Ben Haggerty, (born June 18, 1983 in Seattle, Washington) better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper. Macklemore works with Ryan Lewis (Producer) Andrew Joslyn (Violin), Owour Arunga (Trumpet), Zach Fleury (Drums, Guitar, Bass), and Noah Goldberg (Piano). Macklemore has been popular in his hometown of Seattle since the beginning of his musical career at Garfield High School, often performing at the famous Capitol Hill Block Party. In 2008, 2009, and 2011, Macklemore performed at Bumbershoot, a major arts and music festival in Seattle and Sasquatch Music Festival in 2011. He has been described as a socially conscious rapper, with many of his songs addressing issues surrounding consumerism, race, sexual orientation and drug addiction.Macklemore is set to release his new album this year, as stated in an XXL interview.
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Macklemore is a pretty good rapper but he's carried a lot by Ryan Lewis' production, which is amazing. Macklemore has a great delivery and mic presence, and his subject matter and word choice is fantastic, although I wish his lyrical ability was more technical at times.
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Originally posted by Sam. View Poststop playin'.. he gon' get riff raff at ya birthday party
On topic, I haven't heard shit from this guy but I watched the video where they were discussing where he got his name from and he said it came from when he used to pick on this house full of old lady dykes and one day he apologized to them and one of them said "From this day on forward, you will be known as Macklemore". Weird ass shit.
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