Macklemore

Benjamin Hammond Haggerty born June 19 1983 better known by his stage name Macklemore ?mækl?m??r MAKl?mor formerly Professor Macklemore is an American rapper and songwriter A native of Seattle Washington he has collaborated with producer Ryan Lewis as the duo Macklemore Ryan Lewis His releases to date include one mixtape three EPs and four albums Macklemores and Lewiss single Thrift Shop featuring Wanz reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 2013 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 Recordss radio promotion department to push his singles Their second single Cant Hold Us also peaked at number one on the Hot 100 chart making Macklemore and Lewis the first duo in the charts history to have their first two singles both reach the peak position Their debut studio album The Heist was released on 9 October 2012 and charted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 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 Macklemores and Lewiss second album This Unruly Mess Ive Made was released on February 26 2016 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 released a second solo studio album Gemini in September that year Description above from the Wikipedia article Macklemore licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia