For the reason that late ‘80s, Ice Dice has constructed his legacy on delivering unfiltered reality to the folks, lacing his rhymes with sport, grit and a name to motion within the Black neighborhood. This week, the Hip Hop icon turned his consideration towards one other neighborhood beneath hearth, blasting federal immigration authorities for his or her aggressive ways throughout current raids in Los Angeles.
In a candid sit-down on REAL 92.3 LA’s The Cruz Present, Dice didn’t chew his tongue when talking on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “To see folks disrespected like that, and the federal authorities being too heavy-handed, going to church buildings and weddings and grabbing folks out of colleges — it’s like, ‘Come on, man, y’all simply overdoing it,’” he stated. His phrases got here on the heels of stories about Border Patrol brokers, in what one official allegedly referred to as Operation Trojan Horse, hopping out of a rented truck and detaining a number of folks exterior a Dwelling Depot. The transfer drew speedy backlash from civil rights advocates and native leaders.
Dice made it clear that these ways are shaking the muse of public security in L.A., particularly for the town’s Latino inhabitants. “No person’s protected,” he harassed. “They don’t care who they seize. They need to traumatize folks, too.” For a lot of, areas as soon as seen as protected havens; faculties, church buildings, household gatherings, are actually shadowed by concern. “I can’t wait ’til this era is over,” Dice added. “It’s loopy to see folks dragged out of their spots of refuge.”
Public outrage over immigration enforcement has been heating up since June, when mass protests erupted towards former President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda, which noticed the Nationwide Guard deployed alongside ICE. Dice now stands alongside a rising record of artists; from Tyler The Creator to Kehlani, talking out towards the crackdown. And for many who know his observe document, that is nothing new; the identical Dice who referred to as out injustice by way of N.W.A.’s “F*** Tha Police” continues to be utilizing his voice to battle techniques constructed to intimidate and management.
