Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have been added to the list of performers for 2013’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The duo will perform “Same Love,” a song about marriage equality, at the August 25 event.
It’s fitting that Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will perform since the duo are tied with Justin Timberlake for most VMA nominations this year with six. “Thrift Shop” is up for Video of the Year, “Can’t Hold Us” is up for Best Hip Hop Video and “Same Love” was nominated for Best Video with a Social Message.
The video announcement for Mack & Lewis’ performance can be found in short promo clips below.
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Additionally, Bruno Mars has also been added to the list of performers for the award show at Brooklyn, New York’s Barclays Center. Mack, Lewis and Mars join a roster of performers that includes Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, among others. The event will air live on Sunday August 25 at 9pm ET/PT.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released their debut album, The Heist, in October 2012. The album featured Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy Q and Mary Lambert, among others. The Heist went gold this year, according to RIAA certification records. The album singles also earned RIAA awards with “Can’t Hold Us” hitting platinum and “Thrift Shop” going multi-platinum.
All three of the videos nominated for MTV VMAs can be seen below.
On August 9, ScHoolboy Q made surprising comments about Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. The TDE rapper said that Mack & Lewis should win the VMA for Best Hip Hop Video instead of his fellow Top Dawg, Kendrick Lamar.
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UPDATE: Drake has now confirmed his own performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. In the same 24 hours his Nothing Was The Same was said to be confirmed to release a week later than initially promised, the Toronto, Ontario emcee/singer tweeted that he would be appearing.
Additionally, Drake tweeted that he hopes to someday win a VMA trophy.
UPDATE: 2 Chainz has been confirmed as a performer for 2013’s MTV Video Music Awards. The emcee recently released his Pharrell-assisted single, “Feds Watching.” Chainz is also gearing up for the September 10 release of B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time. The announcement was made during RapFix Live today (August 21). A video of the confirmation can be found below.
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RELATED: ScHoolboy Q Says Macklemore Should Beat Kendrick Lamar At MTV VMAs
wack ugly ass motherfuckers
what are you gay or something? why do you care what they look like if you aint interest in men?
Haters gonna hate!!! Greatness is macklemore, accept it
Jay Z isn’t even great and he’s accomplished everything there is to do in this life. All Macklemore has done is release a few fluke singles, and drink himself into a coma.
Wrong, hating ass bitch.
Macklemore looks like such a homo lol
fucking nerd rap
Fucks given: zero. And it’s not even about Macklemore; it’s about the rest of the performers as well.
somehow, the white rapper that makes stuff that sounds really fuckin pop gets mainstream shine, go figure…… and he isn’t even that good on the mic, maybe average.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC1YuWwgKP4
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Wacklemore is wearing Batman pajamas lol Get the fuck outta here with that greatness talk.
what do clothes gotta do with anything? whos your fav rapper i bet i could find a pic of them wearing something pretty questionable
you obviously care about clothes. Get the fuck outta here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOoj3N5o8hY
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-7zFV6ypZg
Macklemore is a fag. Also, this brings the peformances up to like 20.
Usually performers win a trophy, so you know both Macklemore and Drake are winning some hardware.
royce im callin u out!!
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Mackelmore does the worst imitation of Slug/Atmosphere. It’s sad most of the kids who love the guy are listening to a crappy imitator of a good artist.