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[–] 113 points 20 hours ago (66 children)

Worth noting that Macklemore knows Kraft won’t match it. Makes it even more of a boss move.

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  • [–] 114 points 19 hours ago (60 children)

    I did not expect it, but he did match it.

    https://www.tmz.com/2026/09/16/robert-kraft-doubles-macklemore-palestine-donation/

    Lets not forget that Robert Kraft is in the Epstein files

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago

    That doesn't surprise me. It's cheap repair for his image. But, it's also disingenuous, which we all know.

    Even if Kraft backed down and allowed the show, it wouldn't work. He's exposed himself, there's no repairing that. Also, the artists wouldn't return.

    Kraft is known now. And, we know what he is.

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  • [–] 16 points 8 hours ago

    Hold up, the post from Kraft only says:

    Ed called me and asked me to commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region to fight this humanitarian crisis.

    Doesn't say he'll do it, and doesn't say it'll go towards aid for Palestinians.

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  • [–] 39 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

    Kraft donated to "support the region". Doesn't say anything specifically about Palestine. Dude probably wrote a $2 million check to Netenyahu.

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  • [–] 20 points 15 hours ago

    Settlements in Palestine need investments, the way he describes his donations reeks of dishonesty. "supported efforts to create opportunity for Palestinians" Opportunities aren't food or shelter or aid.

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  • [–] 11 points 13 hours ago

    "brought young Palestinians and Israelis together to build businesses, create jobs, and forge relationships" sounds like some Supply-side Jesus bullshit way of saying "I made a fuckton of money in Israel and even deigned to hire some Palestinians to do it"

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  • [–] 63 points 19 hours ago (52 children)

    Interesting, thanks for sharing. I guess I was wrong.

    So… this only makes me more confused, though. He shuts down Macklemore because he doesn’t want Macklemore saying “Free Palestine” in his stadium, and then turns around and supports Palestinian causes?

    Christ, I must be missing something here.

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  • [–] 19 points 12 hours ago

    His PR team specifically chose the words "support the region" and ended the sentence with "I have supported efforts that create opportunity for Palestinians and have brought young Palestinians and Israelis together to build businesses, create jobs"

    For example, financing bulldozing a Palestinian village, building an illegal settlement of terrorists, then hiring some Palestinians for pennies to clean the gardens, can technically match the statement

    The Israeli Gaza "humanitarian" foundation let thousands of people die of starvation, also. Any donation to the ghf technically counted as Palestine aid, but it's like if during WW2 there was a fundraising for food in Auschwitz

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  • [–] 79 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

    Boils down to Robert Kraft did not expect the PR shit show that started because he kicked Macklemore out. This blew up super fucking fast and well outside of the control of what they expected. Ed Sheeran is scrambling too.

    This looks really bad. Even Jesse Walters from Fox News is like, "he kicked him out for saying free Palestine?" He then went on to defend Robert Kraft, claiming he can kick him out for whatever reason, but even he seemed incredulous about the reason that Macklemore was kicked out.

    Robert Kraft does not want this to continue to blow up because if every fucking artist besides a few of them suddenly start refusing to go to his stadium, that's gonna look bad. This gives him an out, saying, well, I donated two million dollars after the fact So it doesn't look like he's directly supporting genocide.

    It's obvious to those of us who pay attention, but to anybody who's not familiar with Robert Kraft, this potentially creates an out. It all about the pr message.

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  • [–] 9 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

    It would seem that your analysis is the correct one.

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  • [–] 16 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    Yeah, it basically boils down to PR and Robert Kraft trying to control the message. I'm not sure why he's trying to control the message. He's not giving a shit about it before, given how open he is about supporting Israel and how much money he's donated to Israel before But this clearly rattled him.

    I speculated about the artist boycott, but I mean, it could also boil down to people just boycotting him for not allowing free speech, which is a lightning rod issue in the United States.

    Or maybe it just spiraled so fast out of control that it just spooked him. Ultimately, $2 million dollars for him is a chump change. Hard to know at this point, unfortunately.

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  • [–] 8 points 16 hours ago

    I’m not sure why he’s trying to control the message. He’s not giving a shit about it before, given how open he is about supporting Israel and how much money he’s donated to Israel before But this clearly rattled him.

    But now bad things are happening to him so they matter.

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  • [–] 40 points 19 hours ago (18 children)

    One of the last lines of the article

    Kraft later confirmed he didn't want Macklemore performing at Gillette, which Kraft owns ... accusing the rapper of crossing the line with antisemitic rhetoric and imagery.

    I find it hard to believe that Maklemore uses antisemitic rhetoric and imagery (I'm willing to change this opinion with evidence). I would believe he uses Anti-Israeli rhetoric and imagery.

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  • [–] 13 points 18 hours ago (16 children)

    I just found this today. Still not sure what to make of the costume, but Macklemore claims he didn’t intend for it to look like a Jewish caricature

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  • [–] 5 points 18 hours ago (11 children)

    That's exactly what he looks like. I could see this being viewed as antisemitic. I do still wonder what the retoric was

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  • [–] 20 points 18 hours ago (10 children)

    It's almost definitely antisemitic, but I suspect rather than being actual hatred, it was probably just an antisemitic joke in poor taste, and more importantly, he apologized for it in... 2014.

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  • [–] 4 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

    From what I read, he was supposedly trying to dress up in a costume inspired by Humpty Hump (of Humpty Dance fame) and wasn't aware enough at the time to realize how fucked up it came across.

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  • [–] 4 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    the article says

    He explained that he randomly chose the elements of the outfit so that he could disguise himself and move freely around during the secret show.

    so to make nobody recognize him. the facial features do seem like things you’d grab off the closet in a quick decision to look the most drastically different easily. the rest of the outfit, though? … ooof. i’m willing to trust him if there’s nothing else

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  • [–] 4 points 16 hours ago

    Yes, all I'm saying is the inspiration was supposedly Humpty Hump, a rapper who famously disguises himself with a big fake nose. It seems totally plausible that he was going for that look without realizing it came across wrong.

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  • [–] 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

    It's just PR bro. Trying to save face after the fact.

    That 1 million (from each) will be tax deductible and not cost either of them anything (as long as they both earn at least a million this year, which they will).

    It's also only a limited number of charities that are official enough to take such a sum, meaning the money will get shunted through approved US channels (so that it stays out of the hands of "Hamas" or whatever the US and Israel see as Hamas today).

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  • [–] 7 points 16 hours ago

    $2 million for a gesture probably doesn't matter much to him.

    Especially when his actions point to him being a Zionist, the question becomes how much money has Kraft spent furthering Zionist ideals in comparison? Does it make $2 million USD look like a joke?

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  • [–] 20 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

    In the article, they quote Kraft saying he has been a long time financial supporter of the Palestinian people.

    So we're gonna see if his money lands where his mouth is. I have my doubts but I'm open to a happy surprise.

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  • [–] 17 points 19 hours ago*

    I'll admit I didn't read the article, lol. But - hang on, if he's a long-standing financial supporter of the Palestinian people, I'm genuinely confused as to why he's so upset at Macklemore's remarks.

    Are we sure he isn't just saying whatever platitudes get him more money and support?

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  • [–] 2 points 13 hours ago

    He's a long time funder of Our Generation Speaks which is an "ex" Israeli intelligence officer who pays token Palestinians to be pro-Israel, that's the only Palestinian thing his foundation funds.

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