"Our individual liberation IS Palestinian liberation," the singer wrote. "Is Sudanese liberation. Is Congolese liberation."
Based on his comments, I honestly think he's getting there. The ongoing attack on Palestine are even radicalizing celebrities, it seems. Next we'll get Macklemore opening for Roger Waters.
you'd need to be a fucking soulless ghoul to ever consider playing dubai so like what
I'll give macklemore some credit. He's been taking feedback, reading, and applying it in practice this year
Plenty of artists play Dubai, play Tel Aviv, play Saudi. I appreciate the consistency
Macklemore has always meant well. I remember when he won the Grammy for best rap album, he was apologizing because he knew he only got it because he was white. Kendrick Lamar was the very obvious choice. His music is pretty hit or miss, but he seems like an alright dude
This bit right here, his understanding of his place and what it improperly awarded him, is exactly why Macklemore is maybe one of five Amerikan whites I exempt from my lambasting of crackers and their works
Dolly Parton, Marshall Mathers, Lady Gaga, and John Darnielle.
All names here subject to disfellowship if they act up; I've only recently started coming around to the fact that maybe I was too hard on Marshall, and that he wasn't the Elvis-assed snake I read him as for years.
his most well-known song is about thrift shopping, and in 2012 he made a song called same love about gay rights. i think he's always been a decent person but also got rich, but palestine seems to have really shaken him into action
Wonder if he has like a fan mail address so I can send him some Lenin and shit.
Most people don't follow every aspect of global conflicts. To say they were "cool with the stuff..." is a bit disingenuous. Learning about a specific situation that is ongoing and adapting your beliefs to the new information is exactly what people should do.
But also, maybe he did know about it and only gave a shit recently, I really don't know.
Very fair! Too busy playing in plenty of other places equally as evil and unsustainable probably.
Put put a song called Hinds Hall about the college protests too, he's pretty good on foreign policy stuff in general and has been for a while, deff way left of your average lib.
You know what though? I'm here for it. We need more celebs saying fuck the empire.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I highly recommend his concerts, you leave feeling very uplifted
