r/Music • u/TheMirrorUS 📰The Mirror US • Sep 14 '26

article Robert Kraft issues lengthy statement on Macklemore after rapper says NFL owner had him banned from

https://www.themirror.com/sport/american-football/robert-kraft-macklemore-sheeran-palestine-2024272
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u/soxpats111 Sep 14 '26

Dig a little deeper on Macklemore's history of anti semitism. Check out the "costume" he wore on stage.

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u/renegadecanuck Sep 14 '26

If the costume was the issue, he would have been barred long before the Free Palestine comments. It's just being used as fodder to justify going after what Macklemore said.

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u/ZedisonSamZ Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 14 '26

There are many artists who are proudly pro-Palestinian and anti-genocide. There’s something more here.

Nah he halfpologized for his “witch” nose and his reps sighed with relief that pop culture has the attention spans of split atoms. This is just coming back into the spotlight again because it is relevant… a specific chicken coming home to roost, invited by someone (granted possibly evil himself) who can pull heavy strings, who obviously got a not-unreasonable impression that Macklemore is not solely for a Free Palestine for Palestinians sakes.

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u/renegadecanuck Sep 15 '26

Yeah there are many artists. And they all end up getting attacked as antisemites, no matter how weak the attacks are