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.WebsiteBenjamin Hammond Haggerty (born June 19, 1983), known by his stage name Macklemore ( ), (formerly Professor Macklemore), is an American rapper and songwriter from. He has collaborated with producer as. Since 2000, he has independently released one, three EPs, and four albums.Macklemore and Lewis's single ' reached number one on the U.S. The single was soon dubbed by as the first song since 1994 to top the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label, although Macklemore, in a slightly unusual, pays a nominal percentage of sales to use 's radio promotion department to push his singles.
Their second single, ', also peaked at number one on the Hot 100 chart, making Macklemore and Lewis the first duo in the chart's history to have their first two singles both reach the peak position. Macklemore and Lewis released their debut studio album on October 9, 2012, which charted at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The pair won four at the, including, ( The Heist), and ('Thrift Shop'). Their second album, was released on February 26, 2016.
In June 2017, Macklemore released ', a single featuring. This marked his return to the music industry, as well as his first major single produced without Lewis since his mainstream breakthrough. His second solo studio album, was released on September 22, 2017.
Contents.Early life and influencesBen Haggerty was born to Bill Haggerty and Julie Schott. He is one of two boys and was raised with his brother Tim in,. He has Irish heritage.
Haggerty was six years old when first came into his life by way of. According to a interview, he listened to 'parental advisory' music from the radio when he was an underage youth.Haggerty was 15 when he started to write lyrics. When he started to sing, Haggerty listened to 'a lot of ', with, and being big influences on him. Interested in reaching a younger generation through his music, he was a part of a program focusing on education and cultural identity called 'Gateways for Incarcerated Youth' where he facilitated music workshops. Haggerty attended. At Hale, he developed the stage name 'Professor Macklemore' for an art project involving a made-up superhero, and at Garfield, he started a hip-hop group called Elevated Elements with other students. Elevated Elements released an album titled Progress in 2000.He enrolled at the for a year, later stating in an interview that 'it was a very pivotal time in a lot of ways.
Was the place where I got good at rapping'. After not getting into the music program, Haggerty moved back to Seattle. He later enrolled at and completed his bachelor's degree in 2009. Career 2000–2008: The Language of My World. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at (2011)In 2000, Haggerty recorded a mixtape titled Open Your Eyes under the name Professor Macklemore, which he distributed himself and released on October 21, 2000. Haggerty dropped 'Professor' from his name and began working on his first official full-length album, called The Language of My World. The album was released on January 1, 2005, with its lead single, 'Love Song', being announced the same day.
'Love Song' featured singer Evan Roman, produced by Budo, who would later go on to produce several more tracks for Macklemore.In 2006, Haggerty first met his future collaborator. Lewis, who would go on to release two albums with Haggerty as, spent a few years working on Macklemore's promotion as a photographer. The two musicians would soon become good friends but would not formalize their collaborative efforts until 2009. In the meantime, Macklemore kept busy as a solo artist, appearing on ' song 'Good' in 2009, as well as performing at the Seattle major arts and music festival in 2008, 2009, and 2001.Macklemore's second mixtape, was released on September 7, 2009. It would later reach No.
7 on the iTunes Hip Hop chart. The mixtape was accompanied by the singles 'The Town' and 'And We Danced,' the latter of which featured singer Ziggy Stardust. 'The Town' was later remixed by Sabzi of the.
2009–2017: Career with Ryan LewisIn 2009, Macklemore and formalized the collaboration as a duo. They released the EP The VS. They also released 'Irish Celebration' in December 2009 in anticipation of the release of The Vs.
In March 2010, the duo released 'Stay At Home Dad', a track that didn't quite make Vs. In October 2010, they created the VS. Macklemore used his experience with substance abuse to create the mixtape's song 'Otherside', which samples the song of the.
On April 8, 2011, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed the song at the 2011 Mariners Opening Day in-front of a sold-out crowd of nearly 48,000 attendees. ' was released on January 21, 2011, followed by ' featuring on August 16, 2011. In February 2011, Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis kicked off a multi-city tour in, which included three sold-out shows at, a Seattle music venue. That same year, the rapper appeared at many U.S. Music festivals, including, SoundSet,. Macklemore performing at The Heist Tour, in 2012Their album was released in October 2012 and debuted on the U.S. At number 2 of the week dated October 27, 2012, selling over 78,000 copies.
' was released on July 18, 2012 and after '. In January 2013, featured Macklemore in the brand new series 'Primed', which focuses on emerging artists.
In May 2013, Haggerty was featured on 's single 'Gold Rush', along with and D.A. The Heist World Tour began in August 2012 to promote The Heist. In January 2015, Macklemore announced via Twitter that his third studio album would be released sometime in the second half of that year. Despite this, the album was not released until February 26, 2016. On August 5, 2015, Macklemore released a song for free download titled 'Growing Up (Sloane's Song),' which features.
On August 27, 2015, he released a new song called ' which features vocalist Eric Nally, and, which he performed at the on August 30. On his first tour in two years, An Evening with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Macklemore announced that his new album was finished and ready for release.On January 15, 2016, Macklemore released a teaser video on his YouTube channel revealing the name of his third studio album, and announcing that it was scheduled to be released on February 26, 2016. On January 22, 2016, the duo released ', the second single on This Unruly Mess I've Made. On February 26, 2016, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis released the album This Unruly Mess I've Made. Also in 2016, Macklemore released two solo singles, 'Drug Dealer' and 'Wednesday Morning'.
'Drug Dealer' features Macklemore rapping about his previous addictions and is featured in a documentary that includes clips of Macklemore discussing drug abuse with President. 'Wednesday Morning' was released after the and features Macklemore rapping about the political future of the country. The tracks were produced. On June 15, 2017, Macklemore announced via his official Instagram that the duo were on hiatus. 2017–present: GeminiOn June 15, 2017, Macklemore released ', featuring American singer, as the lead single from Macklemore's second solo studio album.
On July 26, 2017, Macklemore released ', featuring American rapper, as the second single from Macklemore's upcoming album. ', a collaboration with, was released as a single on October 9, 2017. Macklemore released Gemini on September 22. The album was produced by longtime collaborator Budo. On October 1, Macklemore performed 'Same Love' in a set at the opening of of the in, Australia — something that was considered by some to be controversial in the middle of a. Macklemore stated that it was one of his best performances due to the circumstances and thanked the fans in Sydney for the reception that he received throughout.On December 11, 2017, Macklemore announced an upcoming co-headlining tour with Kesha titled The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore. This is Macklemore's fifth headlining tour, promoting his album Gemini and Kesha's sixth headlining tour, promoting her third solo album (2017) The tour began in Phoenix on June 6, 2018, and concluded in Tampa on August 5, 2018.Personal life.
Talks about his upcoming performance at Australia’s and the controversy about him performing “Same Love”— The Cruz Show (@TheCruzShow)'So I'm getting a lot of tweets from angry old white dudes in Australia. I think there was a petition today to ban me from playing it. So it's interesting times in Australia. Imma go harder, imma love.'
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Despite the opposition, the NRL remained firm on its choice of Macklemore to perform 'Same Love' at the grand final.' Macklemore was chosen as the Grand Final act because he is currently one of the top acts in the world,' a spokesman.'
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The response from fans has been overwhelmingly positive, many young people are coming to the Grand Final just to see him. Naturally he will be performing his number one hits on Sunday, the fans would not expect anything less.'