Macklemore delivers pro-Palestinian message at festival
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- Macklemore chants “Free Palestine” at French festival.
- He vows to keep shouting “Free Palestine.”
- Macklemore voices solidarity with Gaza at Rose Festival.
- He backs Palestine, Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Iran.
Grammy-winning American rapper Macklemore addressed thousands of attendees at the Rose Festival in Toulouse, renewing his public call for Palestinian liberation and drawing connections between international anti-war movements.
Taking the mic between sets, the artist delivered a speech urging the crowd to sustain global advocacy efforts against military occupations and human suffering.
"We will keep shouting 'Free Palestine' until it is the case," Macklemore declared to the festival crowd. "Free Palestine, free Gaza, free the West Bank, free Lebanon, free Sudan, free Congo, free Iraq, free Iran, and free all oppressed people all across the world."
Macklemore's support for Palestine
Macklemore (born Benjamin Haggerty) has built a reputation over two decades for utilizing his platform to highlight social justice issues.
Following the outbreak of the war in Gaza, he became one of the most outspoken mainstream US hip-hop artists advocating for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Western military funding.
Public Demonstrations
In November 2023, Macklemore addressed a crowd of over 300,000 protesters at the National March on Washington for Palestine, stating that he was unbothered by potential industry blacklisting or career repercussions for speaking out against military violence.
"Hind's Hall" Anthem
In May 2024, Macklemore released "Hind's Hall", a protest track dedicated to Hind Rajab—a six-year-old Palestinian girl killed by 'Israeli' forces in Gaza—and to university students across the United States occupying campus lawns to demand institutional divestment.
The song sampled Lebanese icon Fairuz's "Ana La Habibi" and directly challenged political leaders, pledging that all streaming proceeds from the track would go toward the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees.
World Tour Speeches
Throughout his global concert tours—including stops in Germany, Canada, and Australia—Macklemore routinely pauses his performances to address international human rights struggles, telling audiences that true atonement for historical atrocities requires opposing active occupations, apartheid systems, and state violence.
