Ed Sheeran, Macklemore, and the politics of staying silent

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  One of the reasons why I wanted to come on this tour was because I wanted to stand up here.

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  On stages and stadiums across America and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart, free Palestine.

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  Those two words spoken by the rapper Macklemore on September 4th at the MetLife

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  Stadium in New Jersey are now at the center of a huge controversy.

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  It's drawn in the American billionaire Robert Kraft, figures from all over the entertainment world,

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  and the musician Ed Sheeran, one of the most successful singer-songwriters of all time.

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  It's raised questions about anti-Semitism, how the war in Gaza is viewed, and the very meaning of free speech.

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  From the BBC, I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, D.C. And I'm Tristan Redmond in London.

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  Today on The Global Story, can pop music ever be apolitical?

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  So to talk us through this all, we are joined by our BBC colleague, Mark Savage.

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