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Video: Macklemore's new song critical of Trump and Musk is facing heavy censorship across major platforms.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 102 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If the art makes them upset, it's telling the truth.

It's funny to me that anyone is reporting this. It's obviously your comm lol Eff'em.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 81 points 4 months ago (2 children)

In regards to the reports, I started this community up for myself to keep track of the real things happening that hopefully avoids the distractions of what trump or his fellow baddies say. I'm using what little voice I have to share a political song that is getting censored. You can call me a power tripping bastard and I'll say yeah, probably. I've seen your complaints.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 45 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lol people are reporting this?

Sorry the politically motivated censorship of a political song isn't politics enough.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 months ago

I just meant this to be a note to my regular users, I never expected it to go to the front page. It sounds way more dramatic than I intended, lol.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Honestly, hip hop probably only exists because of politics.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 40 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's not exactly my genre of music but i like it anyway.

It does feel like chaotic times are ahead. At some point, the republicans will do something so vile that people will say "No", and when that happens there will be violence.

I don't want a civil war. I don't want unrest. But I do want every republican and their enablers removed from power, and the billionaires stripped of their wealth. I don't know how to get from here to there.

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Violence isn't the answer, it is the question. And the answer depends on whether people have been stripped enough of their rights and dignity.

[–] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I always like to say: there was a way America gained its independence and it wasn't by standing around waving signs

[–] felixthecat@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I disagree. If we aren't up in arms now we never will be. There won't be a moment where they go too far. That moment already happened when project 2025 came out and he was still elected. Now that every element of project 2025 is underway there won't be some great shocking moment. Just a slow slide until one day you realize the only real chance to stop the coup was at the start of the presidency.

An-excerpt-from-They-Thought-They-Were-Free-The-Germans

https://fedia.io/m/history@lemmy.world/t/1432476/An-excerpt-from-They-Thought-They-Were-Free-The-Germans

https://2025realitycheck.com/

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[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 39 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Damn. I don’t like Macklemore and now I feel like I have to listen to this track.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 4 months ago

You should.

Its worth it whether youre into his music or not

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dude I don't like the majority of his stuff but that vid gave me chills. If you're feeling the frustration and rage by the bullshit this administration is pulling, that vid is a balm to your soul.

[–] Captain_CapsLock@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I get that you probably didn't mean much by it but don't let if be "a balm to your soul" let it inspire you to action and speaking up against this regime.

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[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

It goes hard, worth a listen.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Youtube link to help get it to trending - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn9EKC9nqU4&rco=1 (if youtube allows it, probably not)

[–] Steve@startrek.website 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

1.5M views, I think they’re allowing it.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's marked nsfw tho which I assume means no trending

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

WAP official video isn't age restricted and this is.... Pretty telling.

Not implying anything is wrong with WAP, just comparing two explicit songs, one that calls out Elon and Palestine and one that .... doesn't.

[–] Rice_Daddy@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

Not my kind of music, but it's an important message.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wow, this song goes hard. I love it. Can't find it on Tidal, so definitely something is up. Tidal rarely is missing songs.

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

So it is, thanks! I just assumed it wasn't when I went to the artist and just saw his 2023 album.

[–] just2look@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

It is definitely on Tidal. I can shoot the link if you want it.

[–] UnPassive@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

Let's be sure to support the creators who speak up. The song is pretty good, video is chilling. Sharing with the people I normally send music suggestions with

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

I have been waiting for the rap and punk political songs. Happy to see this, minus the censorship.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 18 points 4 months ago

"you can pay off meta, you can't pay off me"

-Macklemore - Hinds Hall

This is the result of not opposing Zionism and the crackdowns on free speech, protests, peaceful organizers...

You cannot accept the "lesser of two evil" decline into Fascism. You have to resist it.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

How's it being censored?

Not cynical, I believe that. But I'm genuinely curious about specifics. Is it, like, algorithmically deprioritized?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 months ago (3 children)

You have to sign in to see it and it's really hard to find on youtube even if you're signed in. I had a hard time finding an open version of it. It's not outright banned, just really hard to access.

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

YouTube recommended it to me in my sidebar a few days ago. I imagine the curse word in the title has more to do with the algorithmic suppression than the actual content.

[–] CaptSpify@lemmy.today 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not logged in, and the first two of my results were this video. I was able to watch it.

I'm all for calling out censorship when it happens, but lets not make an issue when one doesn't exist.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Please share the links, that would be great if that's true.

[–] CaptSpify@lemmy.today 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5BMZon2Xs

Nice, the non-official version.

The translation from spanish in the description:

After the Hinds Hall saga, which last year caught the world's attention and motivated all the militancy, the rapper Macklemore has just released a new video called Fucked up. The translation would be something like enough, but to make a more accurate translation and with the insulting element in Creole, the expression would mean something like "Inflated the balls". The video shows the social weariness with all the succession of abuses in this dystopian global model. It expresses very recent elements since Trump's inauguration, such as Elon Musk's gesture, the mobilizations against ICE (the agency that deports migrants), the social dramas in the United States and the genocides in Gaza, Sudan, or Congo. With images of mobilizations but also of tremendous situations, the video also harshly attacks the hegemonic media, the cultural industry and censorship on social networks.

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

Is it, like, algorithmically deprioritized?

Yes, that's modern censorship. The owners of social media get to decide how viral a piece of content will be.

This is why when you make a new X account it pushes right-wing conspiracy nonsense. Or why Palestinian topics don't gain traction.

The manipulation of social media to control what you see and hear is invisible. Some people, topics and keywords can be deprioritized and others boosted and nobody can know the extent except the people that own the social media companies.

The Social Dilemma and The Great Hack go into the nuts and bolts of how people are profiled so that content can be targeted at them as well as how political outcomes are driven by the manipulation of social media, they're on Netflix.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

He said a naughty word! Won't anybody think of the children?

[–] raoulduke85@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He’s just rapping headline news. Not my type of artist, but anyway to send a message is good. Especially if it upsets MAGA.

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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for posting an alternative link! I had to resort to screen recording to post it due to YouTube's age restriction.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 11 points 4 months ago

Here is a link without restriction

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago

Oh lawd he back. Just when the world needed him most

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

Pretty good video. I fuck with this song's energy.

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

It’s facing heavy censorship because the title is “fucked up”. Every video to come out in the last decade knows to title it “f*cked up” so it doesn’t get demonetized. But he doesn’t care because people will talk, and it’ll make it more know.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I watched it for the purpose of resistance.

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

Thank you for sharing, that’s great.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

It’s on YouTube 🤷

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Everyone know there would have been a lot of unhappy people with trump election. The government knows too, expect them to try to do everything in their power to try to contain protests.

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