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· collected 2026-09-17 · by Brian Marks, Justin Enriquez, Charlotte Dean
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Macklemore is making it clear that he won't be curtailing his pro-Palestinian activism after being dropped as Ed Sheeran's opener after making a 'free Palestine' statement.
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On Wednesday, the 43-year-old rapper announced that he would be donating $1 million – which he earned from Sheeran's tour – to Palestinian aid groups.
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Macklemore (real name: Benjamin Haggerty) also called out New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, whom he has accused of conspiring with other stadium owners to get him blackballed from Sheeran's tour, and challenged the billionaire to match his $1 million donation.
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The tactic appears to have been successful, as shortly after Macklemore announced his donation on Instagram, the billionaire shared a statement on X announcing that he planned to match a $2 million donation from Sheeran.
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The Daily Mail has reached out to Macklemore, Kraft and Sheeran's representatives for comment but has not yet received a response.
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The latest development comes after Sheeran suffered massive blowback in the wake of Macklemore's ouster as fans unfollowed him on social media in waves and every one of his remaining opening acts withdrew from his tour.
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Macklemore, 43, announced on Wednesday that he would be donating $1 million, which he earned from Sheeran's tour, to Palestinian aid groups.
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Above, in Paris in July 2025
Macklemore has accused Robert Kraft of conspiring with other stadium owners to get him blackballed from Sheeran's tour, and challenged the billionaire to match his donation
Sheeran has experienced massive blowback in the wake of Macklemore's ouster as fans unfollowed him on social media andall of his remaining opening acts withdrew from his tour
In his post, Macklemore announced that he would be donating to six organizations serving Palestinians: Anera, Gaza Soup Kitchen, HEAL Palestine, Medical Aid for Palestinians, Palestine Children's Relief Fund and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA USA).
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'With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom,' Macklemore began his statement on Instagram.
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'I will be donating the entire $1 million of my net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people,' he continued.
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'And I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation.
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'Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting,' Macklemore stated.
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Macklemore then tried to move the focus away from his professional setbacks to the people he hoped to help.
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Not the headlines or the controversy,' he continued.
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He added that Palestinians living amid the destruction wrought by Israeli forces faced far greater setbacks and dangers than himself.
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'I want to center the parents carrying their children into hospitals without the basic resources to treat them, and the physicians, paramedics, journalists and aid workers who keep going back in,' Macklemore said.
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'I want to center the organizers and activists who have paid real costs for standing with Palestine.
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Macklemore announced his donation in a statement to Instagram.
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He said he would be donating his 'net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people'
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He emphasized the importance of helping Palestinians by naming two Palestinians who were killed by Israeli strikes.
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Macklemore said that 'writing a check' was a simple form of solidarity, but he went on to caution that 'aid alone' could not solve the crisis affecting Palestinians
He then warned his fans: 'When the news cycle moves on, which it will, don't move with it,' and he concluded by stating: 'Free Palestine'
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Just yesterday, 15-year-old Muhammad al Zinati was killed in an Israeli strike while rushing to help aid worker Sherif Lubbad, who had already been injured,' the performer wrote.
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Both were murdered.
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Macklemore added that countless more Palestinians' names might never be remembered, as their families may have been wiped out.
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The Same Love rapper admitted that 'Writing a check is one of the least costly forms of solidarity available to me.
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'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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But he went on to caution that 'aid alone' could not solve the crisis affecting Palestinians.
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'This is a manmade injustice, and I believe it requires immediate political change.
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Palestinians have lived for decades without basic rights and should not have to wait another day to be free,' Macklemore wrote.
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'That is where my focus will remain.
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I will continue to stand with the Palestinian people and their fight for liberation.'
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He then warned his fans: 'When the news cycle moves on, which it will, don't move with it.'
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Macklemore concluded his post by simply stating: 'Free Palestine.'
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'Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting,' Macklemore said in his statement.
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'A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth'; seen with Sheeran in 2013 in NYC
In just a few hours, Macklemore's donation announcement on Instagram had garnered more than 1.8 million likes; seen on August 30 in France
The comments were overwhelmingly positive, with one fan writing, 'This will go down in history and your grandchildren will remember this.'
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One fan wrote, 'This is what a TRUE artist is [heart].
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Power to the People,' while others shared their 'Respect'
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Free Palestine,' wrote another adoring fan
One poster admitted that they 'Didn't know how bad the world needed Macklemore'
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In just a few hours, Macklemore's donation announcement on Instagram had garnered more than 1.8 million likes.
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…and 128 more, not listed.
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