Macklemore may not have won many headl at the 2013 MTV Vio Mic Awards, what wh Miley Cys twerkg on stage and Lady Gaga showg off her near-naked behd, but the rapper gave a performance that solidified him the foremost gay rights advote the rap world. The Seattle rapper and his unterpart Ryan Lewis […]
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- MACKLEMORE AND LEWIS JO UN GAY RIGHTS MPAIGN
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- MACKLEMORE BEG RAP’S FOREMOST GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
MACKLEMORE AND LEWIS JO UN GAY RIGHTS MPAIGN
How a straight whe rapper om Seattle wrote hip-hop’s first gay anthem. * macklemore gay rights activist *
At first glance, one uld take Macklemore (real name: Ben Haggerty) for the natn's first mastream gay rapper.
" No, he's not gay. ) At one pot time, though, he certaly thought he might be gay. "I knew I wanted to wre a song about gay rights, about marriage equaly, and about homophobia hip-hop, but I didn't know how to do , " he says.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
Gay rights activists and entertaers Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Photo urty of * macklemore gay rights activist *
"I tried, at first, wrg om the perspective of a gay, bullied kid.
The rult was an acunt of Macklemore's stggle wh his own sexualy as a he and Lewis grew up surround by gay adults.
MACKLEMORE BEG RAP’S FOREMOST GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST
* macklemore gay rights activist *
Lewis's uncle is gay and has been livg wh HIV for 30 years. "Growg up wh a gay uncle and havg him be a huge part of our fay -- I don't thk my parents' outlook would be the same if weren't for him, " Lewis says.
" Macklemore was raised Capol Hill, a liberal, gay-iendly district of Seattle.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
The men clost to him -- his uncle Johnny and his godfather -- are gay. "Where I grew up, there were huge gay pri paras ls than a e away om me, " Macklemore says.
"My dad's bt iend was gay. My barber was gay.
My uncl owned this rtrant that was a huge mag for the gay muny. My whole upbrgg was around gay people.