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Doechii Backs Protesting Ruthless ICE Deportations at BET Awards: ‘I Needed to Use That Moment’

Doechii stands by her decision to use her 2025 BET Awards acceptance speech to protest ICE deportations and other injustices on live television.

"They were live, so it wasn’t shit they could do about it," the rapper told British Vogue about using her Best Female Hip-Hop Artist award acceptance speech to call out prevalent injustices Lady Gaga told British Vogue that she “fell in love with her music and her raw, deeply personal perspective. The power in her words, her vulnerability, the way she rhymes with this wild mix of audacity and emotional precision,” adding, “it struck me to the core.”

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