Seattle duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today (January 28) to speak on their performance at the Grammy Awards and a handful of other topics. Earlier in the week, the pair, joined by Mary Lambert and pop star Madonna, performed their The Heist record “Same Love” during the 2014 Grammy Awards.
During his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Macklemore says he became emotional both during rehearsal and as he performed “Same Love” in front of those in attendance at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. During Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ performance, 33 couples exchanged vows as the duo performed their The Heist record.
“I got emotional during rehearsal. And I got emotional during the performance,” Macklemore said. “During the third verse I started rapping and that’s when the procession of couples started to come in. And everyone stood up at that point. And it just gives me goosebumps thinking about it now…It was magic.”
While speaking with Ellen, Ryan Lewis revealed that the idea of inviting couples to exchange their vows mid-performance was an idea the producer of the show suggested thanks to his daughter, a longtime Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fan.
“It was the producer of the show,” Lewis said. “His daughter has been a fan for a while. And she told him that over the last year a few different times we’ve had proposals on stage that people would email us and be like ‘Hey, is there any way that I can propose on stage?’ So, we’ve done that a few times and thought that that was a cool idea and then it just started building and building and turned into 33 couples.”
In addition to performing “Same Love” at the Grammy Awards, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis also won Grammys for Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance. Macklemore referred to their numerous wins at the Grammys as both a blessing and a curse during an interview with Hot 97 this week.
“It’s the blessing and the curse, a little bit more the curse,” he said. “First and foremost, Kendrick [Lamar] is a friend of mine. He’s somebody that I love his music and, in my opinion, had the best Rap album of the year. And knowing how the Grammys usually go, I knew that there would be a great chance that we’d win that award and, in essence, rob Kendrick. That’s what happened tonight. It kind of sucks. I think we made a great album. I think that Kendrick made a better Rap album.”
Macklemore also sent a series of text messages to Kendrick Lamar stating that he had “robbed” the Compton emcee of a win. He then went on to congratulate K-Dot on his successes this year.
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“Not since Big L’s hood anthem “Flamboyant” has hip hop supported marriage equality.” -Ellen
what? lol
i think this proves him being white didn’t have as much to do with his success as the agenda he and the grammy folks push
Bullshit. If a Black rapper makes a same sex song it would be irrelevant but if a white guy does it he is worthy of a Grammy because he put out gay shit in the most anti-homosexual genre.
Take Murs for example, he did a gay song as well and no one paid attention to that.
nigga theres lots of rappers who did gay songs this white bitch is racist as hell. proof that eating pussy makes u retarded male or female.
the new hip hop is gay
now yall know it wasn’t just a sudden jump to gayness this shit has been set up for a long time before it was possible for this fucktard faggot to do this to hip hop.
it isn’t gayness its acceptance. people like you make me ashamed to like the genre of hip hop. grow up.
Homosexuality is wrong. I don’t hate any people, certain actions however are not correct. Gayness is one of them.
look here you brainwashed simpleton. this world doesn’t owe you acceptance. do you believe in evolution? natural selection is the most discriminatory force in the world. so when hip hop comes out as the hardest and most discriminatory genre (what other music has diss tracks) we are pissed off at it being watered down.
the funny thing is homos want you to accept THEM but they don’t accept YOU.
gay people are the most discriminatory. if you arent following their world view they are worse than hitler. especially if they are white and young.
When we allowed rappers who only care about money, and not the art, to blow up (biggie was the first large one to do it) we paved the way for this gayness.
ur right. Macklemore is biggies great great great great grandson
i’ve always thought so too, i love biggie but to him it was always about the dollar. he paved the way for hip hop to sell its soul to the highest bidder
don’t forget puffy!
rap fans are mad at this but gave lil wayne and birdman a pass for kissin on the mouth multiple times… tell me whats gayer LOL
i didnt know down low gayness (at best) was the same as publicly marrying mass homos while you rap about how you thought you were gay.
they had Queen Latifah, who happens to be a hip-hop legend and just happens to be gay (i think? did she ever come out?) marry couples that were straight, gay, old and young…..
Yes Queen Latifah the hip hop legend… name a song of hers without google. shit heel. She was chosen because she was gay too. Of course they did that so they wouldn’t get the backlash, but it was obviously a misfire,
Since when was weddings a part of the Grammys?
Not really the place for a wedding is it? surrounded by nobody you know, just a bunch of vapid narccisits who want to be on tv. I spose that is perfect for a gay wedding, along with all the satanic rituals haha.
look I will be the first to say gay aint right but if two fine ass girls where in front of me right now naked getting it on while punks jump up to get beat down was bumping in the back ground I’m gonna watch and not judge #contradiction
LMAO
thats the funniest part about all the homophobes on the hiphop websites. they are all probably down for some good ol lesbian porn!
well that shows you the degeneracy and lack of self-conviction. i can’t stand lesbians. i can’t stand porn. i am a straight male but that doesn’t mean i am a slave to desire like it is portrayed in media.
” i can’t stand porn”
bruh you’re just a closeted homo
IS IT TRUE THAT GAY COUPLES ACTUALLY MARRIED ON STAGE DURING THE PERFORMANCE? IF SO, THEN GOOD THING I DIDNT WATCH THAT SHIT, OTHERWISE I WOULDVE GONE BLIND. MACKLEMORE IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HOMO IN HIP HOP, EVEN THAT OTHER FAG FRANK OCEAN DIDNT EVEN GO THIS FAR. WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE COMING TO? THIS GAYNESS IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE EVERY YEAR. SO YOU LIKE FUCKING MEN IN THE ASS? GREAT, JUST DONT TRY TO MAKE ME ACCEPT THAT SHIT BECAUSE I WONT AND NEVER WILL, AND GOOD LUCK ON KEEPING YOUR FAMILY TREE GROWING. HOMOSEXUALITY IS UNNATURAL PERIOD, ITS GENOCIDE.
“IS IT TRUE THAT GAY COUPLES ACTUALLY MARRIED ON STAGE DURING THE PERFORMANCE?”
Yes. Queen Latifah also married straight couples, old couples, young couples, couples of all colors and religions. Macklemore’s sister also got married to her boyfriend during the performance!
hip hop fans are straight idiots and racist both white and black , sad to see this happening since i love hip hop
oh if we don’t see it like you do we are all idiots. maybe you should stop listening to our hip hop because it is not for you.
we say that but when the almighty dollar comes into play hip hop is for EVERYONE!!! we can make a gay hip hop if you buy it.
wds. you are an idiot if you are racist and homophobic. sorry son.
no fucking shit it was the producer’s idea. the only reason why Macklemore got all those four grammys was to milk the 33-wedding thing for all it’s worth. I’m surprised that shit didn’t close out the show
Lil Wayne is a fag and he became one of the biggest rappers.
an actual fag too, not someone who just makes songs about gay rights.
u know what im saying, that mf admitted to wearing womens pants
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o a song with Miley Cyrus and give an interview saying that Eminem was his artistic inspiration.
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He should just admit he has been used to push an agenda. sad.
Gay agenda at its finest black or white I don’t support pushing gay shit in the faces of people who don’t wanna see it all u fag defenders so. Will see lmao