Macklemore has pledged one million dollars from his net earnings from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour to six organisations supporting Palestinians, while challenging billionaire Robert Kraft to match his donation. The move comes days after the rapper said he was dropped from Sheeran’s US tour following his pro-Palestinian remarks at a New Jersey concert.

Macklemore donates 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 Grammy-winning artist wrote on Instagram.