Though Macklemore is held up by many as a paragon of progressivism—think back to his celebrated Grammys performance in which dozens of queer couples were married, or him receiving a MTV Video Music Award for "Best Video With a Social Message"
Currently, his jewish handlers are expressing dismay over a perceived slight.
On Friday night, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed a secret show in their hometown of Seattle to honor a new exhibit at the city's EMP Museum. This would have been completely unremarkable had Macklelmore not dressed up as the stereotype of a greedy, hook-nosed Jewish man.
He said it was "surprising and disappointing" that the disguise was slammed as anti-Semitic.
"I acknowledge how the costume could, within a context of stereotyping, be ascribed to a Jewish caricature," Macklemore wrote. "I am here to say that it was absolutely not my intention."
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