Macklemore: I wouldn't be having the success I'm having now if I was a black dude

[John Hull]

I think the bigger issue with that guy is the amount of open fakkitry that he spawned.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Macklemore's no dummy nor delusional at least

I still think if lil wayne made thrift shop it would still be a hit, any goofy rapper if that.

Well Wayne ain't exactly some random "black dude"...he's an already wildly successful rapper with a massive fanbase...that's not really Macklemore's point...now if Big Krit or Danny Brown made thrift shop would it still be a hit is the better question that actually fits in context

 

[mobbinfms]

I think the bigger issue with that guy is the amount of open fakkitry that he spawned.

Agreed. Macklemore invented homosexuality.

 

[Prince Akeem]

I respect this.
Has Eminem ever acknowledged his white privilege? If not, Macklemore gonna have to replace Em in my 1500 greatests rap artist at 1495.

The track "white america" on eminem show.

 

[John Hull]

Agreed. Macklemore invented homosexuality.

It's just not Hip Hop lil guy. Be gay if you want to. Just stop calling it Hip Hop, shyt is ridiculoid.

 

[BastardChild]

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

http://fashionably-early.com/2013/0...the-success-im-having-if-i-were-a-black-dude/

“If you’re going to be a white dude and do this shyt, I think you have to take some level of accountability,” Haggerty says. “You have to acknowledge where the art came from, where it is today, how you’re benefiting from it. At the very least, just bringing up those points and acknowledging that, yes, I understand my privilege, I understand how it works for me in society, and how it works for me in 2013 with the success that The Heist has had.”

“We made a great album,” he continues, “but I do think we have benefited from being white and the media grabbing on to something. A song like ‘Thrift Shop’ was safe enough for the kids. It was like, ‘This is music that my mom likes and that I can like as a teenager,’ and even though I’m cussing my ass off in the song, the fact that I’m a white guy, parents feel safe. They let their six-year-olds listen to it. I mean it’s just…it’s different. And would that success have been the same if I would have been a black dude? I think the answer is no.”

I dont get it...yeah racism exists, but how are the black rap artist successful in the indie label or major label grind?

 

[mortuus est]

Macklemore's no dummy nor delusional at least



Well Wayne ain't exactly some random "black dude"...he's an already wildly successful rapper with a massive fanbase...that's not really Macklemore's point...now if Big Krit or Danny Brown made thrift shop would it still be a hit is the better question that actually fits in context

shyt who knows

 

[Long Live The Kane]

shyt who knows

Macklemore knows

 

[Mr. Negative]

I respect this.
Has Eminem ever acknowledged his white privilege? If not, Macklemore gonna have to replace Em in my 1500 greatests rap artist at 1495.

second verse. start at 2:13



Whenever some dumb b*stard tells you Eminem didn't sell cause he's white... play that for them.


edit: The whole song, basically. but the 2nd verse can't be dodged in the name of "interpretation".

but goddamn Em used to nice on the mic.....

 

[ManBearPig]

Make sense

 

[mortuus est]

Macklemore knows

yelawolf aint poppin tho

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

Even though Cacklemore kept it real, this makes me emphatize with all the black underground rappers that would never get this same push

They also don't make catchy songs. Not sure why some of you think if any rapper gets a push they blow up, that just isn't the case.

He's right and his music is still annoying

 

[Jayson_bourn]

I remember Em making a similar statement a while back. At least he's honest.

 

[Piff Perkins]

He's 100% right. Em said the same thing back in the day. I respect it. Dude is like a white Murs, or some other blackpacker that never got mainstream appeal. Although to be fair I bet Atmosphere is looking at him too like "damn, we did good but how come we never made it like THAT."