{"id":49705,"date":"2025-10-21T20:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/four-chicago-rappers-speak-out-against-ice-occupation\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T20:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:40:01","slug":"four-chicago-rappers-speak-out-against-ice-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/four-chicago-rappers-speak-out-against-ice-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Chicago Rappers Speak Out Against Ice Occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tSince September, ICE agents deployed by President Donald Trump<\/a> have wreaked havoc on the Chicagoland area, with raids, detainment, and what rapper Recoechi tells Rolling Stone<\/em> amounts to \u201cabduction\u201d taking place in predominantly Black and brown communities. In September, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Chicago<\/a> man, was fatally shot by an ICE agent, while 30-year-old Marimar Martinez was shot by Customs and Border Protection Officers on October 4; in both instances, there are conflicting stories between the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s narrative and witness accounts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tViral clips show ICE agents teargassing residents<\/a> for protecting their neighbors from potential detainment, and other violent actions. In September, a 130-unit building in Chicago\u2019s South Shore was raided, with almost every one of the building\u2019s residents \u2014 even children \u2014 being detained.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe hip-hop community has long held a mirror to the world and amplified the people\u2019s plight. That\u2019s continuing to happen in Chicago, with Chance The Rapper displaying a \u201cFuck ICE\u201d sign at a show<\/a> while rapping his Drapetomia lyrics: \u201cI got a new chain that say, \u2018Fuck ICE.\u2019\u201d Recently, Vic Mensa penned a New York Times<\/em> op-ed <\/a>where he called for solidarity while exploring the city\u2019s Black and brown relations.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd musically, Chicago rapper Cece Bke dropped \u201cFCK ICE\u201d on her social media platforms<\/a>, a song that explores the predicament of \u201cICE lurkin\u2019 through my city like they own the fuckin\u2019 spot \/ kickin\u2019 doors, tryna rip all these families apart.\u201d On the fiery track, the up-and-coming artist rhymes, \u201cBitch don\u2019t ask how I\u2019m ridin\u2019 for my Migos \/ I\u2019mma slide for them cause they would slide if it was me hoe.\u201d There\u2019s been a misguided assertion that what\u2019s happening with ICE is only a Latino issue, but ICE\u2019s bombardment of both Black and Brown communities in Chicago demonstrates otherwise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRolling Stone<\/em> reached out to over a dozen of Chicago\u2019s who\u2019s who of rappers. Some didn\u2019t respond, others outright declined comment, while four of them shared their thoughts, which are below.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tI feel like ICE is targeting Black and Brown people, breaking up families, and creating fear in our neighborhoods. Instead of protecting us, they criminalize us.<\/p>\n

\n\t[They\u2019re] causing fear, trauma, and division. Families are scared to leave their homes, kids [are growing] afraid their parents won\u2019t be there when they come back from school. It breaks up households, it takes people away from jobs, and it destroys trust between communities and the systems that are supposed to serve us. Instead of helping, they\u2019re hurting us. Trump calling Chicago a \u2018war zone\u2019 is disrespectful to the people who live here and fight every day for better. Yes, there\u2019s violence, but that comes from poverty, lack of resources, and generations of neglect. Chicago isn\u2019t a war zone, it\u2019s a city full of love, culture, and resilience. What we need is opportunity, not oppression or over policing.<\/p>\n

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