Macklemore recently put on for the old school with his new single/video combo in “Downtown,” which featured pioneering MCs, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz. Naturally, as with all things Macklemore-related these days, the move was met with scrutiny and accusations of the Grammy Award-winning star attempt to latch on to a Hip-Hop […]
With hits like the pro-gay “Same Love” and profuse apologizes to Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore subsequently molded a squeaky-clean image for his placement in Hip-Hop’s periscope. In his latest Complex cover story, the Seattle-born, breakout pop star revealed that dealing with the pressures of fame and upholding said image caused him to dive into substance abuse.
Just ahead of today’s MLB All-Star Game, Snoop Dogg, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lit up Cincinnati’s Old Enquirer Building.
The results for three of the biggest Hip-Hop oriented GRAMMY awards—Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Album—are in. “Thrift Shop” tandem Macklemore and Ryan Lewis swept each category.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love” is up for Song of the Year during the 2014 Grammy Awards and they’re staging an enormous promotional effort during their performance.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ big wins at the American Music Awards were met with great disdain by the Hip-Hop community and it appears like the rap committee for the Grammy Awards shared the same sentiment.
Digital media is not only big business in 2013, it’s the only business as far as success is concerned. If Beyoncé’s most recent earthquake of an album taught us anything, it’s that the Internet and all its capabilities are to be fully taken advantage of if you want to go far within your musical career.
Talib Kweli pulled a DMX on us this year (without the legendary strides of struggle, of course). His sixth solo studio album in Gravitas will actually be his second release of the year as Prisoner of Conscious dropped in May.
Now that Grammy nominations are out in the open, it’s time for reactions amongst critics and peers alike. On the Hip-Hop spectrum, the usual suspects such as Jay Z, Kanye West and Drake are in the running for various categories yet its the hungrier newcomers, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis that are generating the […]
Last night, some of music’s biggest performers took the stage at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre for The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night. Among them were Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, as well as Robin Thicke and T.I.
Music fans’ voices were heard last night at the American Music Awards, a show that grants awards based on fan polls and album sales. Artists from all genres, including Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Nelly, and TLC also graced the stage.
