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Zach Bryan Shares Bad Bunny’s Anti-ICE GRAMMY Speech On Instagram
While he wasn’t at the show last night, Zach Bryan has seemingly endorsed rapper Bad Bunny’s anti-ICE comments from his acceptance speech at the 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
The awards show was the predictable display of left-wing virtue signaling from celebrities who live in multi-million dollar gated homes speaking out in support of illegal immigrants and against President Donald Trump in front of an audience who overwhelmingly agrees with their political positions. So brave of them.
During her acceptance speech, Billie Eilish got thunderous applause for proclaiming that “no one is illegal on stolen land.”
“I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land. And, yeah, it’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter, and **** ICE. That’s all I’m going to say. Sorry. Thank you so much.”
And Shaboozey took time while accepting his award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Amen” with Jelly Roll to dedicate his award to immigrants:
“The last thing I want to say, immigrants built this country, literally. Actually. So this is for them, for all children of immigrants. This is also for those who came to this country in search of better opportunity to be a part of a nation that promised freedom for all and equal opportunity to everyone willing to work for it. Thank you for bringing your culture, your music, your stories, and your traditions here. You give America color. I love y’all so much. Thank you.”
Some of the most pointed comments of the night, though, came from Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, who’s already been in the headlines quite a bit for his selection as the headliner for the Super Bowl LX halftime show.
Bad Bunny (whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) has been famously outspoken against President Donald Trump, and even announced that he wouldn’t be touring in the United States due to the president’s immigration policies. (Of course as a Puerto Rican, Bad Bunny is an American citizen himself).
During his acceptance speech last night for Album of the Year, the rapper once again decided to speak out against the president and ICE with some pointed comments:
“Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say: ICE out. We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans.”
Bad Bunny says "ICE OUT" at the #Grammys and receives a massive standing ovation:
"We are not savage, we are not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans. The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love.… pic.twitter.com/IFzvguqdCR
— Variety (@Variety) February 2, 2026
And this morning, Zach Bryan took to his Instagram story to share that message from his fellow artist:
Zach didn’t share any commentary or further comment on the quote, but it’s notable given the criticism he recently faced for a song off his new album that many considered to be anti-ICE.
Last year, Zach teased a new song called “Bad News” that seemed to take a shot at ICE while bemoaning “the fading of the red white and blue.”
“And ICE is gonna come, bust down your door
Try to build a house no one builds no more
But I got a telephone
Kids are all scared and all alone
The Boss stopped bumping, the rock stopped rolling
The middle fingers rising and it won’t stop showing
I got some bad news
The fading of the red, white and blue”
There was quite a bit of backlash against the song at the time, though Zach implored people to wait for the full song to be released before passing judgment:
“I wrote this song months ago. I posted this song three months ago as a snippet. This shows you how divisive a narrative can be when shoved down our throats through social media.
This song is about how much I love this country and everyone in it more than anything. When you hear the rest of the song, you will understand the full context that hits on both sides of the aisle. Everyone using this now as a weapon is only proving how devastatingly divided we all are. We need to find our way back.”
While Zach said that the song hits at both sides of the aisle (and it does), it seems that Zach is making an even bigger statement of which side of the aisle he agrees with by endorsing Bad Bunny’s comments at the GRAMMYs.The post Zach Bryan Shares Bad Bunny’s Anti-ICE GRAMMY Speech On Instagram first appeared on Whiskey Riff.