Macklemore Under Fire for Costume During Performance

He should stick to wearing minks.

Macklemore performed at a concert on Friday, May 16 that had a lot of people taking to Twitter to talk about. Not in a good way.

"Want to lose your faith in humanity? Macklemore wore a jewish stereotype costume to a concert," @jaythenerdkid wrote.

"for those who don't know, @macklemore performed Thrift Shop dressed as a racist Jewish stereotype. idiot," @chompsk1 tweeted.

The "Thrift Shop" rapper wore a costume that many believed mocked Jewish stereotypes. He had on a dark, curly wig, big prosthetic nose and a fake beard.

Actor Seth Rogen, who is of Jewish decent, was upset as he fired shots at the rapper. "@macklemore, first you trick us into thinking you're a rapper, now you trick them into thinking you're Jewish?"

Macklemore's performance was part of the opening of an exhibit at Seattle's EMP Museum called "Spectacle: The Music Video."

The 33 year-old rapper denies that he was mocking Jewish people.

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