Challenging the tendency of many international artists to remain silent about the Middle East conflict, American rapper Macklemore on Tuesday released a song on social media dedicated to protests by university students in the United States calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Grammy Award-winning, 30 million listener-per-month artist has […]
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Challenging the tendency of many international artists to remain silent on the Middle Eastern conflict, the American rapper on Tuesday Macklemore published a song dedicated to the protests of university students in States United calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The artist with 30 million listeners a month, winner of a Grammy Award, announced that all proceeds from the song will be donated toUnrwathe UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
“What are you willing to risk? / What are you willing to give? / What if you were in Gaza? / What if those were your children,” she sings. “You wish the world would stand up / And the students finally did,” Macklemore sings.
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The title, Hind’s hallrecalls the occupation of Hamilton Hall in the Columbia University of New York, occupied and then evicted by the police last week, where pro-Palestinian demonstrators symbolically renamed the building with the name of a Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who died in Gaza from wounds sustained after an Israeli army raid on the car in which he traveled with his family. Before dying, the little girl had managed to telephone her mother and the recording of her cries went around the world.
In the song Macklemore also says he won’t vote for Joe Biden in the next presidential elections in November 2024 because of his support for Israel: “The blood is on your hands Biden we can see it all / Of course not, I won’t vote for you in the fall.” On Instagram the clip obtained over 10 million views in the first 13 hours of publication.
Macklemore, who rose to fame with the single Can’t hold us with Ryan Lewis 11 years ago, has repeatedly expressed his support for Gaza. The artist often presented himself with the Palestinian keffiyeh during his live concerts and last December he took part in a pro-Palestine demonstration in Washington.
