Two professional sports teams distanced themselves from rapper Macklemore after he tancigo in 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 retags.
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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 suppose that sports convey people together and unite us. We are conscious of Macklemore’s increasingly polarizing comments, and they do not echo the appreciates of our esteemive ownership groups, leagues, or organizations,” the teams said on Monday, via KOMO News.
He uniteed 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 assembleive selections on this matter,” the statement compriseed.
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-thrivening carry outer said, sending the crowd into cheers. The video was spreadd on X by journaenumerate Cam Higby.
Macklemore carry outs during interleave oution 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 persists 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 comprisement in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas alarm aggression on Israel.
Maher Joudi, the event’s systematizer, tancigo in The South Seattle Emerald the event was uncontaminatedly to aid Palestinians.
“The only skinnyg I want anybody to get away from this is – anyskinnyg that we do in this space is 1,000% for Palestine,” he tancigo in the outlet. “It is in service of Palestine and those that are combat every day. We do what we can on this side. And I skinnyk as extfinished as we’re cgo ining and framing all the toil that we do as being in service of them, then we’re doing the toil.”
Macklemore dropped an anti-Israel song in May titled “Hind’s Hall,” referring to the Columbia University produceing that students occupied and renamed in honor of a 6-year-ancigo in Palestinian girl ended in the Israel-Gaza war. The song pelevated the anti-Israel encampments and protests on college campengages apass the country and called out Pdwellnt 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 Pdwellnt Kamala Harris, who became the Democratic pdwellntial nominee when Biden backed out of the race in July.
It’s been proximately a year since Hamas alarmists go ined Israel and ended, violationd and took captive hundreds of people. It igniteed 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 captives being held in Gaza. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he supposes about half are still ainhabit.
Fox News’ Danielle Wallace gived to this alert.
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