Sturgill Simpson is a country star, but tonight during the 2017 CMAs, he isn’t inside Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena as a performer or guest. Instead, he’s outside busking in the streets to raise money for the ACLU. He broadcast live on Facebook, and at one point, he was asked to give a mock CMA acceptance speech. “Nobody needs a machine gun, and that’s comin’ from a guy who owns quite a few guns,” he said. “Gay people should have the right to be happy and live their life any way they want to and get married if they want to without fear of getting drug down the road behind a pickup truck. Black people are probably tired of getting shot in the streets and being enslaved by the industrial prison complex. Hegemony and fascism is alive and well in Nashville, Tennessee. Thank you very much.” Watch footage below and check out his full Facebook broadcast.

Last year, Simpson blasted the country industry for “hitching their wagon” to Merle Haggard’s name after the country icon’s death. He later hypothesized that he would be “blackballed from the industry” for his comments, adding, “and that’s perfectly fine with me.” His Grammy nominated album A Sailor’s Guide to Earth was snubbed for last year’s CMAs.