

He was interested in reaching a younger generation through his music and became part of a program focusing on education and cultural identity called "Gateways for Incarcerated Youth", where he facilitated music workshops. Īt the time he started to sing, Haggerty listened to "a lot of East Coast underground hip hop", listing Hieroglyphics, Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone, Living Legends, Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, Nas, and Talib Kweli as his major influences. At the age of 15, he began to write lyrics. According to a YouTube interview, he listened to "parental advisory" music from the radio when he was an underage youth. Haggerty was six years old when hip hop first came into his life by way of Digital Underground. He was raised with his brother Tim in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. 2.1 2000–2008: The Language of My Worldīen Haggerty was born in Seattle, Washington, on June 19, 1983, one of two sons born to Bill Haggerty and Julie Schott.Macklemore released a second solo studio album, Gemini, in September that year. In June 2017, Macklemore released " Glorious", a single featuring Skylar Grey, which marked his return to the music industry as well as his first major single produced without Lewis since his mainstream breakthrough. Macklemore and Lewis's second album, This Unruly Mess I've Made, was released on February 26, 2016. The duo won four Grammy Awards at the 2014 ceremony, including Best New Artist, Best Rap Album ( The Heist), Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance ("Thrift Shop"). Their debut studio album The Heist was released on 9 October 2012, and charted at number 2 on the U.S. Their second single, " Can't Hold Us", 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. Records's radio promotion department to push his singles. The single was dubbed by Billboard as the first song since 1994 to top the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label however Macklemore, in a slightly unusual recording contract, pays a nominal percentage of sales to use Warner Bros. Macklemore and Lewis's single " Thrift Shop" (featuring Wanz) reached number one on the U.S.


His releases to date include one mixtape, three EPs, and four albums. A native of Seattle, Washington, he has collaborated with producer Ryan Lewis as the duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. m ɔːr/ MAK-lə-mor formerly Professor Macklemore), is an American rapper. Benjamin Hammond Haggerty (born June 19, 1983), better known by his stage name Macklemore ( / ˈ m æ k l ə.
