Rapper apologises for 'anti-semitic' costume

Rapper Macklemore has posted an apology on his website, saying he did not mean to mock Jewish people by wearing a costume that some say was anti-Semitic during a performance in the US.

Macklemore, who had a number one in the UK last year with Thrift Shop, said he randomly chose the pieces of the costume he wore at Friday’s performance in Seattle so he could disguise himself and move freely around during the secret show. It was not meant to be a caricature of a Jewish man, he said.