Macklemore has announced that he’ll be donating the $1 million in net earnings he received from supporting Ed Sheeran on his Loop Tour to organizations working to support the Palestinian people, and invited billionaire Robert Kraft to match his donation.
Macklemore is donating $1 million of his earnings to Palestinian relief organizations following his removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour and he’s invited New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to do the same.
Macklemore pledged his $1M Loop Tour earnings to six Palestinian relief groups, saying "Palestinian lives are worth protecting," and invited Kraft to match; Kraft pledged $2M after a Sheeran call.
After being challenged by rapper Macklemore to match his $1 million to the Palestinian people, billionaire Robert Kraft has doubled the amount, saying he’ll “commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region and fight this humanitarian crisis.
New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium Owner Robert Kraft responded Wednesday to Macklemore’s call to donate money to support Palestine. It comes after Macklemore was...
In the latest chapter of the ongoing Ed Sheeran-Macklemore-Robert Kraft situation, Sheeran and Kraft have apparently seen and raised Macklemore’s $1 million donation to Palestinian relief by donating $2 million each — although it’s unclear exactly to whom.
The rapper claimed that the Patriots billionaire led a pressure campaign to have him nixed from Ed Sheeran's tour following comments supporting Palestinians onstage
Macklemore made “free Palestine” remarks while opening for Sheeran last week and claimed the comments resulted in Kraft barring him from performing at Gillette Stadium and influencing other venue owners to blacklist him.
"I will be donating the entire $1 million of my net earnings from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people. And I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation," the rapper wrote in a statement after being dropped from Ed Sheeran‘s tour over his pro-P…
Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America has been roiled by the decision this week to drop Macklemore as an opener because of the rapper's onstage pro-Palestinian comments.
Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America has been roiled by the decision this week to drop Macklemore as an opener because of the rapper's onstage pro-Palestinian comments.
The donations are the latest development in a controversy that erupted this week after Macklemore was removed from Sheeran’s Loop Tour following pro-Palestinian remarks he gave during a show at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Billionaire Robert Kraft, the chief executive officer and chairman of the Kraft Group, said Ed Sheeran asked him to match the singer’s $2 million donation for those suffering from Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Robert Kraft revealed a $2 million humanitarian pledge after Ed Sheeran personally called, doubling Macklemore's donation before the rapper's challenge.
After Macklemore invited Robert Kraft to match a $1 million donation to support the Palestinian people, the Patriots pledged $2 million to "aid in the region."
