Macklemore | Photo Credit: Michael Cizek

Macklemore has released a new song in support of the Palestinians that also praises United States students protesting against Israel’s war in Gaza.

University students have been mobilizing on campuses for weeks over Israel’s deadly attacks and its US support, with police forcibly clearing protest camps – sometimes violently – and arresting more than 2,000 people across the country. Has been.

“If students in tents are positioned on the lawn/occupying the quad is actually against the law/and a reason to call the police and their squad/then where does genocide come into your definition, huh?” Macklemore rapped in “Hinds Hall”.

The song is named after the Columbia University building that was recently occupied by students and Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza.

Macklemore warned the US government, telling President Joe Biden that “blood is on your hands” and that he will not vote for him in the November election.

Macklemore says in the song, Israel is “a state that must rely on the apartheid system to maintain the violent history of occupation, which has been repeated for the last 75 years.” “We see lies in them, claims that it is anti-Semitic and anti-Semitic / I see Jewish brothers and sisters there showing solidarity and shouting ‘Free Palestine’ with them.”

The rapper, known for popular hits such as 2012’s “Thrift Shop”, has released socially conscious music in the past, supporting gay rights while also criticizing evils including poverty and consumerism.

In his latest track – which is currently only available on social media – Macklemore also criticized the music industry for “engaging in a platform of silence” while trivializing Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ongoing rap beef in light of the actual war. Is of.

“I want a truce, fuck reaction from Drake,” he raps.

The song samples “Ana La Habibi” by Lebanese superstar singer Fairuz. Macklemore said that once it is available to stream, all proceeds will go to UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.