Macklemore Donating $1M In Ed Sheeran Tour Proceeds To Organizations For Palestine

On Monday (Sept. 14), Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran's The Loop Tour due to his advocacy for Palestine. Sheeran made a statement, saying he's "not complicit" and it was the promoter's decision to remove Macklemore. His other openers and backing band then quit the tour in solidarity with Palestinian people. Now, Macklemore shared another statement, announcing that he's donating $1 million he made from Ed Sheeran's The Loop Tour to organizations for Palestine."With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom," the statement begins. It continues: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. Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth.That is what this has always been about. Not me. Not a tour. Not...