Grammy-winning rapper Macklemore’s Seattle home was reportedly broken into just after midnight on June 7th while his three young children and their nanny were inside. According to police reports, two masked men allegedly used bear spray on the nanny before stealing thousands in luxury goods from the master bedroom. The nanny escaped and called 911, though it's still unclear if Macklemore himself was home at the time.
The break-in comes just months after the rapper stirred controversy with protest tracks like “Hind’s Hall” and “F*ed Up,” which slammed police, U.S. leadership, and Israel’s war in Gaza. Critics, including the Glendale Fraternal Order of Police, have now pointed to the irony of Macklemore needing police assistance after previously denouncing them as tools of white supremacy. Macklemore’s Seattle home was robbed while his kids and nanny were inside, sparking backlash over his past anti-police lyrics amid calls for help during the break-in.
The break-in comes just months after the rapper stirred controversy with protest tracks like “Hind’s Hall” and “F*ed Up,” which slammed police, U.S. leadership, and Israel’s war in Gaza. Critics, including the Glendale Fraternal Order of Police, have now pointed to the irony of Macklemore needing police assistance after previously denouncing them as tools of white supremacy. Macklemore’s Seattle home was robbed while his kids and nanny were inside, sparking backlash over his past anti-police lyrics amid calls for help during the break-in.
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00:00A shocking home invasion has fans stunned as Grammy-winning rapper Macklemore's Seattle
00:05residence was reportedly broken into while his children were inside. According to police reports
00:11obtained by USA Today, two masked men broke into Macklemore's Capitol Hill home just before 1am on
00:17Saturday, June 7th. Inside the house at the time were the rapper's three children, ages 10, 7,
00:23and 3, and their nanny, who called 911 after escaping the scene. Whether Macklemore legally
00:29known as Ben Haggerty was home during the break-in hasn't been confirmed. After the news broke,
00:34the Glendale Fraternal Order of Police took to X and wrote,
00:38Earlier this year, Macklemore released a song declaring F the police and calling us actors
00:44with badges, protecting property, and a system designed by white supremacy. Well, his house
00:50just got robbed by masked men, the actors with badges, were hastily called. In 2024, reports state
00:57the rapper sparked controversy with the release of his politically charged track, Heinz Hall,
01:03a song that openly criticized the former U.S. President Joe Biden, the police, the music industry,
01:09and Israel's actions in Gaza. The song was named after a Columbia University building that was
01:14temporarily renamed by student protesters in honor of a six-year-old Palestinian girl killed during the
01:20Israeli-Gaza conflict. In the song, the rapper blasted the police as actors in badges, upholding white
01:27supremacy and declared F the police. And earlier this year, the Grammy-winning rapper made headlines
01:33again with the release of his latest politically charged track, F'd Up, taking direct aim at President
01:39Trump, Elon Musk, and U.S. support for Israel's war in Gaza. Now, critics are calling out the perceived
01:45hypocrisy of Macklemore needing the police during a reported break-in at his Seattle home, just months
01:51after denouncing law enforcement and his music. On X, one user wrote,
01:55I would have told him I'd help him, but I don't want to protect property. While another stated,
02:01Funny how that works. Good thing the police don't pick and choose who they support like these hypocrites.
02:07As for Macklemore and his family, reports state the children were asleep at the time of the incident
02:11and were unharmed. And there's been no new update on the nanny who reportedly told police she believed the
02:17crime may have been politically motivated for some reason, while Macklemore has yet to speak out on
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