Macklemore has scrapped his upcoming concert in Dubai in protest to the United Arab Emirates’ role “in the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis” in Sudan.
The “Thrift Shop” hitmaker announced he canceled his October show. He took to Instagram with a lengthy statement explaining his decision. Earlier this year, The Seattle-bred rapper released a pro-Palestinian anthem called “Hinds Hall. Macklemore revealed he had been educating himself for the last ten months and said, “the plight of the Palestinian people has woken the world up.” He said that although he might not live to see the “dismantling” of systemic oppression, “our collective analysis is evolving.”
