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Rapper Macklemore says he will donate the entire $1m he earned from singer Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour to organisations supporting Palestinians, days after he was dropped from the tour over his support for Palestine.
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he → say → Palestine
Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, announced the donation on Instagram on Wednesday, saying the money would go to six groups working directly to support Palestinians.
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money → announce → Palestinians
He also called on pro-Israel billionaire Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, to match it after Kraft confirmed on Tuesday that he had barred Macklemore from performing at Gillette Stadium in the US state of Massachusetts.
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he → call → Massachusetts
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who → cut → Macklemore
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“Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting,” Macklemore wrote.
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Macklemore → blame → this
In a statement on Wednesday evening, Kraft said that before Macklemore issued the challenge, Sheeran had called and asked him to commit $2m in humanitarian aid to the region.
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Sheeran → say → region
Kraft said Sheeran now planned to approach other venue owners in an effort to raise more money.
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Sheeran → say → money
“I believe deeply that all lives are worth protecting,” Kraft said.
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Kraft → believe → ?
Macklemore’s announcement comes as the fallout over his removal from Sheeran’s tour continues to grow.
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fallout → come → tour
Macklemore said on Monday that he was dropped from the remaining United States dates after using his performances at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to speak in support of Palestinians.
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he → say → Palestinians
All of the supporting acts for Sheeran’s upcoming US Loop Tour have now pulled out in solidarity with the rapper.
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All → support → rapper
Some of the artists are Irish and pointed to their own country’s history of occupation in explaining their decision to withdraw.
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Some → point → decision
Sheeran has said the decision to remove Macklemore was ultimately made not by him but by the tour promoter.
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decision → say → promoter
Kraft later said he had opposed allowing the rapper to perform, citing what he described as Macklemore’s history of “antisemitic rhetoric and imagery”.
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he → say → rhetoric
Kraft, in a statement to Al Jazeera, said the decision to ban Macklemore from his venue wasn’t about “diminishing the suffering of innocent Palestinians” but argued that “advocacy should not come at the expense of the Jewish community or obscure the responsibility of Hamas”.
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advocacy → say → Hamas
In his latest statement on Wednesday, Macklemore said he wanted to pull the conversation away from himself and the controversy surrounding the tour.
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he → say → tour
,” he wrote.
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he → write → ?
He also acknowledged that donating money carried far less risk than the work being done by people in Gaza and those organising in support of Palestinians.
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donating → acknowledge → Palestinians
“Writing a check is one of the least costly forms of solidarity available to me,” he wrote.
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he → write → me
“I am doing it because I can, and because these organizations are doing the work while much of the world debates it.
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much → do → it
He ended with a call for people to keep paying attention.
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people → end → attention
“When the news cycle moves on, which it will, don’t move with it.
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it → move → it
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