I "sorta" like his music. Some of it slaps, some of it sucks. But that's my musical opinion.
As to his causes/politics, that fucking dude is a CONSUMMATE ally. You don't have to be part of his tribe for him to want you to be safe, well, happy, and thriving.
Allyhood ain't easy. ESPECIALLY if you're a cis, straight, white, privileged, man. None of us have to be gay to appreciate the power of "Same Love" and I'm not Palestinian, but I will respect the fuck out of anyone who is raising money to help (for example), farmers who have had their olive trees bulldozed by an occupying force, which is (arguably, but I'll argue if you want to) a war crime...
All I can do is buy some olive oil. And not much, because I'm a broke-ass cook. This Macklemore dude, who apparently can fill an arena with people with more disposable income. And won't keep that income, will instead help people with destroyed livelihoods.
“Can’t Hold Us” popped up on a playlist as I opened the thread. I usually skip (the few songs of his I “like”) because I’m not in the mood for his vibe, but am giving the man his due respect via streaming.
Yeah man, I was never particularly into his music but I really never got people bullying him about Same Love. And I’m queer myself, and especially as a queer person I always appreciated any show of support from anyone. Like yeah some bars from that are kinda cringe but his heart was in the right place and his heart is definitely in the right place now. He was all of my respect, while other music acts have lost a lot of if not all of it by refusing to speak out or by speaking out in support of the country doing genocide. And I’m very much re-evaluating my support for a lot of musicians and actors and artists in general because they have refused to say anything. And if they support Palestine, now is the time to join all the other artists who have spoken out and are organizing anti-genocide events at this very moment. And I’m certain they’d only gain fans, because the vast majority of the working class population is on the side of Palestine now. Like I really do not get it. Like oh, your label is gonna let you go if you say anything? Okay, here’s 500 other labels who’d be psyched to pick you up and they’d jump through hoops to keep a professional relationship going with you.
Really appreciate how u set boundaries for what you value about him.
I'm confused about ur point on allyhood tho.
I feel like you're implying it's "harder" (in some way) to be an ally if you're at the top of the intersectional hierarchy when I would assume it's the opposite given your privilege.
Maybe your point is that rich white dudes like Macklemore have more to lose?
Idk
Turns out that creating cliques and using made up, arbitrary properties as excuses for hatred and discrimination is a human thing that isn't exclusive to any one group or political alignment.
I worked a few of his shows in the PNW when he was first blowing up in late 00s/early 10s. He was always super nice and easy to work with, sorta guy that would introduce himself to everyone at the venue and remember your name.
Whatever your politics, Macklemore putting his money where his mouth is when most artists stay silent is noteworthy. The music industry runs on not alienating anyone—taking a public stance costs real money.
It's kind of eerie actually. Go to any other comment thread anywhere on reddit. Just mention Macklemore and the bots will jump all over it. I don't know how they can ban bots from Reddit, but they really need to do it.
Technically he’s not. People are showing up to support the cause. Also, he will attract a whole bunch of excellent support acts. This is gonna be massive.
I mean honestly I think it could be fun, objectively. I did like his first album and listened to it a bunch. He was right that Kendrick should have won the Grammy, but I am convinced he’s at least entertaining.
some of his songs are tongue in cheek party songs; some have more depth and reflection than most any song from any genre in the last 20 years. it's a mixed bag.
"This is so performative and dishonest! Clearly he's doing all this for money. That's why he's...donating all of the money from his new tour to Palestinian aid organizations? Well OBVIOUSLY he must be getting kickbacks for it somehow - that's what all the politicians I vote for and celebrities I blindly worship do with zero complaints from me! " - A fucking moron you will see online
One of Macklemore's biggest hits is a song advocating for homosexuality and same sex marriage - 'Same Love'. He now supports a state that denounces these very things. Is this not problematic? Feels like he leverages causes for his own benefit somewhat.
lol you can be both for equal rights and also not want to go bomb children of whch half the population is of gaza and have never even had a chance to vote for hamas given its been 20 years since the last election.
you can say republicans or democrats are doing dangerous or injust things to the country and be against bombing their children and taking part in war crimes with our tax dollars.
odd talking point, iran government is notable terrible, but because of that we should be ok with bombing 200 school girls?
People not being able to see how self serving and performative this whole thing is for him really has me rolling my eyes when they’ve treated everyone else involved work such cynicism.
If you shout the right catchphrase the adoring public rally behind you.
They see it's self serving and performative but don't care because that's the reason they are expressing themselves as well. It's just virtue signalling.
US Republicans are trying to undo same sex marriage laws. Does that mean everyone in the country is against same sex marriage? Get off your high horse. I’m in the US and the current government does not represent my beliefs and values.
Yes, LGBTQ+ is the very thing on the top of Palestinian mind 🤔 it seems as if you're lacking so many nuances
If you want to go further on that and pull out some nuances, maybe perhaps that is something can be worried about & perhaps fought for if we ever get to see Palestine free in our lifetime. I'm a queer person btw
I don't advocate for either side and don't understand the issue or history well enough to have an informed opinion one way or the other. I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy on Macklemore's part.
Artists putting substantial tour revenue directly toward humanitarian relief logistics is genuine commitment. It moves the needle far more than social media statements.
He can donate the funds because this will bring him back into the spotlight, which he's been out of for over 10 years.
Edit: LOL OP IS A KARMA FARMING BOT, 6 MONTHS ON REDDIT, only posts political rage bait im guessing. Somehow after 6 months, OP has 600K karma. Dead internet theory is real.
For real. He screwed over his friend and hopped on to the “hate Jews” trend which is so so popular.
It’s funny cause that asshole didn’t even vote because he was playing both sides are bad bullshit and Reddit was always angry at people like him but since he said the magic phrase everyone is on his clit now.
did you hear what he said, specifically making a point to make sure he isn't talking about a faith or the community but the actions of politicians...he cited jewish organizations that have stood in this principle, he called out congo/ice, and other areas.
i mean how is this conflated with hate on jews? we can critique biden or trump or bush and not conflate it with hate on america, we can call out saudi/iran and not make it hate on muslims, call out china and not be xenopohobic.
israel has a diverse economic system, plenty were standing up to netanyahu who has been self serving, played with fire in keeping and wanting to keep qatari money going to hamas knowing how extreme they are, he's had a history of corruption, and there have been other pm's who have been jailed for corruption meaning that despite what his wife says, no one person is bigger than the jewish state and it will live on and if anything its helpful to move on from selfserving stewards. even einstein called out pitfalls if it goes into the hands of extreme people.
"consistent pattern" yet you people can only post the one singular image that supports your argument while denying all other factors. Dude apologized and moved on just like you should.
To be fair, the impact on human life is about 20 times greater in Ukraine and it's technically an "aggressor vs defender" rather than an "agressor and defender vs aggressor and defender" type conflict, which is just way less controversial.
Yeah but he really shouldn’t hide behind being apolitical when he clearly isn’t. Cowardly, just say with your chest that you stand with Zionism. Plenty of other famous people are fine doing that.
My point is that support for Ukraine is not really political. Why would I say I stand with Zionism? If anything I think it's a pretty dumb place for them to setup camp. Are you saying both sides are not both agressors and defenders?
I’m saying that the Hamas is a direct result of (other state I’m not allowed to say) spending decades creating an apartheid state, and if they really expected to treat people like that and never encounter some of them getting really pissed off and wanting to do something to change their wretched situation, maybe (other state I’m not allowed to say) isn’t too bright.
I think you're alluding to an important point. To understand this conflict requires a lot of history and nuance, which you can't expect ordinary people to have. Even with that, conclusions will differ. As a result, it is just going to come across as more political. Ukraine is not nearly as complicated nor is there much causing a difference in view. The only supporters of Russia are those that were directly indoctrinated by them.
Muslims know a lot about creating an apartheid state by the way they treat their own women.
Also, justifying murder and violence for a group like HAMAS is how morons against genocide end up doing a 360 degree turn and end up supporting genocide but for a different team.
This comment is a perfect example of the above comment. This is how you see it because of your framing. In your framing you have set up the conditions where murder and terrorism are justified.
There's a difference between "not worrying about every conflict" and caving to a rich person's whim because they don't want a musician to call out a country committing genocide.
My point is that he states he doesn’t have an opinion on this conflict because he isn’t political, which is clearly a lie because he was just fine being political for Ukraine
no one cares about ukraine. u could post an article that was just "gaza. gaza gaza gaza." and get 360986 comments. you could post an article about how everyone in ukraine was dead and people would yawn.
Yes, supporting Ukraine has famously gotten people canceled, resulted in the loss of jobs, speaking roles, scholarships, Visas…
Oh what’s that? There are no stakes and we send them billions in aid already?
Okay, what about Sudan? Republic of Congo? Myanmar? Where's the activism and the statements for the Iranian people who were being slaughtered by the thousands by their own government for protesting?
This shit is so absolutely predictable and obvious. No Jews, no news.
This is probably top three dumbest talking points you guys always use.
Because Netanyahu and the government of Israel recognized the elected government of Palestine and allowed them autonomy and provided aid to Palestinians, they somehow bear sole responsibility for the bad actions of Hamas.
Would you have preferred Israel starved and crushed Palestine into the dirt and decapitated their leadership when it was easier to do so?
lol what kind of simplification is this, have you seen the actual video of israeli investigations in bibi's overall management? he claimed he could continue to prop up hamas to counter the plo to say he has no reasonable partner thus preventing the two state solution
hamas has literally not had an election since 2005, meaning most of the population being unde 18 has never even voted for them
doesnt get into that he took a deal that was waiting for them after the attacks and ust let the hostages suffer and die, including shooting them in the 1st raid
hamas is the obvious terrorist perpetrator that day, but bibi's management set the table and placed israelis in a vulnerable position and should also be investigated, like his corruption trial but he s putting himself first...which is exactly what his wife and him believe they should do http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2239788.stm: Bibi is a leader who is greater than this entire country, he really is a leader on a national scale... this country can't survive without Bibi.
its sad bc after the attacks the world and polling was with israel to get their hostages back, iinstead you see the above and bibi leading israel, the only jewish state, into pariah status
it doesnt even get into his corruption trial you can see his self dealing including with qatar.
the jewish state deserves better, of course it will out last bibi as it has other pm's who have been incarcerated for corruption, but to heed einstein's warning that we can fall to extremist leadership and will only have ourselves to blame.
You source a claim that the IDF fired onto Israeli civilians with a Wikipedia article that begins with "Some commentators have argued". You are not a serious person.
lol you can read you bum....you' arent very serious bc they have more sources on there
September 2024 report by ABC News (Australia)) covers the use of the Hannibal Directive.\9]) The report quotes former Israeli officer, Air Force Colonel Nof Erez as saying: "This was a mass Hannibal. It was tons and tons of openings in the fence, and thousands of people in every type of vehicle, some with hostages and some without.
According to Kibbutz Be'eri survivors Hadas Dagan and Yasmin Porat, an Israeli tank fired two shells at a house that was known to hold over a dozen hostages, including 12-year-old twins; only two hostages survived.\76])\77])
n 18 December the IDF confirmed that Israeli combatants “fell as a result of friendly fire on October 7
n January, an investigation by Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth concluded that the IDF had in practice applied the Hannibal Directive from noon of October 7, ordering all combat units to stop "at all costs" any attempt by Hamas militants to return to Gaza with hostages.\)
On 19 March 2024, IDF Captain Bar Zonschein stated in a televised interview that he had ordered tank shells to be fired at two pickup trucks heading toward the Gaza Strip from the Kissufim area on October 7. Zonschein noted that he observed a "pile of people" in the vehicles but could not distinguish if they were dead or living Israeli soldiers. When pressed by the interviewer on whether he risked killing his own soldiers, Zonschein responded: "True. But I decide that this is the right decision, that it's better to stop the kidnapping and that they not be taken
In February 2025, in an interview with Channel 12), Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant said that the Hannibal Directive had been used by the IDF during the Gaza war
This whole thing really blew up in Ed Sheeran's face. I never would have predicted that 2026 was the year that Ed Sheeran was cancelled and Macklemore became super famous.
its a bit dumb bc it should more be about robert kraft and their counterproductive heavy handed censorship with billionaires than the dude with the guitar who didnt know how to handle it
The most recent specific aid deliveries reported for September 2026 occurred between 11 and 17 September, when 1,109 trucks entered Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing, including 244 aid trucks carrying food, shelter supplies, and medicines.
On 18 September, 10 aid trucks (all from World Central Kitchen) entered the Strip.
In the West Bank, Shelter Cluster partners delivered repairs and non-food assistance to 138 households (~690 people) between 7 and 13 September, while WASH partners continued trucking emergency water to affected communities throughout the month.
UNRWA & WFP: The World Food Programme reached 1.5 million people in Gaza during the monthly cycle, though funding shortages forced a reduction in West Bank food assistance from 400,000 to 200,000 people in early September.
Health Support: On 17 September, a $2 million allocation from the OCHA Humanitarian Fund was approved to provide $500,000 monthly in fuel for four months to sustain critical health services in Gaza.
Just so you know Google does work and you can look these things up yourself instead of spreading BS.
Islamic jihadists have killed the most truly innocent people in the past 5 years and more. The Iranian regime alone killed 10s of thousands of it's own people
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I don’t really like his music, but he’s earned my respect. He is putting real money behind the causes he cares about. It’s not just talk.