Robert Kraft Responds to Macklemore’s Challenge to Match $1 Million Donation to Palestinian Groups

Um representante da empresa Kraft, The Kraft Group, não retornou imediatamente o pedido da Billboard sobre se, e onde, Kraft estaria comprometendo esses fundos.

O desafio de Macklemore seguiu a remoção do rapper como abertura na Loop Tour de Sheeran nos U. S. devido às declarações que ele fez em apoio aos palestinos nas paradas da turnê de Sheeran no Estádio MetLife, em New Jersey, em Sept.

4 and 5. His comments, which included the phrase “Free Palestine,” were accompanied by a performance of Macklemore’s 2024 track “Hind’s Hall” — which accuses the Israeli government of committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza — alongside images of the violence.

Notably, the United Nations has also classified Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, though Israel and its close ally the U. S. have denied this. Gaza’s Health Ministry has reported that more than 73,000 Palestinians have died from repeated Israeli strikes as of July, while countless others have faced displacement, homelessness and hunger.

Na segunda-feira (14 de setembro), o promotor U. S. do Loop Tour, Messina Touring Group, divulgou uma declaração anunciando que Macklemore havia sido realmente removido da programação.

When Macklemore addressed his removal from the tour later that day, he alleged that Kraft had threatened to cancel Sheeran’s upcoming shows at Gillette Stadium unless Macklemore was dropped from the bill.

O rapper alegou ainda que Kraft havia “reunido” proprietários de outros estádios na empreitada e que Sheeran recebeu um “ultimato” de que não seria permitido tocar em seus palcos a menos que Macklemore fosse dispensado.

On Tuesday (Sept. 15), Kraft responded with a statement claiming Macklemore had “a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery that has been deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community,” and that to allow him to perform at Gillette Stadium “would cross [a] line.”.

Later on Tuesday, Sheeran released his own statement, in which he claimed that Macklemore’s removal from the tour had been the “venue’s and promoter’s decision,” and that he had spent that last week “trying to build bridges” by speaking with the stadiums along with “activists on both sides.” He added, “However, there is room for multiple approaches to the same end: peace.

In the wake of the controversy, all of the remaining opening acts on Sheeran’s tour, including Aaron Rowe, Finneas and Lukas Graham, dropped out of the trek and posted statements in support of Macklemore’s support of Palestinians.

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