Three months after taking home a Grammy for Best Rap Album , Doechii added another award to her shelf Monday night at the BET Awards , where she took home the prize for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist. As the 26-year-old got onstage to tell the audience how “honored” she was, she quickly pivoted to “address what’s happening right now outside of the building.” Just down the street in downtown Los Angeles, demonstrators had shut down the 101 Freeway to protest a wave of terrifying ICE raids in the area, which had resulted in President Trump deploying the National Guard.

“There are ruthless attacks that are creating fear and chaos in our communities in the name of law and order,” she said. “Trump is using military forces to stop a protest, and I want y’all to consider what kind of gover

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