Macklemore admits to white privilege and says he needs to know his place in Hip-Hop
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Macklemore sat down for wide-ranging hour-long interview with New York radio station Hot 97 Monday morning.
The Grammy winning 1/2 of the duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, opened up in his interview about race in America, the backlash from his chart-topping hit “Thrift Shop,” and white privilege.
“You need to know your place in the culture,” says the rapper. “This is not my culture to begin with. As much as I have honed my craft, I do believe that I need to know my place”
“White people can turn off the TV when we’re sick of talking about race. White, liberal people want to be nice. We don’t want to be racist. We want to be, “Oh we’re post-racial. We don’t want to talk about white privilege and it’s all good, right?” It’s not the case,” Macklemore said. “We have to get past that awkward stage of the race conversation. As a white person, we have to listen.”
He continued discussing how white privilege has played a major determining factor in his success in the music industry.
“Why am I safe? Why can I cuss on a record, have a parental advisory sticker on the cover of my album, yet parents are still like, ‘You’re the only rap I let my kids listen to.'”…If I was black, what would my drug addiction look like? It would be twisted into something else versus maybe, “Get back on your feet!” The privilege that exists in the music industry is just a greater symptom of the privilege that exists in America. There’s no difference…I got put in that “hero” box and I think that when that happens, it’s because of white privilege.”
http://thegrio.com/2014/12/30/macklemore-white-privilege/
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somebody got in his ear.
that what he needs to do...stay in his place -
Its a good interview, he handled himself well. Igglo should be humble and at least acknowledge the reason why she's successful.
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Honestly if I was white id say ? all that. I dont think macklemore is just using the culture. I think he genuinely loves this ? .
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...He gets it... -
He was saying ? like that before tho . Especially around Grammys he just came off as a ? . His music still sucks to me tho . Respect that he knows wassup tho
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I think this is basically him trying to get the heat off himself and on the country as whole, arguably that is where it belongs in the first place.
White rappers are rarely the problem, it's how much society lauds them that become the issue. Macklemore didn't give himself a Grammy, Iggy Azaela isn't nominating herself for Grammys either, I think in the mob mentality and the rush to vilify white artists in hip-hop we forget that they are just making music and the racism comes with how it's received in comparison to Black music. -
I peeped this ? this morning. I'm glad he stepped up to the plate and said what needed to be said, and I'm even more glad it was him who said it, because it wouldn't have been as powerful coming from anyone else. Not even Em. Macklemore is their golden child.
You can tell he's worn out from real ? blowing his ? up with hate scud missiles. I'm glad he's taken a brake from caping for the ? community, to help the culture that's made him rich.
The white ? always got it, but this particularly statement was eloquent. Hopefully it doesn't fall on deaf ears. -
^^^ eh it's also cuz iggy just isn't respecting the culture. She is the product of white people who been sheltered but only seen hip hop on TV. At least other white rappers are really into the culture not just making Pop music and calling it rap
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I wonder how other white rappers will internalize the statement.
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Macklemore has always said stuff like this. He isn't blind to His privilege and he's spoke about it before in song so my issue with him was never this. He still is corny as ? though as a rapper. That's my main problem with him
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He is garbage as ? . But at least he knows his place in hip hop. Too bad you can't convince the ? .
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Macklemore has always said stuff like this. He isn't blind to His privilege and he's spoke about it before in song so my issue with him was never this. He still is corny as ? though as a rapper. That's my main problem with him
...Oh his music is definitely corny b...Lets not let that go unnoticed...
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this ? is stupid to me. call me a ? but why is it ok to act like that. we do alot of ? that other cultures started and no one says anything. why do we have to act like that with rap music. if all cultures acted like that then there would be no room to grow in anything
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Because blacks know their place in other peoples culture? We don't participate in ? and claim that it isn't theirs and that's its everybody's.this ? is stupid to me. call me a ? but why is it ok to act like that. we do alot of ? that other cultures started and no one says anything. why do we have to act like that with rap music. if all cultures acted like that then there would be no room to grow in anything
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this ? is stupid to me. call me a ? but why is it ok to act like that. we do alot of ? that other cultures started and no one says anything. why do we have to act like that with rap music. if all cultures acted like that then there would be no room to grow in anything
Well there's a history of whites basically taking whole genres of music away from Blacks that's why -
ppl tweet these sentiments to Iggy every single day...I wonder how other white rappers will internalize the statement.
she basically ignores them and continues her mockery of hip hop -
I respect Macklemore.
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this ? is stupid to me. call me a ? but why is it ok to act like that. we do alot of ? that other cultures started and no one says anything. why do we have to act like that with rap music. if all cultures acted like that then there would be no room to grow in anything
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Her life would be easier if she listened. -
Good for the white dude, pandering to his fan base
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I'm not surprised
This is a dude who has a lyric that goes "White guilt, white privilege at the same damn time"
He's pretty far left -
this ? is stupid to me. call me a ? but why is it ok to act like that. we do alot of ? that other cultures started and no one says anything. why do we have to act like that with rap music. if all cultures acted like that then there would be no room to grow in anything
Well there's a history of whites basically taking whole genres of music away from Blacks that's why
It's not that simple
They didn't take Rock or Jazz away, they just flooded it
there was no reason for them to be abandoned by the Black community though
the only reason I can see is disdain for Whites -
this ? is stupid to me. call me a ? but why is it ok to act like that. we do alot of ? that other cultures started and no one says anything. why do we have to act like that with rap music. if all cultures acted like that then there would be no room to grow in anything
Well there's a history of whites basically taking whole genres of music away from Blacks that's why
It's not that simple
They didn't take Rock or Jazz away, they just flooded it
there was no reason for them to be abandoned by the Black community though
the only reason I can see is disdain for Whites
Flooding is just as well. When you have white folks being labeled "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Rock N Roll" pretty much means they have claimed ownership. -
He says all the right things....but i still don't ? with him cuz his music sucks
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this ? is stupid to me. call me a ? but why is it ok to act like that. we do alot of ? that other cultures started and no one says anything. why do we have to act like that with rap music. if all cultures acted like that then there would be no room to grow in anything
Well there's a history of whites basically taking whole genres of music away from Blacks that's why
It's not that simple
They didn't take Rock or Jazz away, they just flooded it
there was no reason for them to be abandoned by the Black community though
the only reason I can see is disdain for Whites
Flooding is just as well. When you have white folks being labeled "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Rock N Roll" pretty much means they have claimed ownership.
Perfect example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WojNaU4-kI
This is the Original Dixieland Jass Band. They were an all Caucasian ensemble and in 1917 became the first Jazz band ever recorded in history. Of course, they went on to have instant national and international success because of it. The band members claimed to have created Jazz (hence the name) and said negros couldn't have possibly created the genre, despite it being played in Dixie Square (again, hence the name) in New Orleans since slavery.
