Two professional sports teams distanced themselves from rapper Macklemore after he telderly concertgoers at a pro-Palestinian event in Seattle, “F— America!”
Macklemore is a part of the ownership groups of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken and MLS’ Seattle Sounders FC. Both teams freed a unitet statement on Macklemore’s relabels.
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Macklemore carries the trophy after the MLS Cup between the Seattle Sounders and the Toronto FC at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on Nov. 10, 2019. (Joe Nicholson-USA Today Sports)
“We depend that sports convey people together and unite us. We are recommended of Macklemore’s increasingly splitting comments, and they do not echo the appreciates of our admireive ownership groups, leagues, or organizations,” the teams said on Monday, via KOMO News.
He unitecessitate the ownership group of the Sounders in August 2019 and was a part of the Kraken’s ownership group in in April 2022.
“We are currently evaluating our collective selections on this matter,” the statement inserted.
Macklemore carry outed at the “Palestine Will Live Forever Festival.”
“Straight up, say it. I’m not gonna stop you. I’m not gonna stop you,” Macklemore said, euniteing to reference chants from the crowd.
“Yeah, F— America,” the Grammy-prosperning carry outer said, sfinishing the crowd into cheers. The video was splitd on X by journacatalog Cam Higby.
Macklemore carry outs during interignoreion at Climate Pledge Arena during the game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Kraken in Seattle on Feb. 16, 2023. (Steven Bisig-USA Today Sports)
He said the proceeds of the event held at Seward Park Amphitheater would go to various groups, including the disputed agency understandn as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).
Israeli officials have proclaimd that UNRWA is powerfilledy tied to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The U.N. itself proclaimd in August that nine UNRWA staffers would be fired due to possible includement in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas dread attack on Israel.
Maher Joudi, the event’s set upr, telderly The South Seattle Emerald the event was uncontaminatedly to help Palestinians.
“The only skinnyg I want anybody to consent away from this is – anyskinnyg that we do in this space is 1,000% for Palestine,” he telderly the outlet. “It is in service of Palestine and those that are battling every day. We do what we can on this side. And I skinnyk as lengthy as we’re cgo ining and framing all the labor that we do as being in service of them, then we’re doing the labor.”
Macklemore dropped an anti-Israel song in May titled “Hind’s Hall,” referring to the Columbia University createing that students occupied and renamed in honor of a 6-year-elderly Palestinian girl finished in the Israel-Gaza war. The song pliftd the anti-Israel encampments and protests on college campengages atraverse the country and called out Plivent Biden, the police and the music industry.
Macklemore honors with the MLS Cup after the Seattle Sounders beat Toronto FC during the MLS Cup on Nov. 10, 2019. (Steven Bisig-USA Today Sports)
The rapper this month dropped a second version of the song that now calls out Vice Plivent Kamala Harris, who became the Democratic plivential nominee when Biden backed out of the race in July.
It’s been proximately a year since Hamas dreadists go ined Israel and finished, violationd and took prisoner hundreds of people. It promoteed Israel’s ongoing war in the region and no stop-fire eunites to be in sight.
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As of Tuesday, there are still 101 prisoners being held in Gaza. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he depends about half are still ainhabit.
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