How a straight whe rapper om Seattle wrote hip-hop’s first gay anthem.
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- MACKLEMORE, THE UNAPOLOGETILLY PRO-GAY RAPPER
- IS MACKLEMORE GAY? RAPPER SAYS ‘ALRIGHT ... WE’RE GAY!’ [VIDEO]
MACKLEMORE, THE UNAPOLOGETILLY PRO-GAY RAPPER
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In 2014, the duo won four Grammys, cludg the prize for Bt New Artist, and released their sophomore effort This Unly Ms I've Ma two years later.
At first glance, one uld take Macklemore (real name: Ben Haggerty) for the natn's first mastream gay rapper.
" No, he's not gay.
IS MACKLEMORE GAY? RAPPER SAYS ‘ALRIGHT ... WE’RE GAY!’ [VIDEO]
) 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. "I tried, at first, wrg om the perspective of a gay, bullied kid.