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Is using Macklemore's music a slap in the face to American fans, or just a marketing blunder?

Week 6 of the 2024 season is coming off with lots of hate and controversy. After Al Michaels’ commentary was called out, the NFL fans took a toll on the Seahawks as well as Amazon Prime. But why?

Remember the Palestine Will Live Forever festival of September, where the well-known American rapper fell into a controversy? Yes! It has now taken a toll on the league, creating trouble for the three – Seattle, Amazon Prime, and the rapper, Macklemore, himself.

According to MLFootball on X on October 10, “The #Seahawks and Amazon Prime are under fire for using a Macklemore song during the TNF open.” This didn’t sit well with fans, because “Macklemore said “F–ck America” at the “Palestine Will Live Forever Fest” in SEA.” At that time, the rapper tried to justify his “slip-up” F word by saying, he has “unwavering support for Palestine,” adding that “Americans should rise and recognize our collective power rather than succumb to our own apathy.”

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In addition to that, he even mentioned on X that “the event was rooted in peace, love, and solidarity, and should not have been overshadowed by two words.” Despite this justification, it seems everything has gone in vain for him, as the NFL fans are still fumed at him.

The result? They eventually called out the Seahawks and Amazon Prime for using his song.

Seahawks should learn from a different Seattle team?

American rapper Macklemore’s song has created a buzz on social media in the Week 6 game of the Seahawks vs 49ers. For instance, one fan revived the past incident, by saying, “So I guess @PrimeVideo @NFL and @Seahawks don’t care that scumbag @macklemore said f–ck America since they are still playing his music… #thursdaynightfootball #pathetic #f–ckmacklemore.” The brutality of this comment itself tells the impact Macklemore’s September comment has had on the netizens.

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Is using Macklemore's music a slap in the face to American fans, or just a marketing blunder?

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However, that’s not all! The troll isn’t over, as another one chimed in with a sarcastic tone, “Good job @NFLonPrime using @macklemore music in your piece. The man that just stated publicly and on stage F-America! 🇺🇸 Absolutely pathetic..” They were clearly surprised at how after such a comment NFL is allowing his songs to be played.

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Even a fan dug into the past incident, saying, “I’m sh–cked you didn’t hear about it,” by posting a news article which stated that after the F-word controversy, the Seattle baseball team chose to skip his song at their first game. So, in short, they pointed out that despite the business thing, the Seahawks should learn what the Seattle baseball team, Seattle Mariners, did.

In addition to that, the amount of hatred risen up when a fan lashed out Amazon Prime and the rapper, saying, “Did #ThursdayNightFootball really just played Macklemore at a break? Amazon owned by #JeffBezos and Macklemore said f–ck the USA at his latest concert🤬 another subliminal message that most people missed.” According to them, this needs to be stopped at the earliest.

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Another social media user, who thought that the “businesses were all banning him [Macklemore],” was surprised to see “They actually played Macklemore theme song on The Marshawn Lynch earthquake video.” While another one politely mentioned that they loved the Beast quake video, and also “Love this and forever love Marshawn…” However, with this the fan made a request by stating, “but can we have one primtime game where they don’t play Macklemore? There’s other music…” Hmm, that’s indeed a polite way to ask for a stop!

But these hates for Macklemore didn’t stop there, and are still continuing from the San Francisco 49ers vs Seattle Seahawks game, like it continued for Al Michaels.

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