Macklemore

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Macklemore Brings Eminem Back into “Guests in House of Hip Hop ... (Eminem.Pro)

The Seattle rapper is promoting his new album by sitting in many interviews. One of them recently rekindle an old discussion about inclusivity in hip hop.

He was the first one that white people were able to look up to and worship. It was the altar of the black emcee. And this is not a good look. We’re in a climate now where we have the Macklemores and the fucking Pussywolf and all these other motherfuckers, who black people have never heard of. [Lord Jamar](https://eminem.news/lord-jamar-reacts-to-stevie-wonder-calling-eminem-a-culture-vulture.html) going at Eminem and aggressively granting him the guest status, and after them [squashing the beef](https://eminem.news/royce-squashed-beef.html) (rather one-sided, admittedly), the topic is out there. I never said I wasn’t! It is true and I agree. And that’s not to say that I don’t belong here. In the [ interview with KXNG Crooked](https://eminem.news/crooks-corner-interview-full.html) Eminem said: And that you’re a guest. In certain moments it was a little bit harder to push it open, back in the 90s. I think it is true.

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Macklemore Says He And Eminem Are "Guests" In Hip-Hop Culture (Vibe)

Macklemore shared a clip Saturday from a pending interview with Nate Burleson on the CBS daily news show, CBS Mornings where he discussed being a white ...

Shedding our masks, getting away from the boxes that society puts on us, and getting back to that core glue of what makes me a human—let’s write from that place.” I get to make the music that I make. Every album is an opportunity to strip away layers, to get closer to the heart—the thing that I’m trying to connect to every time I’m in the studio… “A reminder of what has created the stories that make me who I am. I won the Grammys, I apologized to Kendrick, and everyone’s like, ‘You suck. [I get to tell my story](https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/macklemore-lil-yachty-marmalade-2-529569/). And that’s not to say that I don’t belong here. [Macklemore](https://www.vibe.com/t/macklemore/) shared a clip Saturday from a pending interview with Nate Burleson on the CBS daily news show, CBS Mornings where he discussed being a white rapper. In certain moments it was a little bit harder to push it open, back in the 90s. He continued, “Hip hop is inclusive so there’s always been an open door to a certain extent. [culture vulture](https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/macklemore-culture-vulture-hurt-feelings-1234743917/) and the public response to his 2012 album [The Heist.](https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/macklemore-ryan-lewis-working-heist-follow-202279/) “I think it is true.

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Macklemore Agrees He & Eminem Are "Guests" In Hip-Hop (HotNewHipHop)

Macklemore says that, regardless of how successful they are, he and Eminem are still "guests" in the genre of hip-hop.

And that’s not to say that I don’t belong here. I never said I was king of anything, right?” The comments seemingly came in response to criticism from Lord Jamar. He added that no matter how “great Eminem is,” even he is also a guest. And the way that Black people and people of color been treated historically from the jump, this music was birth out of oppression.” [Macklemore](/profile/macklemore) says that he and [Eminem](/profile/Eminem) are [“guests” in hip-hop](/429747-eminem-explains-tackling-criticisms-for-being-a-white-rapper-doing-black-music-news). I never said I wasn’t.

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Macklemore at 3Arena (Photos) (hotpress.com)

Macklemore brought along his Granddad's coat for the first night of two sold-out shows at 3Arena. In case you were wondering, he did look incredible.

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