Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.
MacklemoreWhen I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.
MacklemoreI'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.
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