Macklemore has arrived in Australia ahead of his tour Down Under.
The American rapper landed at Sydney Airport on Friday, and was surrounded by waiting fans.
The 40-year-old graciously posed for selfies with waiting admirers after they spotted him in the terminal.
The Grammy Award winner, whose real name is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, dressed casually for his long haul light in brown graphic shirt with a blue design.
He added a leather jacket over the top and had on a pair of brown slacks that matched his shirt.
Macklemore (pictured) has arrived in Australia ahead of his tour Down Under
Macklemore added to the ensemble with a gold chain and sneakers as well as designer sunglasses.
The Thrift Shop singer had a number of members of his entourage with him who wheeled along his luggage.
He will kick off his Aussie tour in Sydney on May 12 before dates in Melbourne, Queensland and Western Australia.
It comes as the rapper has gone viral after releasing a pro-Palestine song in which he slams US president Joe Biden for his role in the bloody conflict in Gaza.
‘Hind’s Hall’, referencing the Columbia University building renamed by pro-Palestine protestors in honour of a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by an Israeli airstrike two months ago in Gaza as she waited for aid while trapped in a car and surrounded by her relatives’ dead bodies, was released on social media on Monday.
The American rapper landed at Sydney Airport on Friday, and was surrounded by waiting fans
The 40-year-old graciously posed for selfies with waiting admirers after they spotted him in the terminal
The song, which has been seen by 24million people on Twitter alone, takes aim at Joe Biden, who until last night had consistently provided military support for Israel.
He said in his song: ‘The blood is on your hands Biden, we can see it all. And f*** no, I’m not voting for you in the fall.’
The rapper, best known for his pro-LGBTQ+ rights song Same Love, also called out the music industry for being ‘complicit in their platform of silence.’
The video accompanying the song intersperses his lyrics with clips of protests across American colleges, which have seen a surge of clashed between protestors and campus police.
The Grammy Award winner, whose real name is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, dressed casually for his long haul light in brown graphic shirt with a blue design
He added a leather jacket over the top and had on a pair of brown slacks that matched his shirt
Streaming proceeds from the song, which has not yet been released on streaming platforms, will be donated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, which had much of its funding cut this year following allegations its workers were involved with October 7 attack.
Macklemore has long been a supporter of Palestinian people.
In November, Macklemore gave an impromptu speech at a pro-Palestine rally in Washington DC, in which he told the crowd: ‘ ‘I don’t know enough, but I know enough that this is a genocide.’
His speech was preceded by a statement on October 19 in which he condemned Hamas’ bloody incursion against Israel, and Israel’s brutal response against the Gaza Strip, calling the latter ‘an unfolding genocide’ and a ‘US backed catastrophe.’
The Thrift Shop singer had a number of members of his entourage with him who wheeled along his luggage