SZA slams White House for using her song in deportation video content
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Singer SZA criticized the White House on social media Wednesday for using her song in an X post supporting the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.
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SZA wrote on the platform: “The White House raging its artists for free publicity is PEAK DARK… inhumane + shock and aw tactics… Evil n Boring.”
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Pop star SZA criticized the White House this week for using her song in a post promoting the deportation agenda. (Neilson Barnard/Getty)
SZA, whose real name is Solána Imani Rowe, posted her comment on Henderson’s X post on Tuesday: “Trying to provoke the artist into responding to help spread propaganda and political agendas is bad business. Stop it.”
The White House video featured images of ICE officers handcuffing illegal immigrants, with SZA saying, “It’s handcuffing season and all the girls are leaving to get a big boy.”
The government account played with the lyrics along with the post’s title, stating: “WE HEAR SZN IS HEADLINED. Bad news for illegal criminal aliens. Great news for America.”
White House press secretary Abigail Jackson when asked to comment on SZA’s response. he told Variety“Thank you, SZA, for bringing greater attention to the tremendous work America’s ICE officers do in apprehending dangerous criminal illegal aliens from American communities.”
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Along with SZA, pop star Sabrina Carpenter also complained about the Trump White House using her song in a pro-deportation X post. (JMInternational/Getty Images)
SZA’s response is just the latest celebrity rebuke of the Trump administration’s social media posts. Pop star Sabrina Carpenter toured the White House for a pro-ICE video using her song “Juno” earlier this month.
Commenting on the clip, Carpenter said, “This video is evil and disgusting. Never involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane purposes.”
Jackson responded to Carpenter at the time, which included many references to the pop star’s discography.
“Here’s a Short and Sweet message to Sabrina Carpenter: We will not apologize for deporting dangerous, illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be a fool, or are they slow?”
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Last month, Olivia Rodrigo called out the Department of Homeland Security for using her music in a social media post encouraging deportations. (John Shearer/Getty)
“Drivers License” singer Olivia Rodrigo also lashed out last month at the Department of Homeland Security’s Instagram post using her song “All American B—-.” In the video, he was urging illegal immigrants to deport themselves from the United States.
“Never use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,” Rodrigo wrote.
When asked to comment on Rodrigo’s statement, a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital: “America is always grateful to federal law enforcement who keep us safe. We encourage Ms. Rodrigo to thank them for their service, rather than belittling their sacrifice.”
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