DUBAI: US rapper Macklemore said he did not expect to give a speech at the pro-Palestine demonstration on Saturday in Washington, D.C. However, the “Thrift Shop” rapper took to the podium to share a few words. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @arabnews.lifestyle “First and foremost, this is absolutely beautiful to observe today,” the rapper said of the crowd in front of him. “I didn’t expect to be on a microphone,” said Macklemore. “There are thousands of people here more qualified to speak on the issue of a free Palestine than myself.” “But I will say this,” Macklemore continued. “They told me to be quiet. They told me to do my research, to go back, that it’s too complex to say something, right? To be silent in this moment. In the last three weeks I’ve gone back and I’ve done some research … I’m teachable. I don’t know enough. But I know enough that this is a genocide.”