Macklemore leads anti-America chant during charity concert in Seattle to benefit Palestinian refugees

Macklemore chanted 'f*** America' connected Saturday portion performing successful Seattle astatine a foundation festival to payment Palestinian refugees.

The 41-year-old Seattle autochthonal deed the signifier astatine the Palestine Will Live Forever Festival successful enactment of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees and encouraged radical to 'straight up' articulation the chant, according to an nonfiction connected Sunday by TMZ.

The rapper told the assemblage helium wasn't going to halt them if they did and past said, 'F*** America' arsenic the assemblage erupted into cheers.

Macklemore, existent sanction Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, has been highly captious of United States overseas argumentation arsenic the warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas has intensified.

He released a protestation opus successful May 2024 titled Hind's Hall successful enactment of the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests connected assemblage campuses.

All proceeds from Hinds Hall volition beryllium donated towards UNRWA.

The Grammy-winning rapper successful the protestation opus was captious of US President Joe Biden for providing subject enactment to Israel.

He said successful his song: 'The humor is connected your hands Biden, we tin spot it all. And f*** no, I'm not voting for you successful the fall.'

The rapper, champion known for his pro-LGBTQ+ rights opus Same Love, besides called retired the euphony manufacture for being 'complicit successful their level of silence.'

The video accompanying the opus intersperses his lyrics with clips of protests crossed American colleges, which experienced a surge of clashed betwixt protesters and field police.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees had overmuch of its backing chopped this twelvemonth pursuing allegations its workers were progressive with the October 7 onslaught by Hamas against Israel.

Macklemore has agelong been a protagonist of Palestinian people.

In November, Macklemore gave an impromptu code astatine a pro-Palestine rally successful Washington DC, in which helium told the crowd: ' 'I don't cognize enough, but I cognize capable that this is simply a genocide.

His code was preceded by a connection connected October 19 successful which helium condemned Hamas' bloody incursion against Israel, and Israel's brutal effect against the Gaza Strip, calling the second 'an unfolding genocide' and a 'US backed catastrophe.' 

Macklemore roseate to fame collaborating with shaper Ryan Lewis arsenic the duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis from 2009 to 2016.

Their azygous Thrift Shop reached fig 1 connected the US Billboard Hot 100 illustration successful 2013 and their 2nd azygous Can't Hold Us besides peaked astatine fig 1 connected the Hot 100 chart.

The duo won 4 Grammy Awards astatine the 2014 ceremony, including Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.