Macklemore faces backlash as he defends pro-Palestine remarks at Ed Sheeran show

Macklemore defended his pro-Palestine remarks made during Ed Sheeran’s East Rutherford concerts, telling the crowd to “Free Palestine” and praising student-led encampments at Columbia University. The speech drew criticism from fellow artists P!NK and Boy George, prompting a petition by the Israeli American Council for Sheeran to drop him. Macklemore later posted the clip of his remarks with a caption stating that equality for all humans should not be controversial and stood by his comments.