Macklemore
Macklemore
Ben Haggerty, known by his stage name Macklemore and formerly Professor Macklemore is an American hip hop recording artist from Seattle, Washington. His stage name originated from his childhood; it was the name of his made-up superhero. Since 2000, he has independently released one mixtape, three EPs, and four albums. He has significantly collaborated with producer Ryan Lewis as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth19 June 1983
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
Of course I want dubs and a candy painted 'lac Watch the videos and get the girls in the back But if that's what I believe in, and the reason that I rap Uncle Sam is my pimp when he puts me on the track
Vote Love means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote whats right for humanity.
This moon man right here stands for a lot more. This is the most important record out of all of them. Gay rights are human rights, there is no separation.
I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.
If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me. Have you read the YouTube comments lately? ‘Man, that’s gay’ gets dropped on the daily,
I buy whatever I see, but I tend to not spend money just to spend it.
I've never been a religious person. I've been a spiritual person since I was about 15, 16, when I was first introduced to Psilocybin [mushrooms]. That really opened me up to thinking about the universe in a different way, and coming to significant realizations about my connection to something greater than me.
The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision that you can be cured with some treatment and religion.//Manmade rewiring of a predisposition//Oh no here we go, America the brave still fears what we don't know//But we paraphrase a book written 3500 years ago, I don't know…
I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.
If I'm using drugs and alcohol, it means that I've given up on my fullest potential.
I wanted to get clean. I knew that my highest potential, the place that I was most spiritual, the place that I was the most rich in terms of my life, and my livelihood, and my art and my creativity, was when I was sober.
We become so numb to what we're saying.
Whatever God you believe in, we come from the same one