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Macklemore Biography

Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty (born June 19, 1983), known by his stage name Macklemore (/ˈmæk.ləmɔːr/ MAK-lə-mor), and formerly Professor Mack Lemore, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter, from Seattle, Washington. He has collaborated with producer Ryan Lewis as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Since 2000, he has independently released one mixtape, three EPs, and four albums.

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I was always the type of person, and still am the type of person, that I cannot be creative and use substances. So from a very early age I knew that if I wanted to make music, successfully, in any capacity, I was going to have to get sober.

Age, Creative, Type, Use

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

Song, Writing, Expectations, Expectation, Become, Write

I see a lot of people dressing very similarly, and I see brands being cool because of their name and because of who wears the brands, but that's always been the case. That's kind of the history of fashion. You know, celebrities wear their clothes and people think these celebrities are cool, and then the clothes become valuable. It gives clothes a commodity factor once a certain individual starts wearing that brand. But do I think there's something wrong? I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.

Fashion, Creativity, Men, Commodity, Brands, Starts

I definitely use "smiling while rapping" as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording. At times it can get tedious and stressful when it's not sounding the way you heard it in your head, but you've got to remember to just smile and appreciate the fact that you're even in the booth and there are people who want to hear your art.

Art, Fun, Rap, Stressful, Tedious, Way

I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.

Couple, Song, Write, Writing

The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint The greats were great because they paint a lot

Birth, Greats, Paint, Rap

I think music should be experienced by people all ages.

Age, Ages, Music, People, Think, Thinking

I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them - there's tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine.

Stars, Successful, Thinking, Pop, Machine, Order

I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.

100, Artist, Give, Giving, People

Live tonight, cuz you can't take it with ya.

Tonight, Cuz, Live, Take

It's been so long since I've really truly felt what it's like to live life without substances to help. Massive struggle that's natural to one's health, but with addiction in my blood I play the cards I was dealt.

Struggle, Live Life, Blood, Long, Live, Like

Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere Only motivation for what the dealer's supplying That rush, that drug, that dope Those pills, that crumb, that roach Thinkin' I would never do that, not that drug and growing up nobody ever does Until your stuck, lookin' in the mirror like I can't believe what I've become Swore I was goin' to be someone And growing up everyone always does We sell our dreams and our potential To escape through that buzz

Dream, Goin, Growing, Growing Up, Hopeless, Motivation

The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled Was convincing women that they looked Better in their makeup

Devil, Greatest, Makeup, Pulled, Rap, Trick

Vote Love means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote whats right for humanity.

Change, Humanity, Love, Mean, Vote

"God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago.

Book, Children, God, Hundred, Somehow, Years

I want to be someone who is respected and not just in terms of my music. I want to be respected in terms of the way that I treat people. . . Music is my creative outlet in terms of expressing what is important to me; what has importance, what has a value. And I wanna be respected for that.

People, Creative, Important, Respected

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

Challenges, Challenging, People, Reading, Way

Strip away the fear, underneath it's all the same love

Away, Fear, Same, Same Love, Strip, Underneath

Michael Jordan was a cultural icon that everybody on the playground wanted to be. The Bulls dynasty was a huge part of my childhood and it was the peak of my basketball interest as a kid.

Basketball, Bulls, Childhood, Icons, Kids, Playground

Expectations are resentments waiting to happen

Expectations, Happen, Resentment, Resentments, Waiting

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