Santa Ana rapper Kapri explains why he paid bills for families hit by ICE raids

Santa Ana rapper Kapri said he put his own money where his offer was. In a clip Juice Unlocked posted June 27, 2025, about two weeks after he publicly offered to help families affected by the ICE raids, he explained why he did it and said the help reached more than one family.

"It was more than one family, bro, so, you know, I'm blessed to be in that position," he said.

Why he did it

Kapri tied it back to home. He said he already pays his mother's monthly bills, and that seeing her struggle made him want to do the same for someone else.

He pointed to the fear families were living with at the time. "They're scared to go out, go to work, it's hard," he said.

He said the money was meant for everyday costs: "I'm trying to pay somebody's light bills, somebody's cable bill, I'm trying to pay some groceries."

“It was more than one family, bro, so, you know, I'm blessed to be in that position.”

Answering the doubters

The interviewer said he had seen a family post a receipt, or something like it, verifying that Kapri came through. Kapri also addressed people in the comments who brushed the help off as "only, like, 200 bucks," saying that was his hard-earned money.

“They're scared to go out, go to work, it's hard.”

How it started

On June 12, 2025, Juice Unlocked shared Kapri's message saying he wanted to help "a family or families directly affected by the ICE raids" with groceries, monthly bills and lawyer fees, and asking people to point him in the right direction.

Earlier that month, Kapri landed at No. 45 on Juice Unlocked's list of the top 50 Orange County rappers of all time.

“I'm trying to pay somebody's light bills, somebody's cable bill, I'm trying to pay some groceries.”