Music Stars Protest ICE at 2026 Grammy Awards
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Music Stars Protest ICE at 2026 Grammy Awards


Grammy winners and attendees are protesting ICE.

The 68th Annual Grammy Awards air reside from Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles tonight (Feb. 1) and already a variety of artists and attendees have shared their backlash towards ICE, a.okay.a. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, each on stage and on the pink carpet.

Whereas accepting Grammy awards for Finest R&B Music and Finest R&B Efficiency for her 2025 monitor “Folded” through the pre-show, Kehlani referred to as out ICE’s latest aggressive actions, together with the murders of Minnesota residents Renee Good and ICU nurse Alex Pretti.

“I need to guarantee that I say [that] all people on this room, and everybody who might be on this room later, is so highly effective. Collectively, we’re stronger in numbers to talk out in opposition to all of the injustice occurring on the planet proper now. So as an alternative of letting it’s simply a few individuals right here and there… I hope all people is impressed to come back collectively as a neighborhood of artists and communicate out in opposition to what’s occurring. I’m going to depart it at that and say, f–k ICE,” Kehlani instructed the viewers.

Whereas accepting an award on stage, Unhealthy Bunny instructed the viewers, “ICE out,” which led to a standing ovation from his fellow artists. “We’re not animals, we’re not aliens, we’re people, and we’re Individuals,” he shared, including, “…The hate will get extra highly effective with extra hate, the one factor that’s extra highly effective than hate is love. So please we have to be completely different, if we struggle, now we have to do it with love.”

“Nobody is unlawful on stolen land,” Billie Eilish instructed the group throughout her acceptance speech for Music of the 12 months for “Wildflower.”

“It’s simply actually onerous to know what to say and what to do proper now. I really feel actually hopeful on this room. I really feel like we simply need to maintain preventing and talking up and protesting. Our voices actually matter, the individuals actually do matter. F–okay ice,” she added.

READ MORE: See the 2026 Grammy Awards Winners Checklist

Amy Sussman, Getty Pictures

Amy Sussman, Getty Pictures

In the meantime, throughout Olivia Dean’s acceptance speech for the coveted Finest New Artist award, she famous she is the product of immigrant grandparents. “I wouldn’t be right here [without them]. I’m a product of bravery, and I consider that these individuals have to be celebrated. We’re nothing with out one another,” she declared on stage.

Along with spirited speeches, some celebrities are displaying their protest of ICE tonight by sporting “ICE OUT” pins. Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Jason Isbell, Samara Pleasure, Margo Worth, Amy Allen, Jim-E Stack, Kamal Wilson, Helen J. Shen, Robert Glasper and Rhiannon Giddens all donned the accent on the pink carpet.

Justin Vernon of Bon Iver additionally wore a pin in addition to an orange whistle, a instrument utilized by protestors to sign the presence of ICE brokers in an space.

Billie Eilish and Finneas additionally took a stand in opposition to ICE. The siblings, who had been seated subsequent to the stage tonight, wore “ICE Out” pins on their jackets, which could possibly be seen through the opening monologue from host Trevor Noah.

Previous to the Grammy Awards, different entertainers together with Ariana Grande, Natalie Portman and Olivia Wilde have worn “ICE OUT” pins over the previous few weeks to point out their help for the continuing protests in opposition to ICE throughout the U.S.

2026 Grammys Purple Carpet Trend Gallery

See the entire trend from the 2026 Grammy Awards together with Zara Larsson, Laufey, Sabrina Carpenter, Rose, and extra.

Gallery Credit score: Jacklyn Krol



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