American rapper Macklemore says he canceled an upcoming October concert in Dubai over the United Arab Emirates’ role 'in the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis” in Sudan.
FILE - Macklemore performs at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater during the South by Southwest Music Festival on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Austin, Texas. American rapper Macklemore said Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, he canceled an upcoming October concert in Dubai over the United Arab Emirates'"role ... in the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis" stemming from the war gripping Sudan through its reported support of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces there.
The Emirati Foreign Ministry offered no immediate comment on Macklemore's public statement Sunday, nor did the city-state's Dubai Media Office., Grammy winner Macklemore said he had a series of people “asking me to cancel the show in solidarity with the people of Sudan and to boycott doing business in the UAE for the role they are playing in the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis.”
He added: “I have no judgment against other artists performing in the UAE. But I do ask the question to my peers scheduled to play in Dubai: If we used our platforms to mobilize collective liberation, what could we accomplish?” Dubai, home to the long-haul carrier Emirates, the world's tallest building the Burj Khalifa and other tourist destinations, long has tried to draw A-list performers in the city-state at. However, performers in the past have acknowledged the difficulties in performing in the UAE, a hereditarily ruled federation of seven sheikhdoms in which speech is tightly controlled.
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