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Musicians Who’ve Spoken Out Against ICE, From Bad Bunny to Billie Eilish

Written by: News Room Last updated: February 3, 2026
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Musicians Who’ve Spoken Out Against ICE, From Bad Bunny to Billie Eilish

Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo and Tyler, the Creator have also condemned the agency.


2/3/2026

Bad Bunny at the 68th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles.

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Political tensions surrounding the subject of immigration in the United States have gotten so intense, an unprecedented number of musicians has begun speaking up in opposition to the actions of ICE under the Donald Trump administration.

While always a hot-button issue, ICE became more polarizing than ever in January 2026, when an immigration enforcement officer named Jonathan Ross shot and killed civilian Renee Good during an operation in Minneapolis. Just weeks later, a different officer shot and killed another Minnesotan, Alex Pretti; in both instances, the president and other federal government leaders maintained that the officers were acting in self-defense, but video footage captured by eyewitnesses has many Americans convinced otherwise. In response, fans have seen the biggest wave yet of famous artists publicly condemning ICE, whether through posts on social media or by wearing “ICE Out” buttons on the Grammys red carpet in February. (Also at the award show, a number of winners used their acceptance speeches as opportunities to admonish the agency’s actions, including album of the year victor Bad Bunny and song of the year winner Billie Eilish.)

But even before 2026, some stars were already slamming ICE — especially after officers raided numerous immigrant communities in the Los Angeles area in June during Trump’s first year back in office. Everyone from Olivia Rodrigo to Tyler, the Creator condemned ICE over the summer, and continued speaking out against the DHS branch in the months that followed.

As ICE continues to polarize the country by carrying out Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportations, Billboard is keeping track of all the musicians who are speaking out in protest. See which stars have addressed the subject below, listed in alphabetical order.

  • Bad Bunny

    For a while, the only time Bad Bunny addressed ICE was in a 2025 interview with i-D while explaining his choice not to tour in the United States. “There was the issue of, like, f–king ICE could be outside [my concert],” he said at the time. “And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”

    But at the 2026 Grammys, Benito made his stance loud and clear while accepting best música urbana album for Debí Tirar Más Fotos. “Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say ICE out!” he declared, earning loud applause. “We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans. I know it’s tough not to hate on these days and I was thinking sometime we get contaminados [contaminated]. The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love.”

  • Billie Eilish

    Billie Eilish wearing an "ICE Out" pin at the 68th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles.Billie Eilish wearing an "ICE Out" pin at the 68th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles.
    Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard

    Despite the DHS slamming her “garbage rhetoric” in a statement to Billboard in January 2026, Billie Eilish hasn’t backed down from condemning ICE. Later that month, the singer implored her “fellow celebrities” to join her in speaking out about ICE — specifically its actions in Minneapolis — and in early February, she wore an “ICE Out” pin to the Grammys, where she said during her song of the year acceptance speech for “Wildflower”: “No one is illegal on stolen land… f–k ICE.”

    She also blasted ICE while accepting the MLK Jr. Environmental Justice Award on Jan. 17. “We’re seeing our neighbors being kidnapped, peaceful protesters being assaulted and murdered, our civil rights being stripped,” she said at the time. “It is very clear that protecting our planet and our communities is not a priority for this administration. And it’s really hard to celebrate that when we no longer feel safe in our own homes or in our streets.”

  • Bruce Springsteen

    After years of being one of music’s most outspoken artists against Trump, Springsteen put his anger toward the president’s administration and ICE in a song titled “Streets of Minneapolis” released in late January 2026.

    “Now they say they’re here to uphold the law/ But they trample on our rights/ If your skin is black or brown, my friend/ You can be questioned or deported on sight,” he sings on the anthem. “In our chants of ‘ICE out now’/ Our city’s heart and soul persists/ Through broken glass and bloody tears/ On the streets of Minneapolis.”

  • Chappell Roan

    “F—k ICE forever,” Chappell Roan cheered at her concert in Pasadena, Calif., in October, prompting her audience to chant it back.

    In a statement shared with TMZ, DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin fired back, “‘Pink Pony Club’ is good. Pedophiles are bad. That’s who we’re getting off of our streets. Get a grip.”

  • Green Day

    Before playing “Holiday” at a January 2026 Green Day concert, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong explained, “this song is anti-fascist. This song is anti-war. We stand up for our brothers and sisters in Minnesota.”

    He’d previously shown support to immigrants and anti-ICE protestors in June 2025 during the ICE raids in L.A.

  • Justin Bieber

    Justin Bieber wearing an "ICE Out" pin at the 68th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, 2026 in Los Angeles.Justin Bieber wearing an "ICE Out" pin at the 68th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, 2026 in Los Angeles.
    Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard

    Justin and his wife, Rhode founder Hailey Bieber, were among the stars who wore “ICE Out” pins at the 2026 Grammys.

  • Kehlani

    Kehlani wearing an "ICE Out" pin at the 68th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles.Kehlani wearing an "ICE Out" pin at the 68th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles.
    Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard

    In November 2025, Kehlani accused ICE of “kidnapping [people] out of schools and jobs and homes and churches … kidnapping American citizens as well,” a sentiment she echoed while accepting the 2026 Grammy for best R&B performance.

    “Together, we’re stronger in numbers to speak against all the injustice going on in the world right now,” she said at the ceremony. “I’ma leave this and say: ‘F–k ICE.’”

  • Lady Gaga

    Even though she was on the other side of the world when the violence in Minneapolis reached a fever pitch, Lady Gaga made sure to make her support of the city’s residents known during her Mayhem Ball concert in Tokyo.

    “In a couple of days, I’m gonna be heading home, and my heart is aching thinking about the people, the children, the families, all over America, who are being mercilessly targeted by ICE,” she said on stage on Jan. 29. “I’m thinking about all of their pain and how their lives are being destroyed right in front of us.”

    “When entire communities lose their sense of safety and belonging, it breaks something in all of us,” she added. “I hope our leaders are listening. I hope you’re listening to us asking you to change your course of action swiftly and have mercy on everyone in our country.”

  • Lizzo

    After the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Lizzo shared a video of ways to help the community in Minnesota. “My heart goes out to Minneapolis,” she said in the clip, tearing up. “In the years that I lived there, whether it was Philando Castile, whether it was Jamar Clark, whether it was George Floyd, this seems to happen — the injustice happens there. And what I’ve also seen is the community rise up every single time. If I find more ways to help, I will be sharing them.”

  • Moby

    “The question is not whether we should be outraged and horrified at what’s happening in the United States, but rather what are we going to do about it,” Moby told followers in a Jan. 26 video posted to social media. “Stop supporting the scumbag corporations who support Trump and ICE. We all know who they are. Boycott them.”

  • Neil Young

    In a post on his website, Neil Young wrote in January 2026, “Donald Trump is destroying America bit by bit with his staff of wannabes … He has divided us.”

    It won’t be easy while he is trying to turn our cities into battlegrounds so he can cancel our elections with marshal law and escape all accountability,” he continued. “We know what to do. Rise up. Peacefully in millions. Too many innocent people are dying … It’s ICE cold here in America.”

  • Olivia Rodrigo

    “ICEs actions are unconscionable but we are not powerless,” Olivia Rodrigo wrote on her Instagram Story in January after Alex Pretti was killed. “Our actions matter. I stand with Minnesota.”

    Before that, Rodrigo had slammed the Trump administration for using her song “All-American Bitch” in a video glorifying ICE. “don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,” she commented in November 2025.

  • Pusha T

    On the Billboard Power 100 event red carpet in Los Angeles on Jan. 28, Pusha T delivered a short and sweet takedown of ICE.

    “Jan. 28, 2026, f—k ICE,” he said. “Gotta keep it 100. Got to.”

  • Sabrina Carpenter

    When the DHS used her song “Juno” in a video promoting ICE’s deportations in December 2025, Sabrina Carpenter hit back, “this video is evil and disgusting.”

    “Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” she added at the time.

  • SZA

    After picking up a pair of new Grammys, SZA shared her thoughts on ICE while addressing ICE outside of the 2026 ceremony.

    “It’s incredibly dystopian that we’re dressed up and able to celebrate accolades in the material world, and people are getting snatched up and shot in the face on the street,” she said at the event. “It just feels bizarre, and I find so many of us don’t really know how to feel right now besides rage and hopelessness, and I don’t feel like that’s the calling card that I want to subscribe to … I believe that this is a time when we can dig deep as a community and really learn that okay, it’s not time to count on anyone else but us and our neighbors to protect ourselves; to rally for each other, to be that morale booster, to disseminate mutual aid, to take care of each other.”

    She added: “It’s always f–k ICE.”

  • Tom Morello

    Tom Morello is well-known for speaking out against the establishment, and ICE is no exception. In response to ICE’s actions in the first month of 2026, the Rage Against the Machine guitarist organized a Concert Of Resistance & Solidarity to Defend Minnesota to take place right in the heart of the chaos, writing on Instagram when he first announced the show, “We are coming to Minneapolis, where the people have heroically stood up against ICE, stood up against Trump, stood up against this terrible rising tide of state terror.”

  • Tyler, the Creator

    Amid ICE’s L.A. raids in summer 2025, Tyler, the Creator wrote “F–K ICE” on his Instagram Story and posted a scene from 2002’s Paid in Full, in which the same phrase is repeated multiple times.

    Months later, he posted the same scene in response to ICE’s actions in Minneapolis. “Again. And anyone who voted for that man,” the musician wrote.

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