I was in the goodwill just yesterday so makelmore was in my mind, what a coincidence. Anyway that aside looks like Mackelmore was sleepin till 10 months ago

“While numerous external forces contribute to this crisis, advocates, organizers, journalists, and officials repeatedly highlight the UAE’s role in funding the RSF militia as a major factor" .”

“At the end of the day I have to ask myself what is my intention as an artist?” Macklemore continued on Saturday. “The last 10 months l’ve been learning what factors/motivators feed genocide and global systemic oppression. I keep getting led back to self interest over collective interest at the root. Capitalism is the glue that holds this ideology together. And if I take the money, while knowing it doesn’t sit right with my spirit, how am I any different than the politicians I’ve been actively protesting against? How can I be outraged by their lack of integrity while compromising my own? How am I different than the countries that put dollars and power over human life?”

“Although dismantling systemic oppression might not fully happen during my lifetime, our collective analysis is evolving,” he wrote. “That is where it starts. "

Oh shit! This is actually way more than i expected!

Out if all possible artists to make a protest song it's fuckin goofy ass Mackelmore? Goddamnit. Now i gotta go listen to some of his shit. At least the one in the college protests. Who knows? Maybe his music will get more radical going forward. We could all be singing revolution songs by makelmore !

fuck me, wouldn't that be something?

Most people don't follow every aspect of global conflicts. To say they were "cool with the stuff..." is a bit disingenuous. Learning about a specific situation that is ongoing and adapting your beliefs to the new information is exactly what people should do.

But also, maybe he did know about it and only gave a shit recently, I really don't know.