Overview
- Doechii was named Best Female Hip-Hop Artist at the June 9 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
- She used her acceptance speech to condemn President Trump’s dispatch of National Guard forces to the city.
- Thousands of protesters were demonstrating against ICE immigration raids when the National Guard intervened.
- Demonstrators blocked the US 101 freeway near the venue to protest family separations by ICE.
- Doechii urged fellow artists to advocate for marginalized groups including Black communities, Latinos, trans people and Gaza residents.