The Great Creators with Guy Raz

Macklemore: Why He Never Signed to a Label, His Struggle with Addiction, and Making Art that Means Something

Jan 17, 2023

01:05:00

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Is That Your Favorite Song?

03:59

Is White Privilege to Fake?

02:01

How Did You Fall Into the Disease of Addiction?

03:34

Introduction

3min

Hip Hop and the Beatbox

5min

I Was 15 and Smoking Pot and Getting Worse

2min

How Did You Fall Into the Disease of Addiction?

4min

How I Met a Drug and Alcohol Counselor at Nathan Hale That Changed My Life

2min

The One and Only Thing I Wanted to Do

5min

You Should Still Make Music, but You Need a Real Job

2min

Is Your Sobriety Driving You?

3min

Are You Financing Your Music?

2min

10.

The Great Creators Podcast - Creative Peptock

5min

11.

The Concept of Thrift Shop

4min

12.

Is That Your Favorite Song?

4min

13.

The Thrift Shop Hit Number One

4min

14.

How Did You Decide Not to Own Your Music?

4min

15.

Is White Privilege to Fake?

2min

16.

Black Art Is What Inspired You to Create Art

3min

17.

Macklemore Talks About the Challenges of Breaking Through the TikTok Era

5min

18.

Is It Impossible to Know?

3min

19.

Do I Still Want to Hit?

2min

20.

Is Your Mom Calling You Creative?

2min

21.

The Beauty Is in the Imperfection

3min

The rapper Macklemore and his collaborator Ryan Lewis had their first two singles go straight to number one (Thrift Shop and Can't Hold Us). Even more amazing, they did it without being signed to a major label. Macklemore joins Guy to discuss why they stayed independent, his battle with addiction, why he feels indebted to the originators of hip-hop, and how to make music that means something.

Macklemore's new album BEN comes out March 3rd and can be pre-ordered here.

Links from the show:

Video for "Otherside"

Video for "Thrift Shop"

Video for "Can't Hold Us"

Video for "Glorious"

Short Doc from tour with Imagine Dragons

Video for "Maniac"

Video for "Faithful"

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