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Karol G says she was warned to not converse out towards ICE throughout her Coachella headlining set, for concern of getting her visa revoked. “Folks will say, ‘It’s higher you don’t,’” she advised Playboy. “Why? As a result of when you say the factor, possibly the following day you’ll get a name: ‘Hey, we’re taking your visa away.’ You change into bait, as a result of some individuals wish to present their energy.” She additionally desires to guarantee that when she does converse out on a platform as massive as Coachella, she desires to guarantee that her message is significant to the immigrant neighborhood, a message they’ll resonate with. She added, “I don’t wish to simply say ‘ICE Out’ and don’t have anything come from it… I’m in all probability going to go a little bit tougher than that. I simply wish to signify my neighborhood. However what I’m telling you is that, as a human being, I would like that to imply extra.”
Karol G references the ICE OUT pin marketing campaign, by which celebrities wore pins throughout awards season to honor ICE victims and promote sources for these affected by ICE raids. However as a result of she’s the primary Latina to headline Coachella, she desires to ensure her message doesn’t get misplaced, and he or she speaks loud and clear: “I’m not saying that I’m not going to do it; what I’m saying is that I’d do it and can do it with my soul. However I wish to sit down and perceive, in my head: Right here’s what that meant.”
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