Macklemore écarté de la tournée d'Ed Sheeran après son soutien à la Palestine

Finian Cunningham

Sheeran's "solidarity" is with consumers and corporate marketing.

Trust gnarly rock legend Roger Waters to make the distinction unmistakably clear. The U.S. rap singer Macklemore has stood up for the right thing, noted Waters, while English pop balladeer Ed Sheeran is just a commercial "prick".

That's how the former Pink Floyd member and renowned songwriter put it in his typically acerbic style, in a social media post this week.

Investigation

Robert Kraft  

Alan Macleod  

The world of pop culture is ablaze with fury, as billionaire plutocrat Robert Kraft successfully pressured Ed Sheeran into dropping Macklemore from his North American tour over the rapper's pro-Palestine statements.

The incident has ignited widespread outrage, and blown up in the Israel Lobby's face, and caused all of his supporting artists to quit in protest, and brought worldwide attention to both Israel's crimes and its attempts to silence dissent across the world.