Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that is a such an intrinsical part of hip-hop music.
MacklemoreMusic is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.
MacklemoreI 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.
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