Seattle rapper Macklemore discussed his past drug use and ongoing recovery in an interview published in Rolling Stone magazine.
“If I don’t prioritize my recovery, it’s only so long till I’m miserable or I’m loaded,” Macklemore says in the article. “The drug I take depends on the relapse. It could be a pill. Lean. Weed. Something I snort. Something I eat. It doesn’t matter – if I put anything in my body, I want more.”
The “Thrift Shop” artist says he has had substance abuse issues since he was a teenager, and after the success of his 2012 album, The Heist, he faced a relapse.
“When I do drugs, the only thing I think about is how I’m going to get more drugs,” Macklemore says. His youthful indiscretions included “smashing car windows to steal change to buy 40s, doing graffiti, riding in cars my friends stole. I’ve always been drawn to the grimy shit.”
Macklemore is on the road towards finding peace in the midst of his struggles. Part of his journey includes attending support group meetings.
“I’ve been living a program of recovery for a year and a half, and 99 percent of the time it’s been going great.” Macklemore says. “I’ll be sitting in that hall, feeling fucking miserable with a Rolex on my wrist, a Cadillac in the parking lot and a house on Capitol Hill. And I look around the room and see people more spiritually connected and fulfilled than I am, and have far more serenity and peace in their life.”
Macklemore says that despite the stigma associated with recovery, the process does offer useful insights for the creative process.
“Watching a man cry in front of a room of people, apologize and leave with more power and respect, in a true way?” Macklemore says. “I strive for that when I make music. Write draft one, then tear it up and go deeper. Dig. When someone’s truthful, it sets the room on fire. So for me, whether I’m sharing or writing a song, my question is, ‘What am I hiding?’ That’s exactly what I need to say.”
Macklemore Describes Purpose Of “White Privilege II”
Macklemore, born Ben Haggerty released This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, late last month. It is his second album with collaborator Ryan Lewis.
The new album cost less than $500,000 to make, which is low by major release standards. Lewis spent a generous sum on his sounds including getting the Seahawks drum line to add some music.
The album features a controversial track about race called “White Privilege II,” which was a follow up to an 2005 track from Macklemore and spurred by the non-indictment of the officer in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Missouri.
“As a white person stepping into any sort of anti-systemic-racism type of work, you need to consistently ask yourself, ‘What is my intention?’ Check yourself, check yourself, check yourself,” Macklemore says.
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This fool is rehabbing for weed, WEED!
Marijuana is not an addiction. Hell, I use to suck dick for coke.
No you sucked dick because you’re a f a g g o t, you just used your drug habit as an excuse
You dont watch alot of movies do you
I respect the recovery of Mackelmore but can he please stop rapping please his music is garbage ! He took the world with that thrift shop bs give him that now he wants to put this white privileges non sense out . And also should spent more on the album it’s garbage production trash ..
Shut it, Marshall!
love the idea behind white privilege 2. it’s time we start really putting that topic on the discussion board.
Great idea! We really need to perpetuate more hate because all white people are born with privileges and they are bad for our colorful society!
suicide is my destiny. wish me death! i wanna be dead so bad. suicide suicide suicide suicide suicide suicide suicide suicide suicide suicide suicide ….. ….. ….. …. … … …. …. or …. …. … just kill me someone. give me some advice how to leave this world succesfully . homemade euthanasia manual or somethin lik dat.
I don’t know who the fuck upvotes your corny shit, but I wish you live forever. Peace.
Mackelmore is a such a corny whiney fuck like who listens to that bullshit anyway
I do. And I respect his honesty, positivity, his hustle and what he strives for in life. Hey, if he’s not your cup of tea, you can move on instead of expending all this emotional energy you could be using to do something productive, and positive in your life. Peace.
You sound like a fuckin pussy
He aint something id play his subject matter is all over the place but he still better than MGK dunno how ppl can take him serious he so corny and his angry everyone is against me flow and bars is just trash
12 Steppers are the corniest fuckers around. They all use the same tired buzz words and shit, fuck outta here with your cult Macklemore
shut the fk up you fkn kracker.
Dudes worthless all he knows how to talk about is how whites are privelged anf should give to other ethnicities (which is a big subject right now.and captivates the.mainstream audience because it makes other ethnicities feel they matter which everyone matters not just one group…. so he just encourages negative stereotypes and you should feel ashamed of who you are and thats wrong in my opiniom because if we make one group less equal and the other held higher then whos realy being segregated or mistreated? Needs to be a balance of acceptance and tolerance… and if its not that its how we was an addict and everyone should feel for him or relate to him which is just typical mainstream hypnosis and if its not that its how he was homeless and sucking cocks for H dudes just terrible and needs to just be a man own up and quit being a whiney little baby who just says and does anything to make a buck in this wildly leftist world we live in total sell out….
Dear brothers and sisters I need to tell you that all white people are depressive and genetic recessive devils. Stay black stay strong my niggas! #LouisFarrakhanTaughtMe #Facts
White people are negative huh? Didnt black lives matters leader co founder or whoever just say a shortwhile ago white people should sacrifice themselfs to black people financialy so our kids should starve for our ancestors mistakes during one of the most awful portions of our history our elders who we support financialy in the ends of there lifes we should just tell them to go crawl in a hole and die huh? Better look in a mirror to see who is negative and hateful…
Shut up ho.
Hes on all type of drugs no wonder he doesnt know wtf he’s talking about. White Privilige my ass when the game is 99.9 percent black. What are these black rappers Intention? To rap about drugs, low life, hoes and strippers, money? Funny how he can keep in check to be a slave to some black racist thinking but he can’t check himself when doing all type of drugs. CHECK YOURSELF.
#1 Y’all are dumb. If you read the article, he went to rehab for pills, weed, lean, and cocaine.
#2 That intro track with Mike Slap is dope af