Grammy-winning artist Doechii accepted her first BET Award Monday. But as she held the award for best female hip-hop artist, she couldn’t ignore what was going on outside the televised show at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Rapper Doechii exhibited rare courage at the BET Awards on Monday to condemn Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles to quell protests against his mass deportation agenda.

Doechii made the most of her first BET Award win and addressed the immigration protests happening in nearby Los Angeles.