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Macklemore: “Art at Its Purest Form Is Resistance”

8 September 2026

Macklemore sits down with Amani to talk about making “Hind’s Hall,” the responsibility of artists with a platform, and what it costs to speak up when money, reputation and career are on the line. Originally recorded October 2024. Re-released from the AMANI Archive. 0:40 The trigger point 1:53 Cancelling UAE show for Sudan 3:36 Celebrities and cancel culture 7:43 The cost of speaking up 12:24 The secret sauce of speaking up 13:45 Making Hind's Hall and the Columbia University student protests 16:47 Getting over the fear of speaking up 𝕏 Amani Al-Khatahtbe… Video by YouTube channel.

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