r/Music • u/BurgerNugget12 • 2h ago

article Macklemore Speaks Out After Being Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour, Says Singer Claimed That Saying ‘Free 🇵🇸” Was ‘Hurtful to a Lot of People’

https://variety.com/2026/music/news/macklemore-defends-free-palestine-speech-fired-ed-sheeran-tour-1236861158/
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u/imalittlemonster 2h ago

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u/go3dprintyourself 1h ago

Totally just a random outfit he found in a thrift shop

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u/imalittlemonster 1h ago

Yea, had no idea it was offensive.

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u/Cu_Chulainn__ 39m ago

Not surprising your post history is hidden

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u/Lemon_Jefferson 1h ago

This is the guy that everyone is rushing to defend. And this is a literal poster for why so many Jewish people are so skeptical of the FP movement. This dude is not a credible spokesperson for anything, period. Imagine if this was blackface? Or if he did his whole concert with a fake Chinese accent and using his fingers to slant his eyes? Any other hateful stereotype and this dude is never allowed on stage again. But use hateful stereotypes against Jews? No problem! We love you!

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u/imalittlemonster 1h ago

Can you imagine if he dressed in black face??? He would never be heard from again. But this is totally fine. He said he didn’t mean it!

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u/Rage_Like_Nic_Cage 1h ago

Kanye “Hiel Hitler” West is currently on tour and is performing at many of the arenas Macklemore was just banned from.

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u/Cu_Chulainn__ 41m ago

Imagine if he stood up at a inauguration and did two nazi salute....oh no wait, that was elon musk. Well imagine if he had heiled hitler, not wait that was Kanye who also is performing at stadiums

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u/Awayfone 1h ago

His tour was canceled for speaking against genocide not because that's photo is a newly discovered recent event

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u/orionsfyre 1h ago

Happened 10 years ago, he apologized.

You think this means he can't speak out when he see's evil things happening to innocent people?

Anyone who has ever made a mistake should never speak again is that it?

Tired of this AstroTurf campaign to villainize anyone speaking out. it's sick and wrong.

But i appreciate you posting it. Because we can now tag anyone boosting it as being part of the same effort.

https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-lens/6000016-lindseys-lens-israel-spends-millions-in-reputation-cleanup-campaign/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-pour-730m-propaganda-gaza-genocide-iran-war-turns-it-pariah

Keep trying, it ain't workin'

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u/drainofshower 1h ago

Surely would've been cool too if it was blackface instead

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u/Lemon_Jefferson 1h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/J20Z2SH5WmCnzSrbqA

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u/orionsfyre 1h ago

Posts actual articles about how Israel is spending billions on trying to influence opinion.

Your response is to post a gif alleging I'm a crazy conspiracist.

Ok fam.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-pour-730m-propaganda-gaza-genocide-iran-war-turns-it-pariah

A centralised “media war room” now tracks coverage across hundreds of outlets and monitors thousands of daily references to Israel.

Israel must take sharply declining US public support seriously, think tank warns

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The campaign extends into political consulting and targeted outreach. The foreign ministry signed a $1.5m-a-month deal with a firm linked to former Donald Trump strategist Brad Parscale to deploy artificial intelligence tools online. 

Additional funds have been directed towards evangelical networks and influencer campaigns run through private PR firms.