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  "id": 7869176,
  "title": "Macklemore Donating $1 Million Salary from Ed Sheeran Tour to Support Palestine: ‘I Invite Robert Kraft to Match My Donation’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/macklemore-donating-1-million-salary-from-ed-sheeran-tour-to-support",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T20:26:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
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    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/macklemore-donating-ed-sheeran-tour-salary-palestine-support-1236864698/"
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  "summary": "Macklemore has announced that he’ll be donating the $1 million in net earnings he received from supporting Ed Sheeran on his Loop Tour to organizations working to support the Palestinian people, and invited billionaire Robert Kraft to match his donation. The rapper was dropped from Sheeran’s current tour earlier this week after saying “free Palestine” […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "AOC Calls Robert Kraft’s Role in Macklemore’s Removal From Ed Sheeran Tour an “Abuse of Power”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/aoc-calls-robert-krafts-role-in-macklemores-removal-from-ed-sheeran",
        "published": "2026-09-16T17:16:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Macklemore Donates $1 Million From Ed Sheeran Tour to Pro-Palestine Organizations, Challenges Robert Kraft to Match",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/macklemore-donates-1-million-from-ed-sheeran-tour-to-pro-palestine",
        "published": "2026-09-16T20:37:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Macklemore To Donate $1 Million In Tour Money To Support The Palestinian People, Challenges Billionaire Robert Kraft To Do Same",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/macklemore-to-donate-1-million-in-tour-money-to-support-the",
        "published": "2026-09-16T21:52:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Macklemore to Donate $1 Million to Palestinian Support Groups, Invites Robert Kraft to Match",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/macklemore-to-donate-1-million-to-palestinian-support-groups-invites",
        "published": "2026-09-16T21:59:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Robert Kraft Says Ed Sheeran Is Donating $2 Million to ‘Fight This Humanitarian Crisis’ in Gaza, and Kraft Is Matching Him: ‘All Lives Are Worth Protecting’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/robert-kraft-says-ed-sheeran-is-donating-2-million-to-fight-this",
        "published": "2026-09-16T22:23:56.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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