- Seattle based hip-hop duo formed in 2008. Macklemore is the stage name for Ben Haggerty. Lewis met Macklemore at a photo shoot and became fast friends. Lewis became a collaborator ever since that meeting.
- They’ve issued two studio albums. Their first, The Heist, was a huge success. They won 4 Grammy awards at the 2014 ceremony based on the strength of this album.
- Hit singles from The Heist include Thrift Shop, Can’t Hold Us, and Same Love. The first two reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 List, while Same Love peaked at #11.
- Same Love is considered an anthem for supporters of same-sex marriages. It was written by Macklemore due to his frustration with hip-hop culture and its treatment of gays. The photograph on the cover for the single shows Macklemore’s uncle John with John’s husband Sean.
- Watch the YouTube video of Thrift Shop, and you can be one of the over 1.6 billion people that have watched the video on YouTube.
Love this song, had never watched the video before…”this is f@^# awesome”!