Macklemore chants Fk America to cheers at concert benefiting Hamas-connected UN agency

The rapper Macklemore told a crowd of Seattle concertgoers “F— America,” according to video of his recent “Palestine Will Live Forever” performance shared on X. “Straight up, say it.I’m not gonna stop you.

I’m not gonna stop you,” Macklemore said, appearing to reference chants from the crowd. “Yeah, F— America,” the Grammy-winning performer said, sending the crowd into cheers.The video was shared on X by journalist Cam Higby. Macklemore, a 41-year-old rapper born Benjamin Hammond Haggerty in Kent, Washington, had advertised a “Palestine Will Live Forever Festival” on his Facebook page.He said the proceeds of the event held at Seward Park Amphitheater would go to various groups, including the controversial agency known as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). Israeli officials have declared that UNRWA is strongly tied to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The U.N.

itself announced in August that nine UNRWA staffers would be fired due to possible involvement in the Oct.7, 2023, Hamas terror attack on Israel.Fox News digital reached out to representatives for Macklemore for comment, but they did not immediately respond.Macklemore dropped an anti-Israel song in May titled “Hind’s Hall,” referring to the Columbia University building that students occupied and renamed in honor of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl killed in the Israel-Gaza war.

The song praised the anti-Israel encampments and protests on college campuses across the country and called out President Biden, the police and the music industry. The rapper this month dropped a second version of the song that now calls out Vice President Kamala Harris, who became the Democratic presidential nominee when Biden backed out of the race in July. Macklemore seems to threaten that Harris will lose support in the battleground state of Michigan, which has a large Arab and Muslim community in Dearborn, for supporting Israel. “Hey Kamala, I d...