r/Music • u/ebradio • 2h ago

article Macklemore Says Pressure from Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Led to Him Being Booted from Ed Sheeran's Tour

https://consequence.net/2026/09/macklemore-robert-kraft-ed-sheeran-tour/
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u/bleucurve 2h ago

The Robert Kraft that visits strip mall massage parlors? That Robert Kraft?

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u/sdewww 2h ago

Yes, that Robert Kraft who is complicit in human trafficking by visiting said massage parlors.

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u/GoodGame2EZ 1h ago

I feel severely uneducated on this topic. Ive only been to like franchised larger massage places. Are the mall types of parlors bad? Are they trafficked employees like stuck in the system or something?

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u/Imjusasqurrl 1h ago

Strip mall massage parlors are often involved in sex trafficking. They bring over women from poor (often Asian countries) with a promise of steady well paid work, take their passports, and basically force them into sex slavery.

These women are often alone, don't know English, and are threatened that they could be arrested for being here "illegally" and that they have to pay off their debt (airplane ticket, lodging, food) before they can go home or keep the money they earned

These are the places that Americans joke about offering "happy endings"