Tuesday, May 20, 2014 3:14am ET by Newsdesk
Macklemore denies wearing anti-Semitic costume on stageMacklemore has issued a statement to deny that he was making fun of Jewish people at a recent concert. The rapper took to the stage alongside Ryan Lewis in a surprise slot at the EMP Museum in Seattle on Friday (May 16). However, he donned a costume to go incognito at the event, with the outfit featuring black hair and a enlarged nose. Some believed this to be a jibe at Jewish stereotypes, but Macklemore has now taken to his website to post a clarifying statement. He said: "Family, friends and fans alike who know me well, know that I’m absolutely not the person described in certain headlines today. There is no worse feeling than being misunderstood, especially when people are hurt or offended. On Friday night we had a surprise show at the EMP Museum in Seattle. Earlier in the day I thought it would be fun to dress up in a disguise and go incognito to the event, so that I could walk around unnoticed and surprise the crowd with a short performance. I picked up a bunch of fake mustaches and beards and grabbed a left over wig from our recent trip to Japan. As it turns out the fake noses they sell at the costume store are usually big (my nose didn’t fit most of them). So I ended up with a big witch nose. I went with a black beard, because that’s the furthest color from my natural hair. Disguise was the intention. I personally thought I looked very ambiguous in terms of any “type” of person. Some people there thought I looked like Ringo, some Abe Lincoln. If anything I thought I looked like Humpty Hump with a bowl cut. Watch Macklemore perform in costume below:
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