Macklemore: Why He Never Signed to a Label, His Struggle with Addiction, and Making Art that Means Something
The Great Creators with Guy Raz
How Did You Fall Into the Disease of Addiction?
"I was addicted to anything that made me feel different. Yeah, that was weed, that was a pill," he says. "That's the disease of addiction will always be something that I have to actively fight against" He recalls drinking 12 shots of vodka in 20 minutes when he was 14 years old and had to throw up all over himself at McDonald's. The singer has been sober for more than 10 years.
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