“Fuck America!”
yelled rapper Macklemore at a pro-Palestinian concert in Seattle on Saturday night, as the crowd responded with cheers, while others, including Elon Musk, later condemned the “Thrift Store” artist's anti-American comments.
The shocking moment occurred while Macklemore (real name Ben Haggerty) was performing at the Palestine Will Live Forever Festival at Seward Park Amphitheater in Seattle, Washington.
“This is absolutely genocide and it has been going on since 1948. Make no mistake about it.”
According to the official Instagram account page For the festival: “We resist when we fight, we resist when we educate, we resist when we organize. Our people, living under the brutal occupation of the settler colonial project, resist with every breath. Despite the pain and suffering, our people of Falastine find a way to live.”
Proceeds from the Palestine Will Live Forever Festival were donated to various organisations providing aid to the Palestinians, including the controversial United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Area.
Welcome to the Terror Dome
Last month, the United Nations Hospitalized It has been reported that 19 staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) are suspected of involvement in the Hamas terrorist attack that occurred in Israel on October 7, 2023, which left around 1,200 people dead and took a further 250 hostages to Gaza.
Nine of the defendants have been fired, but the UN said “appropriate action will be taken” against the remaining 10 staff members.
During the Palestine Will Live Forever festival, Macklemore admitted that he “didn't know much” about the decades-long hostility between Palestine and Israel until the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.
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Regarding how he became involved with the “movement,” Macklemore said: said “October 7th came and I started to pay attention. I started to learn. I started to listen. I started to look back and learn the history,” a festival attendee said.
The rapper, best known for his 2012 song about thrift store shopping, claimed the conflict between Israel and Hamas “isn't actually that complicated.” Macklemore then accused Israel of committing genocide.
“This is absolutely genocide. It's been that way since 1948. Don't get me wrong,” Macklemore told the crowd.
video Macklemore is seen saying, “Let me be clear. I'm not stopping. I'm not stopping. Yeah, fuck America,” as the crowd erupts in cheers at the anti-American remark.
“What a tool.”
Hundreds of online commenters slammed McLemore for his rude quip, including Elon Musk. said Rapper's “What a guy”
others It is called A boycott of Adidas and TaylorMade Golf, which have sponsorship contracts with Hagerty.
The rapper performed the song “Hind's Hall” at the festival.
of song A song celebrating anti-Israel protests on college campuses, the song is named after the pro-Palestinian activists who occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University and renamed the building “Hind Hall.” Hind RajabA Palestinian girl killed in Gaza City during the war between Israel and Hamas.
In the song, Hagerty advocates for left-wing tropes like “fuck the police” and “a system designed by white supremacy.”
All proceeds from the song will be donated to UNRWA, the entertainer said.
Hagerty recently released “Hind's Hall 2,” another anti-Israel anthem.
The song's chorus sings, “From the river to the sea. Palestine will be free.”
“From the river to the sea” is an anti-Semitic phrase that calls for the complete elimination of the state of Israel and the establishment of a Palestinian state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
The rapper warned Vice President Kamala Harris that she cannot win Michigan in the 2024 presidential election unless she “stops sending money and weapons” to Israel.
This song lyrics “We cannot bear the idea that capitalism is going to kill us.”
The 41-year-old rapper's net worth is Reportedly $25 million.
In August, Macklemore attended the UAE Alleged its role in the ongoing “genocide and humanitarian crisis” in Sudan;
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In 2014, Macklemore wore an outfit at a Seattle concert that was deemed anti-Semitic and “deeply offensive” because it looked like a caricature of a Jewish man.
Hagerty apologized. say“I never tried to emulate or resemble any culture. The 'Jewish stereotype' never crossed my mind.”
“There's no worse feeling than being misunderstood, especially when it hurts or offends people,” the “Same Love” rapper said at the time.
Macklemore said he was “surprised and disappointed” that “photos of my disguise were sensationalized and my costume quickly determined to be anti-Semitic.”
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