Bad Bunny Opens Grammy Speech Calling For 'ice Out'

"Before I opportunity acknowledgment to God, I'm going to say, 'ICE out.'"

That's really Bad Bunny began his acceptance reside Sunday nighttime to cheers from nan assemblage astatine nan Grammy Awards successful Los Angeles aft he won nan grant for champion música urbana medium for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos."

He continued: “We’re not savage. We’re not animals. We’re not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.”

Bad Bunny joined dozens of different artists astatine nan Grammys who person criticized migration operations crossed nan state and called for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to get retired of cities for illustration Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Chicago, wherever immoderate of nan biggest raids person taken place.

His connection comes a week earlier he is group to execute nan Super Bowl halftime show astatine Levi's Stadium successful Santa Clara, California.

The prime of Bad Bunny arsenic nan performer has led to backlash from immoderate right-wing commentators, who person taken rumor pinch a Spanish-language creator who has been captious of President Donald Trump taking complete nan prestigious halftime show stage. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has defended nan decision.

At nan Super Bowl, Bad Bunny will make history arsenic nan first Spanish-language Latin solo creator to header nan halftime show. He will besides beryllium nan first reggaeton creator to do so.

During his Grammy acceptance speech, Bad Bunny said: "Hate gets much powerful pinch much hate. The only point that is much powerful than dislike is love.”

"We request to beryllium different. If we fight, we person to do it pinch love. We don’t dislike them, we emotion our people, we emotion our family, and that’s nan measurement to do it," he added, "with love."

Bad Bunny won different Grammy for champion world euphony capacity for his opus "EoO" during nan awards' premiere ceremonial earlier Sunday.

He was nominated for a full of six Grammy awards, including nan coveted medium of nan twelvemonth and grounds of nan year.