on Sunday.
“Earlier than I say due to God, I’ll say ICE out,” the Puerto Rican artist mentioned as he accepted a Grammy Award for his album “Debà Tirar Más Fotos” within the música urbana album class. “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We’re people and we’re People.”
His assertion was met with applause and standing ovations. It got here as protests in opposition to ICE occurred throughout the nation this weekend, together with in Los Angeles, the place the 68th Annual Grammy Awards had been held Sunday. The Grammy Awards had been being broadcast reside on CBS tv stations and streaming on Paramount+.
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“Additionally, I need to say to the folks, I do know it is powerful to know, to not hate on lately,” Unhealthy Bunny mentioned. “And I used to be considering, typically we get ‘contaminado,’ I do not know how you can say that in English. The hate get extra highly effective with extra hate. The one factor that is extra highly effective than hate is love.”
In closing, he mentioned: “So please we must be totally different. If we combat, we now have to do it with love. We do not hate them. We love our folks. We love our household and there is a technique to do it, with love, and remember that.”
The 31-year-old artist, born Benito Antonio MartÃnez Ocasio, has received 4 Grammys and 12 Latin Grammys. He’s set to headline the 2026 Apple Music Tremendous Bowl halftime present subsequent week.Â
Unhealthy Bunny has been outspoken about immigration points, and notably didn’t schedule any U.S. dates on his world tour to advertise his most up-to-date album, telling i-D journal it was carried out partially over concern of ICE raids.
Earlier than Unhealthy Bunny’s speech, Olivia Dean, who took house the trophy for finest new artist, mentioned throughout her acceptance speech: “I am up right here as a granddaughter of an immigrant. I would not be right here … I’m a product of bravery and I feel that these folks should be celebrated.”
Different artists who attended the Grammy Awards on Sunday, together with Billie Eilish and Jack Antonoff, additionally wore “ICE OUT” pins in assist.
Eilish additionally used her acceptance speech to say, “Nobody is illegitimate on stolen land,” and, “F*** ICE.”
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