Overview
- The official White House X account posted ICE arrest footage over audio of SZA singing “Big Boys” from a 2022 Saturday Night Live sketch.
- The post caption read “We heard it’s cuffing szn” and added “Bad news for criminal illegal aliens. Great news for America.”
- SZA called the tactic “rage baiting,” described it as “PEAK DARK,” and labeled it “Evil n Boring.”
- Former manager Terrence “Punch” Henderson said the strategy seeks to provoke artists into amplifying propaganda and urged it to stop.
- Similar videos using songs by Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo drew objections; the White House deleted one Carpenter post before reworking it, and a spokesperson later defended the deportation messaging.