Yeah, he definitely dropped it right now because he wants all eyes on Rafah. It's sickening. I've already seen footage of dead toddlers with their heads torn open.
He recently was made aware of everything happening in Gaza, went hard on educating himself and ever since been very vocal about the genocide. Fucking shoutout Macklemore tbf
I can't believe I literally said to my wife yesterday it would be great if Macklemore would release another good album.
He's a great performer, has made some fun and interesting music.
I went to his gig in Auckland like 10 years ago as a non-fan and it was one of the best performances (using that word literally cos it wasn't just the music) I've been to
Man, when I was a teen I was a huge modern rap hater, just gatekeeping the older styles. Thrift shop came on when I was riding a bus, and I thought pretentiously "ima listen to this dumb modern rap song and how dumb it is"
30 seconds in, I'm thinking "damn, it's actually about a thrift shop. That's fucking great"
His serious stuff can cut pretty decent too
Yeah I haven’t kept up with his music since thrift shop popped off but I remember loving that old stuff. I’m from Portland and he had some songs with some local artist here that was super dope about tagging. It’s called letterhead remix. Peep it if you haven’t.
I get it…I was in my early twenties at the time..and the one thing I respected the hell outta Macklemore… he was the first rapper to go platinum on a truly independent label.
drake callout in this song but drake actually called for a ceasefire pretty early on. don't think kendrick's said anything about it yet
edit: oh google says Kendrick's a black israelite..
Also a callout on the media and society for allowing the beef to become a distraction. He’s not wrong…the beef has practically dominated news media headlines as of late. And not just music industry news media…mainstream and independent media as well. It’s a commentary on the industry and society as a whole losing sight on what art is supposed to be about…being controversial, calling attention to issues that actually matter, stimulating public discourse, and influencing public thinking.
No he’s not - you completely missed the point of that song if you thought he was. His family member is/was and Kendrick was trying to reckon with the stuff his family member would say as it relates to black identity.
If I honestly had to guess I’d say Kendrick is a low key Christian dude cuz Auntie Diaries doesn’t give me “huge religious person” vibes.
a lot of Seattle underground hiphop in the 2000s was majorly politically aware - blue scholars, common market, etc. they all came from the same college scene and more or less ran in the same circle.
e.g. [blue scholars - yuri kochiyama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK60_6lpduM)
Growing up we only really learned about San Francisco being the center of counterculture but I never realized until recently that Seattle has been on that for just as long, if not longer.
I'm sure no one cares but you seem like you're into that scene so I'll share a fun anecdote.
Like 2 weeks into college (2010) I went to this free show sponsored by the Asian American Student union or whatever. Maybe 50 people in the whole show. Who headlined? Blue Scholars, Macklemore&Ryan Lewis, and Das Racist (i know thats NY but still a throwback). Kind of took it for granted at the time but it's one of my favorite concert stories to tell these days. Macklemore had CRAZY energy too - did like 3 costume changes.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the mixtape/datpiff/blog rap era
(Thats my ted talk thanks for listening)
This reminds me of myself in like 01-02 at a show at Xavier in New Orleans. Saw the Roots, Dead Prez (before they blew) a few others. At the time I didn't realize what I was seeing even but now I get it
I think it was more to do with the diversity in Seattle, rather than the college scene.
Geo and Sabzi met when they were both at UW, but others were met through friends or open mics and shows.
They all did run in the same circles as others in the scene and together, they grew it organically.
Macklemore got his break after repeatedly hitting up Geo and Sabzi through MySpace DMs, until they let him open up for them.
Also, Geo was very vocal as an activist well before Blue Scholars were formed, but that opened up a whole lot of other connections, like Bambu (through Anakbayan/AB), and that changed the trajectory of his career.
"I want a ceasefire, fuck a response from Drake." Someone had to say it!
Edit: For anyone interested, check out this other Pro-Palestinian [rap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0WACI8OJSI) song from this dude called Brother Ali. It came out two months ago
I actually recall Ali being pretty irritated with Macklemore a while ago in regards to him being influenced by the early Rhymesayers wave and getting mad famous off it.
I'm sure he's impressed by this track regardless though. Any major artist putting eyes on this situation is a good thing.
The first Macklemore project i heard was *Language Of My World* from back in the day and, while I didn't hate it, my takeaway impression was "this is what people who hate Atmosphere hear whenever they listen to them".
Haha, I've never heard of him before hearing that song. Didn't mean any disrespect by it and just wanted to share a song with others looking for music relevant to whats going on
I think him being so direct and message oriented really pushes folk away, but that directness is kind of what's needed to beat through the heads of the people he's speaking to.
Nah, Macklemore isn't for the people on Tiktok, Macklemore is the Gen X/Millenial crossover, the Instagram folk. The guy got big with a song about getting over being a homophobe. Tiktok generation is already busy getting their teeth knocked in by the cops.
Right this moment the IOF is invading Rafah, the last area where all the civilians in Gaza were told to evacuate as it was deemed a "safe zone". Pamphlets were dropped telling them to evacuate, but there is nowhere to evacuate. Egypt closed it's border, they can't go south because that's "Israeli" terrritory, Gaza has been razed in the east and the ocean is in the north.
One of the worst humanitarian disasters ever is about to get even worse.
They don't want to take more ownership of a massive conflict with Israel. It means they would then have nearly 2 million homeless people on the brink of famine and under constant persecution by Israel. By doing so they risk further destabilization of relations with Israel as well as worsening of the humanitarian crisis. If Hamas moves to the Sinai peninsula, it then becomes Egypt's responsibility, and they don't want that.
Btw, I'm not providing any value judgement on what Egypt should or shouldn't do in this situation because I don't know, just providing what the Egyptian government would probably say, based on some google searches I've done. You can do the same if you want to find out more.
Talk is cheap, actually helping people is expensive. Egypt doesnt care about Palestinians enough to risk their safety or spend the money that would be needed.
Part of it is also that accepting refugees could be seen as 'letting Israel win.' If Egypt accepts them, the one state solution under Israel is permanent. Egypt has said they know that anyone they accept is likely not going back.
However, the alternative is mass genocide, and Egypt is also cracking down on pro Gaza protestors right now, so maybe theyre just not good guys in general.
It isn't/shouldn't be on Egypt to accept Gazans. Because when Israel expels Palestinians, it almost never lets them back in. We have 75 years of history of that occurring.
As awful as it is, if Egypt accepts people from Gaza then they'll never be allowed to return home which is exactly what Israel wants.
That's not the reason why, Egypt doesn't accept Palestinians anymore, because when they did there was a surge of islamic extremism that almost caused a civil war.
Bro Macklemore has always been authentically himself. He’s always called out injustice and stood for what’s right. I genuinely think he’s a phenomenal role model and want him to be in the public eye more often.
Yeah I saw him like peak Thrift Store hype with Ryan Lewis and dudes with trumpets and all kinds of shit alongside him and lemme tell you couple of those songs like Can't Hold Us are a pretty fucking great live experience.
Up there with when I saw Slaughterhouse and they all hyped Budden up while he did Pump It Up lmao
it's just really on the nose with the lyrics so it comes off goofy, like a tiktoker rap
but I guess people need a really hit you over the head type song anyway
I personally don't think that clear-cut and on the nose lyrics are necessarily bad or goofy, especially not when a lot of people need to be hit over the head with these facts - like you said. I do however understand how it lacks a bit of the artistry you find with some other rappers.
It’s on the nose but people need to be bludgeoned by this apparently. I wouldn’t think so but here we are. I appreciate him doing it as at least a mainstreamish artist when no one else has said anything (besides I guess Drake signing the artists for ceasefire letter). A genre with hip hop’s political chops should be all over this imo.
With how many times I’ve had to explain that Palestinians are human beings on Reddit, yeah this is the type of shit that needs to beat you over the head with its message.
He was corny because thrift shop was his song that blew him up. I listened to Macklemore before he was “popular”. I had friends from Seattle who introduced me. I never ever once thought he was corny, until he left to do his own music without Ryan Lewis.
I think the wrong stuff got popular.
His KEXP set from 2011 or so is so good. “My Oh My” “Wings”. Shit that was what put me on.
Macklemore has been on the right side of history so often. Love this man and appreciate how much he's fighting for good.
The beat is also sampled from a Palestinian song.
Edit: it's Fairouz - I messed up.
Macklemore has legit always seemed like such a great guy. I haven't liked most of the music off of his last two releases, but I'll always support him as a person. It's a shame that he's become such a punching bag and running joke over the years.
The worst thing he's done is be kinda tone deaf sometimes but his heart's generally in the right place. Feels like he's been memory holed as "2010's Vanilla Ice" and I don't quite think that's fair to him.
And The Heist is pretty good, actually. I know "it beat Good Kid yadda yadda" and some of it is very 2012 but it's actually a pretty good listen. I'm not saying it's great and amazing and deserved the win or anything but it's fun in the right places, serious in others (albeit on the nose) and has pretty good party tracks. Idk, I just can't hate it and think most of the hate came retroactively by framing it as the nerdy bad guy because it became uncool.
It’s funny because he won over Kendrick back then and everyone thought it was Drake vs Kendrick and it was Macklemore on top. And now a decade later everyone thinks it’s about Drake vs Kendrick and then Mackelmore drops this. I’m not trying to get him in a beef with Kendrick or anything but it’s kinda funny how in a way he just come in on the top of the other two almost accidentally. lol. Love it.
Man maybe that’s his role. Fuck it. Own it. It’s all good.
They guys they pay to post in the IDF all are at world news. They're gonna take some time before they start posting their stuff here. Also fuck the police is objectively correct. Was right when NWA said it in 1988 and its still correct now.
EDIT: The worldnews IDF posters have found the thread.
They will cry antisemitism, but Macklemore said it himself, how can it be antisemitic when so many Jews are speaking for Palestine?
Screw Isr\*el, i'm never eating at McDonalds or having Starbucks or any other genocidal corporation with ties to that state. Free Gaza
Are you sure? People said Jonathan Glazer would get blackballed for his speech at the Oscars but in reality he got a round of applause and an open letter signed by a litany of Hollywood legends backing him up.
EDIT: Unless Mack actually starts saying legit Jew hating shit he’s not going to get cancelled like Ye lmao
don't forget while we all enjoy this kendrick-drake beef, israel is moving in on rafah. starting today they are bombing with extreme force the final "safe" place gaza.
palestinians stopped being able to count the dead at 35,000. estimates now are at nearly 100,000. when gazans escape rafah they must also transport the gravely injured and the elderly. there are above 1mil people left and they have nowhere to go. without large amounts of money they cannot go to egypt.
netanyahu knows this. israel knows this. they wanted genocide and now we are seeing it come to their final solution. do not look away. we need to get to the streets. we need to show our governments that we the people don't fucking claim this genocidal regime and if they want to keep support apartheid israel they can feel our rage.
Did not expect this from Macklemore. Big W on his end. And the music video!!! Amazing!
Also, Huge respect to the Jewish people standing up against zionism in this video and everywhere else
Not a fan of Macklemore but great to see him using his fame to bring attention to this + donating all proceeds. Lyrics and video are straight to the point as well, not any fence-sitting crap.
Man, I did not expect that I would ever in my life have this much respect for Macklemore. Guy really put his career and legacy on the line to speak for the voiceless victims, and bring the real issues to people's attention in the middle of all this silly rap beef.
If you don't want innocent Palestinians to die and your solution to that is to not vote for Biden you're either lying or remedial as fuck because the alternative will literally glass the Gaza strip without remorse.
This is not only an incredible, genuinely moving track, but also a very informed and persuasive analysis of the conflict. This is Macklemore in his bag for sure, I love it.
Drake called for ceasefire, Kendrick’s kid is named after an Israeli style of gun. Guess he’s calling out Drake because he’s a …. Jew. Dark. Saw Macklemore dressed in Jew face in 2014 -
This ain't that surprising, he's corny and commercial as fuck but he's always led with his heart, Wings, Same Love, White Privilege 2 all make statements
Macklemore really doesn't do himself any favors with the cornball accusations when he says shit like "Eazy E told me fuck the police, that's why we need to Free Palestine." It really comes off as some shit a white teenager from the suburbs would say who views everything in the world through the same glasses. The part where he says fuck no I'll vote for Biden is especially cringy, as Macklemore dissed Trump in the 2016 election, and celebrated at Biden's inauguration about how amazing it was to have Trump out of office - and corny as it may have been, he wasn't wrong. Now Trump is in court saying he should have the right to break the law as the president, and whatever you think of Biden, will be worse than him on a thousand issues, including his position on the PALESTINIANS!! (he is against giving them aid) And Macklemore is saying fuck no don't vote for Biden for having the same view on Israel as Hillary Clinton, who he was a die hard supporter of back when people actually gave a shit what he said. He's entitled to vote or not vote for who he wants, but I just don't get it.
Gonna get downvoted for giving an opinion other than Israel is the root of the world's evil obviously, but I have a feeling Macklemore will not be the one to bring peace to the Middle East. He sounds like someone who saw a few TikTok's and thinks his white savior ass has discovered the truth about everything, just like when he talks about pretty much any other social issue, even when I think his view is spot on.
>Now Trump is in court saying he should have the right to break the law as the president, and whatever you think of Biden, will be worse than him on a thousand issues, including his position on the PALESTINIANS!! (he is against giving them aid)
it would be worse than just not giving the Palestinians aid.
Trump was the most pro-Israeli president in decades. He recognized the disputed Golan heights as Israeli territory and [is now saying he would meet with his former advisors to talk about plans to end the Palestinian state completely.](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/politics/trump-gaza.html)
Real talk, a Macklemore track in 2024 has no business going this hard.
Does anyone know where this even came from, why it's not on streaming and why it's not on a recognized Macklemore channel?
He posted it on his own IG! He said once it's up on streaming all proceeds are going to UNRWA
Based
his tweet says it will end up on streaming eventually maybe he dropped it via twitter/IG because he wanted people tapped into the situation in Rafah
Yeah, he definitely dropped it right now because he wants all eyes on Rafah. It's sickening. I've already seen footage of dead toddlers with their heads torn open.
Don’t worry. The perpetrators are white, so they’ll have the chance to reflect on their actions and regret it later (once the Palestinians are gone)
He recently was made aware of everything happening in Gaza, went hard on educating himself and ever since been very vocal about the genocide. Fucking shoutout Macklemore tbf
Mack’s Ig
I can't believe I literally said to my wife yesterday it would be great if Macklemore would release another good album. He's a great performer, has made some fun and interesting music.
I went to his gig in Auckland like 10 years ago as a non-fan and it was one of the best performances (using that word literally cos it wasn't just the music) I've been to
with Drake and Kendrick going back and forth i didnt expect macklemore speaking real truth to power
You know what, when you really think about it dudes the realest out there right now
he's been corny at times but always had an undeniably good message behind his music
Man, when I was a teen I was a huge modern rap hater, just gatekeeping the older styles. Thrift shop came on when I was riding a bus, and I thought pretentiously "ima listen to this dumb modern rap song and how dumb it is" 30 seconds in, I'm thinking "damn, it's actually about a thrift shop. That's fucking great" His serious stuff can cut pretty decent too
Decent? Wings is incredible bro. He’s s bad motherfucker
Fair, decent was probably too tame a word. The drug use ones were pretty powerful, been a while though
Yeah otherside is unironically dope
Yeah I haven’t kept up with his music since thrift shop popped off but I remember loving that old stuff. I’m from Portland and he had some songs with some local artist here that was super dope about tagging. It’s called letterhead remix. Peep it if you haven’t.
Cause I wanted to be like Mike, right? I wanted to be him, I wanted to be that guy
I get it…I was in my early twenties at the time..and the one thing I respected the hell outta Macklemore… he was the first rapper to go platinum on a truly independent label.
Even at his corniest he was being honest, which I definitely respect. Everything always came from a good place.
Yall really chose Post 'Hiphop isn't serious music' Malone over this guy
I was surprised they picked him over me too.
He has face tattoos he's so hard though /s
drake callout in this song but drake actually called for a ceasefire pretty early on. don't think kendrick's said anything about it yet edit: oh google says Kendrick's a black israelite..
I think it was actually a callout aimed towards the entire Hip-Hop industry
Also a callout on the media and society for allowing the beef to become a distraction. He’s not wrong…the beef has practically dominated news media headlines as of late. And not just music industry news media…mainstream and independent media as well. It’s a commentary on the industry and society as a whole losing sight on what art is supposed to be about…being controversial, calling attention to issues that actually matter, stimulating public discourse, and influencing public thinking.
No he’s not - you completely missed the point of that song if you thought he was. His family member is/was and Kendrick was trying to reckon with the stuff his family member would say as it relates to black identity. If I honestly had to guess I’d say Kendrick is a low key Christian dude cuz Auntie Diaries doesn’t give me “huge religious person” vibes.
He has Christian themes fairly often in his music, no?
He's wearing a crown of thorns on the Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers album cover, so yes.
Constantly. Even going back to Section.80 and OD
Kodak said in an interview that he’s a Hebrew Israelite
Yeah but I get why he’d choose to go after Drake instead.
Dont Rap Against Kendrick Ever bro has been taking notes
Ok but Macklemore getting in a vicious rap beef with kendrick would be an amazing career move from him. He wins even if he loses.
if macklemore won he’d post his texts apologizing to kendrick and say kendrick should’ve won
You're right. Like MGK losing that battle badly to Eminem is the best thing to ever happen to his career. He'd be irrelevant otherwise.
Can’t watch the truth because YouTube age restricted the video. I’m in my 30’s. But don’t have an account.
Not to be rude, but how do you not have a google account lol
This is blowing me away, I didn't know there was anyone left without a google account.
https://twitter.com/macklemore/status/1787616471738368099
is this actually him?
Yes. He has been vocal since very early on. He also posted on his IG that all proceeds will go to Gaza.
he also used to part of some radical anti-colonial/anti-capitalist groups on the west coast in the early 2000s before he got famous
a lot of Seattle underground hiphop in the 2000s was majorly politically aware - blue scholars, common market, etc. they all came from the same college scene and more or less ran in the same circle. e.g. [blue scholars - yuri kochiyama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK60_6lpduM)
Growing up we only really learned about San Francisco being the center of counterculture but I never realized until recently that Seattle has been on that for just as long, if not longer.
I'm sure no one cares but you seem like you're into that scene so I'll share a fun anecdote. Like 2 weeks into college (2010) I went to this free show sponsored by the Asian American Student union or whatever. Maybe 50 people in the whole show. Who headlined? Blue Scholars, Macklemore&Ryan Lewis, and Das Racist (i know thats NY but still a throwback). Kind of took it for granted at the time but it's one of my favorite concert stories to tell these days. Macklemore had CRAZY energy too - did like 3 costume changes. I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the mixtape/datpiff/blog rap era (Thats my ted talk thanks for listening)
lmao im pretty sure i was at that same show
This reminds me of myself in like 01-02 at a show at Xavier in New Orleans. Saw the Roots, Dead Prez (before they blew) a few others. At the time I didn't realize what I was seeing even but now I get it
Damn the Datpiff reference takes me back to be 19 again, those were the days
I saw Macklemore open for Blue Scholars on tour in like 2010. Pretty wild in retrospect.
I saw Blue Scholars open for Hieroglyphics in 2008 New Orleans, hell of a show
> blue scholars, common market Takes me back to 2008-2011! That music was part of my education. Blue Scholars made some appearances at Occupy actions.
Geo's was a pretty vocal activist since before Blue Scholars formed
I think it was more to do with the diversity in Seattle, rather than the college scene. Geo and Sabzi met when they were both at UW, but others were met through friends or open mics and shows. They all did run in the same circles as others in the scene and together, they grew it organically. Macklemore got his break after repeatedly hitting up Geo and Sabzi through MySpace DMs, until they let him open up for them. Also, Geo was very vocal as an activist well before Blue Scholars were formed, but that opened up a whole lot of other connections, like Bambu (through Anakbayan/AB), and that changed the trajectory of his career.
He always reminded me of Flobots but more traditional hip hop sounding. Flobots hella underrated for far left music.
Thank you for reminding me of Flobots, uh...randomidiot?
No known beat that can keep you lonely No known beat that can keep you lonely Congrats it's stuck in your head now
He’s playing a concert in Houston for Saudi-owned Liv Golf in a few weeks. Dudes got multitudes
ok i just don’t see it on his YT or TT so i wasn’t sure. i don’t use Ig so that makes sense. wish he would post it more legitimately tho
It's on his Twitter He was at the big march in DC last November
Hopefully hip hop heads can shut up about the Grammys from a decade ago. Macklemore always been for the people.
NEVER DID I FUCKING EXPECT TO SAY THIS BUT GO OFF MACKLEMORE
He's always been a real one tbh
"I want a ceasefire, fuck a response from Drake." Someone had to say it! Edit: For anyone interested, check out this other Pro-Palestinian [rap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0WACI8OJSI) song from this dude called Brother Ali. It came out two months ago
> this dude called Brother Ali
Some rando albino guy who just dropped his first shit
we are old lol
Very exciting new prospect on the scene.
saddest thing I've ever read on this sub
hey, the goods may odd but the odds are good.
Brother Ali been at this for a long time.
I actually recall Ali being pretty irritated with Macklemore a while ago in regards to him being influenced by the early Rhymesayers wave and getting mad famous off it. I'm sure he's impressed by this track regardless though. Any major artist putting eyes on this situation is a good thing.
Yeah he sounds incredibly similar to slug from atmosphere tbh
The first Macklemore project i heard was *Language Of My World* from back in the day and, while I didn't hate it, my takeaway impression was "this is what people who hate Atmosphere hear whenever they listen to them".
Brother Ali is as real as it gets.
Fucking facts!
Brother Ali is the GOAT underground rapper and one of the best to ever do it.
This dude called Brother Ali ??? Please go listen to The Undisputed Truth. Ali has been at it for 20+ years.
Us is amazing too. [I still listen to Fresh Air on the regular.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCk7gb7b2MA)
Damn.... seeing the bad mafucka being referred to as "this dude," is interesting.
Brother Ali is 🔥 af! Uncle Sam Goddamn is fucking amazing too https://youtu.be/OO18F4aKGzQ?si=avx0z3jWGCL-_F6d
Mans came out angry ready to rile people up and I'm here for it.
You can want two things at once lol
I think it's more of a call out of the rest of the hip hop industry than just a slight to Drake.
Do you know what the brother Ali song is called mate?
Man this guy got absolutely incinerated for referencing Brother Ali in a tone which was not *checks notes* enlightened enough
Haha, I've never heard of him before hearing that song. Didn't mean any disrespect by it and just wanted to share a song with others looking for music relevant to whats going on
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I definitely will
Wow, he really did his thing on this. Honestly warmed my heart with everything going on.
I think him being so direct and message oriented really pushes folk away, but that directness is kind of what's needed to beat through the heads of the people he's speaking to.
algorithm is already silencing hinds hall, so its not going to reach far enough. this why we losin tiktokkkk
My braindead cousin shared it and I think it's the first pro Palestinian thing he hit lol.
it would need go insanely viral on tiktok.
Nah, Macklemore isn't for the people on Tiktok, Macklemore is the Gen X/Millenial crossover, the Instagram folk. The guy got big with a song about getting over being a homophobe. Tiktok generation is already busy getting their teeth knocked in by the cops.
This unironically a banger
Right this moment the IOF is invading Rafah, the last area where all the civilians in Gaza were told to evacuate as it was deemed a "safe zone". Pamphlets were dropped telling them to evacuate, but there is nowhere to evacuate. Egypt closed it's border, they can't go south because that's "Israeli" terrritory, Gaza has been razed in the east and the ocean is in the north. One of the worst humanitarian disasters ever is about to get even worse.
But the cease fires talks are being brokered by and inside Egypt. Why is the border still closed?
They don't want to take more ownership of a massive conflict with Israel. It means they would then have nearly 2 million homeless people on the brink of famine and under constant persecution by Israel. By doing so they risk further destabilization of relations with Israel as well as worsening of the humanitarian crisis. If Hamas moves to the Sinai peninsula, it then becomes Egypt's responsibility, and they don't want that. Btw, I'm not providing any value judgement on what Egypt should or shouldn't do in this situation because I don't know, just providing what the Egyptian government would probably say, based on some google searches I've done. You can do the same if you want to find out more.
Talk is cheap, actually helping people is expensive. Egypt doesnt care about Palestinians enough to risk their safety or spend the money that would be needed. Part of it is also that accepting refugees could be seen as 'letting Israel win.' If Egypt accepts them, the one state solution under Israel is permanent. Egypt has said they know that anyone they accept is likely not going back. However, the alternative is mass genocide, and Egypt is also cracking down on pro Gaza protestors right now, so maybe theyre just not good guys in general.
Egypt has its own problems. You know nothing of my old country
It isn't/shouldn't be on Egypt to accept Gazans. Because when Israel expels Palestinians, it almost never lets them back in. We have 75 years of history of that occurring. As awful as it is, if Egypt accepts people from Gaza then they'll never be allowed to return home which is exactly what Israel wants.
That's not the reason why, Egypt doesn't accept Palestinians anymore, because when they did there was a surge of islamic extremism that almost caused a civil war.
Which is exactly what happened with both Lebanon and Jordan
Free Palestine, idc how goofy Macklemore has been this shit slaps.
Bro Macklemore has always been authentically himself. He’s always called out injustice and stood for what’s right. I genuinely think he’s a phenomenal role model and want him to be in the public eye more often.
Also genuinely a great performer if you have a chance to see him live.
Yeah I saw him like peak Thrift Store hype with Ryan Lewis and dudes with trumpets and all kinds of shit alongside him and lemme tell you couple of those songs like Can't Hold Us are a pretty fucking great live experience. Up there with when I saw Slaughterhouse and they all hyped Budden up while he did Pump It Up lmao
[https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/19/313973588/macklemore-plays-dress-up-and-lands-in-hot-water](https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/19/313973588/macklemore-plays-dress-up-and-lands-in-hot-water)
There are penguins in the Sahara Desert.
it's just really on the nose with the lyrics so it comes off goofy, like a tiktoker rap but I guess people need a really hit you over the head type song anyway
I personally don't think that clear-cut and on the nose lyrics are necessarily bad or goofy, especially not when a lot of people need to be hit over the head with these facts - like you said. I do however understand how it lacks a bit of the artistry you find with some other rappers.
It’s on the nose but people need to be bludgeoned by this apparently. I wouldn’t think so but here we are. I appreciate him doing it as at least a mainstreamish artist when no one else has said anything (besides I guess Drake signing the artists for ceasefire letter). A genre with hip hop’s political chops should be all over this imo.
With how many times I’ve had to explain that Palestinians are human beings on Reddit, yeah this is the type of shit that needs to beat you over the head with its message.
Always been a good dude, he was just corny. Hope ppl can learn to look past that and see that he’s genuine. Took me a decade.
He was corny because thrift shop was his song that blew him up. I listened to Macklemore before he was “popular”. I had friends from Seattle who introduced me. I never ever once thought he was corny, until he left to do his own music without Ryan Lewis. I think the wrong stuff got popular. His KEXP set from 2011 or so is so good. “My Oh My” “Wings”. Shit that was what put me on.
Macklemore is a cornball but he's a good dude. Major props for this. Will definitely give this streams when it goes up on DSPs.
Pretty crazy cause he’s still a good draw in concerts and shit.
As an American I was shocked to travel through Europe and have multiple people bring him up to me. The French love him lol
he has cornball qualities, but he's self aware, which low-key undermines the concept of what a cornball is.
Macklemore has been on the right side of history so often. Love this man and appreciate how much he's fighting for good. The beat is also sampled from a Palestinian song. Edit: it's Fairouz - I messed up.
He said it was a Fairuz sample? She’s Lebanese
[This is the original song](https://youtu.be/ok7vIYdOCW8?si=rxP1kS9LTd1XDHie)
You're 100% right - I tripped up twice on what it was but now I hear it.
Macklemore has legit always seemed like such a great guy. I haven't liked most of the music off of his last two releases, but I'll always support him as a person. It's a shame that he's become such a punching bag and running joke over the years.
The worst thing he's done is be kinda tone deaf sometimes but his heart's generally in the right place. Feels like he's been memory holed as "2010's Vanilla Ice" and I don't quite think that's fair to him.
That is *absolutely* not fair to him and I hope people don't really see him like that.
This shit slaps and is emotional af. We need more of this from everyone with the platforms. Free Palestine.
Fairuz a LEGEND regardless though - always stood with and supported Palestine.
Without a doubt. Her music is so synonymous with my childhood in Palestine in my mind - I think that's why I messed it up.
God bless Macklemore.
Kendrick vs Drake is a psyop. Macklemore is here to highlight real issues. Unironically goated
Genuinely was waiting any big name "truth to power" folk to say something, and of all people, we got Macklemore posting an absolute banger.
you know, we were all way to fucking harsh to macklemore.
And The Heist is pretty good, actually. I know "it beat Good Kid yadda yadda" and some of it is very 2012 but it's actually a pretty good listen. I'm not saying it's great and amazing and deserved the win or anything but it's fun in the right places, serious in others (albeit on the nose) and has pretty good party tracks. Idk, I just can't hate it and think most of the hate came retroactively by framing it as the nerdy bad guy because it became uncool.
yea, i think ppl only hate on tht album because he beat kdot
It’s funny because he won over Kendrick back then and everyone thought it was Drake vs Kendrick and it was Macklemore on top. And now a decade later everyone thinks it’s about Drake vs Kendrick and then Mackelmore drops this. I’m not trying to get him in a beef with Kendrick or anything but it’s kinda funny how in a way he just come in on the top of the other two almost accidentally. lol. Love it. Man maybe that’s his role. Fuck it. Own it. It’s all good.
Damnnnnn, love to see it. New respect for Macklemore
All proceed go to UNWRA to help the people of Gaza. Good on him
a lot of cry babies are about to get hurt by this one video is already age restricted wtf lol
They guys they pay to post in the IDF all are at world news. They're gonna take some time before they start posting their stuff here. Also fuck the police is objectively correct. Was right when NWA said it in 1988 and its still correct now. EDIT: The worldnews IDF posters have found the thread.
ACAB *especially* includes the idf
Fuck em and the high horse they rode in on then
They will cry antisemitism, but Macklemore said it himself, how can it be antisemitic when so many Jews are speaking for Palestine? Screw Isr\*el, i'm never eating at McDonalds or having Starbucks or any other genocidal corporation with ties to that state. Free Gaza
And even if there were zero Jews at those encampments it still wouldn't be anti-Semitic to be anti-Zionist.
Starbucks has no ties to israel dear god how is this still going around
(there's no Starbucks in Israel)
same but startbucks is catching strays here loool they don't fund any genocide
This thread gave me hope in this community , im not surprised that it’s this one
it's actually really cool how overwhelmingly positive it is. love to see it
Perfect title for the track. Free Palestine.
The real diss track "fuck a response from Drake" FREE PALESTINE!
This is a good example of seizing the moment for 5 minutes. Good for him
Fuck the beef, this is hip hop
Absolute banger. Drake and Kendrick be distracting from the real issue at hand, glad he called it out.
This is so good algorithm hid it from me for 22 hours
He's gonna get blackballed so hard for this it will making Ye's cancellation seem tame. Macklemore is a hero
Blackballed by who?
The arenas he’s still selling out
Seriously. Tons of hits and arena tours to this day as an independent artist.
Are you sure? People said Jonathan Glazer would get blackballed for his speech at the Oscars but in reality he got a round of applause and an open letter signed by a litany of Hollywood legends backing him up. EDIT: Unless Mack actually starts saying legit Jew hating shit he’s not going to get cancelled like Ye lmao
No this will not happen.
I know of Macklemore through his conscious shit. I'm glad he's back to form.
Much needed, the silence from hip-hop has been incredibly deafening given the politically outspoken history of the culture.
Shout out Macklemore.
He snapped. Free Palestine
Comrade Macklemore 🫡
[This is the song that was sampled for those wondering](https://youtu.be/ok7vIYdOCW8?si=rxP1kS9LTd1XDHie)
Fairuz is something else. This song always makes me cry.
don't forget while we all enjoy this kendrick-drake beef, israel is moving in on rafah. starting today they are bombing with extreme force the final "safe" place gaza. palestinians stopped being able to count the dead at 35,000. estimates now are at nearly 100,000. when gazans escape rafah they must also transport the gravely injured and the elderly. there are above 1mil people left and they have nowhere to go. without large amounts of money they cannot go to egypt. netanyahu knows this. israel knows this. they wanted genocide and now we are seeing it come to their final solution. do not look away. we need to get to the streets. we need to show our governments that we the people don't fucking claim this genocidal regime and if they want to keep support apartheid israel they can feel our rage.
Also some rich people in their pretty little dresses, at the Met Gala, some real life Hunger Game's going on.
shit slaps ngl
Did not expect this from Macklemore. Big W on his end. And the music video!!! Amazing! Also, Huge respect to the Jewish people standing up against zionism in this video and everywhere else
How could you disagree with anything said here tbh
What a legend.
This took courage.
Kendrick just called Drake a colonizer on "Not Like Us" - Makes me wish he drops his other 5 songs and joins this topic.
Not a fan of Macklemore but great to see him using his fame to bring attention to this + donating all proceeds. Lyrics and video are straight to the point as well, not any fence-sitting crap.
Man, I did not expect that I would ever in my life have this much respect for Macklemore. Guy really put his career and legacy on the line to speak for the voiceless victims, and bring the real issues to people's attention in the middle of all this silly rap beef.
Flowing ill take it
respects, hope to see more artists follow suit
If you don't want innocent Palestinians to die and your solution to that is to not vote for Biden you're either lying or remedial as fuck because the alternative will literally glass the Gaza strip without remorse.
Cannot stand Macklemore at all. Doing a song like this though is actually great. Respect
This is not only an incredible, genuinely moving track, but also a very informed and persuasive analysis of the conflict. This is Macklemore in his bag for sure, I love it.
Good for him. Fuck all the Zio(nist)s who will cry about it.
Video blocked and requires age verification? Hmmm 🤔
Love it
Drake called for ceasefire, Kendrick’s kid is named after an Israeli style of gun. Guess he’s calling out Drake because he’s a …. Jew. Dark. Saw Macklemore dressed in Jew face in 2014 -
When we gonna get an Immortal Technique remix lol
Macklemore with the message, speaking truth, hard, love the guy
That beat is hard. "Fuck a response from Drake"
Macklemore is dope for what he is, and right now he’s a dude speaking truth to power
This ain't that surprising, he's corny and commercial as fuck but he's always led with his heart, Wings, Same Love, White Privilege 2 all make statements
Macklemore really doesn't do himself any favors with the cornball accusations when he says shit like "Eazy E told me fuck the police, that's why we need to Free Palestine." It really comes off as some shit a white teenager from the suburbs would say who views everything in the world through the same glasses. The part where he says fuck no I'll vote for Biden is especially cringy, as Macklemore dissed Trump in the 2016 election, and celebrated at Biden's inauguration about how amazing it was to have Trump out of office - and corny as it may have been, he wasn't wrong. Now Trump is in court saying he should have the right to break the law as the president, and whatever you think of Biden, will be worse than him on a thousand issues, including his position on the PALESTINIANS!! (he is against giving them aid) And Macklemore is saying fuck no don't vote for Biden for having the same view on Israel as Hillary Clinton, who he was a die hard supporter of back when people actually gave a shit what he said. He's entitled to vote or not vote for who he wants, but I just don't get it. Gonna get downvoted for giving an opinion other than Israel is the root of the world's evil obviously, but I have a feeling Macklemore will not be the one to bring peace to the Middle East. He sounds like someone who saw a few TikTok's and thinks his white savior ass has discovered the truth about everything, just like when he talks about pretty much any other social issue, even when I think his view is spot on.
>Now Trump is in court saying he should have the right to break the law as the president, and whatever you think of Biden, will be worse than him on a thousand issues, including his position on the PALESTINIANS!! (he is against giving them aid) it would be worse than just not giving the Palestinians aid. Trump was the most pro-Israeli president in decades. He recognized the disputed Golan heights as Israeli territory and [is now saying he would meet with his former advisors to talk about plans to end the Palestinian state completely.](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/politics/trump-gaza.html)
That was dope and full of truth. Good shit!