{"id":78841,"date":"2026-09-18T05:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/robert-krafts-attempts-to-silence-macklemore-have-backfired-spectacularly-arwa-mahdawi\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T05:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:54:51","slug":"robert-krafts-attempts-to-silence-macklemore-have-backfired-spectacularly-arwa-mahdawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/robert-krafts-attempts-to-silence-macklemore-have-backfired-spectacularly-arwa-mahdawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Kraft\u2019s attempts to silence Macklemore have backfired spectacularly | Arwa Mahdawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The billionaire\u2019s attempted crackdown on Ed Sheeran\u2019s tour only amplified pro-Palestinian statements. It\u2019s been a joy to watch<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, the worst thing you could say about Ed Sheeran was that his music was a bit bland. A Guardian music writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/jun\/22\/music-ed-sheeran-musician-2021\">once compared<\/a> it to \u201caural wallpaper\u201d. Which was a little bit rude to wallpaper: there are some very interesting designs out there!<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t need to tell you what people are saying about Sheeran now, do I? The pop star has been in the news for days after he apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/sep\/14\/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-free-palestine\">crumbled<\/a> when billionaire Robert Kraft demanded Macklemore be pulled from his tour because of the rapper\u2019s pro-Palestine advocacy.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/sep\/18\/robert-kraft-macklemore-ed-sheeran-tour\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The billionaire\u2019s attempted crackdown on Ed Sheeran\u2019s tour only amplified pro-Palestinian statements. It\u2019s been a joy to watch A few weeks ago, the worst thing you could say about Ed Sheeran was that his music was a bit bland. A Guardian music writer once compared it to \u201caural wallpaper\u201d. Which was a little bit rude &#8230; <a title=\"Robert Kraft\u2019s attempts to silence Macklemore have backfired spectacularly | Arwa Mahdawi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/robert-krafts-attempts-to-silence-macklemore-have-backfired-spectacularly-arwa-mahdawi\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Robert Kraft\u2019s attempts to silence Macklemore have backfired spectacularly | Arwa Mahdawi\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}