Macklemore says that Eminem benefits from White privilege.
âHeâs a White person who raps,â Macklemore says during an interview with Billboard. âI think regardless of where you come from or how amazing you are, youâre still a White person appropriating a Black art form.â
Macklemore & Ryan Lewisâ new This Unruly Mess Iâve Made album features the song âWhite Privilege II,â in which Macklemore raps, âThe culture was never yours to make better â youâre Miley, youâre Elvis, youâre Iggy Azalea.â
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Although he intended that line to mean that he was part of that group of White artists, listeners may not taken it that way.
âI donât think people understood that Iâm in my own head [saying], âYouâre Miley. Youâre Elvis. Youâre Iggy Azalea,ââ Macklemore says. âIâm talking about myself.â
Iggy Azalea took offense to the comment, but Macklemore says he hasnât talked to her since she tweeted that, âhe shouldnt have spent the last 3 yrs having friendly convos and taking pictures together at events etc if those were his feelings.â
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Macklemore Says He Botched Kendrick Lamar Rap Grammy Situation
Macklemore also says that he handled his interaction with Kendrick Lamar poorly when his The Heist album with Lewis won the Best Rap album Grammy over the Compton, California rapperâs good kid, m.A.A.d city two years ago. Macklemore texted Lamar to say that heâd gotten robbed out of the award. Macklemore then posted a screenshot of his text on Instagram.
âWhen you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there,â Macklemore says in the Billboard interview. âYouâre like, âWhatever I say in the media, theyâre going to take it [a certain] wayâ â it becomes about another artist, and the intention is never received in the way it was intended.â
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