At Sunday's Seahawks game, Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. posed with Seattle rapper Macklemore -- though not everyone was a fan.
A photo of the two had more than 8,400 likes on the KIRO 7 Facebook page. But the most popular comments went against Macklemore for joining the Ferguson protests in Seattle.
“I absolutely love Griffey,” viewer Kerry Kearney Briggs Torres wrote on the KIRO 7 Facebook page. “I have lost all respect for Macklemore.”
That comment received more likes than any other on the Macklemore and Griffey post. The second most-liked said that Macklemore was probably only there for the protest, referring to the Black Lives Matter protest that brought about 200 people to CenturyLink Field before the 1:25 p.m. kickoff Sunday.
On Nov. 25, the day it was announced that the officer who fatally shot Mike Brown would not be indicted by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri., hundreds of protesters took the streets of Seattle.
Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, joined the crowd that marched on Capitol Hill before blocking traffic on Interstate 5. Some protestors held a black sign that read, “We are Chris Monfort” in capital letters.
Monfort has been charged with the ambush shooting death of Seattle officer Tim Brenton on Halloween night 2009. Brenton’s partner also was hit by a bullet. Jury section in Monfort’s case began just last month, and prosecutors said they’ll seek the death penalty.
Five people were arrested the first night of the Seattle protests. Several arrests followed, and the day after Thanksgiving protesters prevented a children’s choir from singing at Westlake Center. There have been multiple other protests.
In brief comments during the first night of protests, Macklemore told KIRO 7 he was there for Mike Brown and joined chats of, “Hands up, don’t shoot.”
“It’s about Mike Brown,” he told another reporter that night. “It’s not about me.”
Click here to see the Facebook post about Macklemore and Griffey at the Seahawks game.
In May 2013, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis became the first duo to send their first two singles to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The two songs were “Thrift Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us.”
The last Seattle artist to reach the No. 1 spot before Macklemore was Sir Mix-a-Lot with "Baby Got Back" in 1992. The only other Seattle artists to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list are Heart ("These Dreams" in 1986 and "Alone" in 1987), Paul Revere and the Raiders ("Indian Reservation," 1971) and Olympia-based group The Fleetwoods, who recorded in Seattle ("Come Softly To Me" and "Mr. Blue," 1959).
The Billboard Hot 100 has been tracking songs since August 1958.
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