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highplainsdem

(60,744 posts)
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 09:59 AM 6 hrs ago

'Folded' Vanishes From TikTok Library After Kehlani Yells F*** ICE at the Grammys

Source: International Business Times

The celebration of a career-defining milestone has swiftly transformed into a digital mystery for R&B superstar Kehlani. Just hours after securing their first-ever Grammy wins, fans across the globe began reporting a strange phenomenon: the award-winning single 'Folded' has abruptly disappeared from the TikTok library.

Creators trying to use the music for their videos are getting nothing but silence, and older posts using the track have been muted with zero explanation. The timing has fans talking. It appears to be a direct reaction to the artist's blunt criticism of US immigration policy during the ceremony.

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'What I wanna make sure that I say is that everybody is so powerful in this room and in this room later', Kehlani stated, commanding the attention of the industry's elite. The room fell silent as they continued, urging their peers to mobilise. 'And together we're stronger in numbers to speak against all the injustice going on in the world right now'.

The artist did not mince words, calling for a collective awakening amongst the creative community. 'So instead of letting it be just a couple of you here and there, I hope everybody is inspired to join together as a community of artists and speak out against what's going on. And I'm going to leave this and say, f*** ICE'.

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Read more: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/folded-vanishes-tiktok-library-after-kehlani-yells-f-ice-grammys-1776138



If any of the kids on TikTok hadn't been aware the platform is now controlled by authoritarian RWers, this should get their attention.
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'Folded' Vanishes From TikTok Library After Kehlani Yells F*** ICE at the Grammys (Original Post) highplainsdem 6 hrs ago OP
Tweet with video: highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #1
Larry Ellison, come on down! Kid Berwyn 5 hrs ago #2
The liberal people I follow on TikTok report the same kind of censorship. nt hay rick 3 hrs ago #3
I'm shocked. SHOCKED! progressoid 3 hrs ago #4
The other person who said Fuck ICE... Pluvious 2 hrs ago #5
Just like anything, everything is way cooler for young people when they discover it and make it theirs. ToxMarz 2 hrs ago #6
But, but, the Chinese! LuvLoogie 2 hrs ago #7
I've referred to this KKKrap app as ShitTok since I closed my account in 2022 wolfie001 2 hrs ago #8

Pluvious

(5,301 posts)
5. The other person who said Fuck ICE...
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:42 PM
2 hrs ago


How long before a new platform arises to replace TicTok...

People don't like being censored

ToxMarz

(2,793 posts)
6. Just like anything, everything is way cooler for young people when they discover it and make it theirs.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:49 PM
2 hrs ago

And they laughed at the old folks and governments desire to silence it (and them) using fear. Now they will know it isn't theirs anymore and unless they like fox news and wall street journal for the news and entertainment, it isn't cool anymore. How many of them use facebook anymore, and originally it was only open to enrolled college students. Now its' just grandma's and magats.

LuvLoogie

(8,626 posts)
7. But, but, the Chinese!
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:49 PM
2 hrs ago

They were taking our data and spying on us!


So red, white, and blue fascism.

A lot of Dems voted for this.

wolfie001

(7,344 posts)
8. I've referred to this KKKrap app as ShitTok since I closed my account in 2022
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:17 PM
2 hrs ago

If you used the words "fat" and "Trump" in the same sentence, immediate strike. Yet their devoted KKK ShitTokers were espousing racial hatred and threatening people 24/7/365. Complete RW horseshit. Now, it's even worse thanks to the plutocracy currently ruling America.

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