Macklemore has been relatively quiet as of late, but that’s about to change faster than his fans can say “abracadabra.” On Sunday (November 3), the Seattle-bred artist shared an Instagram photo of himself dressed as wizard (cover art?) and revealed he’s been working on a “magic rap” album, which he says is the first of its kind.
He also encouraged his fans to help him pick a title for the project with a “CONTEST ALERT.”
“I’ve been working hard on this magic shit,” he captioned the photo. “And now I’m combining both of my talents for the first ever Magic Rap album. And YOU get to pick the name. Drop the best album title in the comments, I’ll select the best one and whoever wins gets a free dog. (I pick the dog and I get to name it though. That’s fair). Good luck.”
Mack further explained to HipHopDX, “I’ve been doing magic for about 2.5 years now. A lot of people are already calling me mid-pack David Blaine. One afternoon in my magic shed, I was doing some rabbit work when the idea hit me — ‘What if I combined my natural ability of wizardry and used music to genre blend!?’ I ran it by the local magician community in Seattle and one out of two of them agreed — it was a great idea.
“I personally haven’t seen Harry Potter, but it seems like most humans really enjoy with them shits. This could be big. So I posted it on Instagram with a contest: ‘Whoever gives me the title in the comment section will win a present.’ And that present is a dog, probably in the later years of its life, but still… it’s a free dog. I love music, I love magic and I love dogs. You ever hear a Magician on a trap beat? Me either. But you will … 2020.
Macklemore, who shot to worldwide notoriety in 2013 thanks in part to the massive single “Thrift Shop,” hasn’t released a full studio album since 2017’s Gemini. The album spawned the singles “Glorious” with Skylar Grey and “Marmalade” featuring Lil Yachty.
More recently, the 36-year-old was honored with the MusiCares’ Stevie Ray Vaughan Award in recognition of his dedication to MusiCares and his commitment to helping others in the addiction recovery process.
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Macklemore is the biggest beta male in rap history.
the idea of alpha/beta male is sooo primitive. You’re obviously the least woke person on this site and probably in your whole region. Quit feeding into gender stereotypes and open your mind for once.
all three of you are gay. There problem solved.
Gplz, He’s the ultimate beta male puppet that was used to help usher in this trans acceptance and bs about chopping off your dik and being confused about which bathroom to use. Macklemore is a product of the Obozo era just like Chance the Idiot and the “woke” rappers.
ive still yet to meet anybody in person that tells me they listen to macklemore. somehow this dude won a grammy.
Where is Ryan Lewis when you need him
This nigga fried, for real
He just did a free show here and Knoxville and I had front rower seats. I won them from a radio station here. Honestly, I heard thrift shop and a couple other of his songs, but never really checked for Macklemore at all. After seeing him live, I think dude is pretty dope. He is definitely underrated for an emcee that’s actually saying something…not just rapping about the same ole shit.
Mackelmore is the shit! He even made the better album when comparing his and Kendrick GKMC, which is why he won the award! Those award shows are legitimate, and an honest representation of the very finest hiphop music avaliable. GKMC definitely deserved an honorable mention, but it was pretty racist, and used the “N Word” countless times, which offended lots of Americans. They really need to stop spewing that racist rhetoric, and make music that doesn’t constantly bring up a point in history that was painful for black Americans.
Someone call this guy a lyft, he’s wayyyy to drunk.
Call it “Nah I’m good”
All his quotes sound super sarcastic. I think this is a joke.
Seriously though Mack has bars. Gemini was his first album that actually deserved some scrutiny. His white guilt has held him back a bit.
He can just call the album “I’m A Dipshit Loser Idiot Fraud Pussy, And Whoever Buys This Is A Retard”.
Corniest shit I’ve ever read ??? you somehow made Macklemore look better ?
I wish he’d disappear.. that’s some magic I can get behind
More Commercial shit from another pop rapper. Him and mm should do a pop duet. i’m sure it will sell alot of records that’s why mm is bought the most. He is a sell out.
This guy still going around apologizing for being white?
Of course, every last one of these artists have j-w-sh handlers and you know how much they hate white people, right.
Yo he stealin’ out shtick, bro!
“White Guilt”.
This is my type of music, guys!
Ain’t noooooo one who’s a real hip hop fan checking for this wack ass white guilt “magic” bs. Ryan got out while he could, and bagged a few grammies in the process, SALUTE!!!