Rapper Macklemore ignited a political firestorm and vicious free-speech row last month when his ‘Free Palestine‘ chants saw him controversially booted from British megastar Ed Sheeran‘s tour.
But it isn’t the rapper-turned-firebrand’s first show of stoking the flames.
The outspoken Seattle musician, whose real name is Benjamin Haggerty, had sparked widespread fury and accusations of antisemitism when he popped up on stage more than a decade ago wearing a fake hooked nose, black beard and black hat.
Now, the ‘Thrift Shop’ rapper’s longtime friend has revealed what really happened backstage during that notorious ‘Jewish caricature’ incident in 2014 – one that had all the hallmarks of
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