Macklemore: “I Wouldn’t Be Having the Success I’m Having if I Were a Black Dude”

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“If you’re going to be a white dude and do this sh*t, I think you have to take some level of accountability,” Haggerty says. “You have to acknowledge where the art came from, where it is today, how you’re benefiting from it. At the very least, just bringing up those points and acknowledging that, yes, I understand my privilege, I understand how it works for me in society, and how it works for me in 2013 with the success that The Heist has had.”

“We made a great album,” he continues, “but I do think we have benefited from being white and the media grabbing on to something. A song like ‘Thrift Shop’ was safe enough for the kids. It was like, ‘This is music that my mom likes and that I can like as a teenager,’ and even though I’m cussing my ass off in the song, the fact that I’m a white guy, parents feel safe. They let their six-year-olds listen to it. I mean it’s just…it’s different. And would that success have been the same if I would have been a black dude? I think the answer is no.”
http://fashionably-early.com/2013/0...the-success-im-having-if-i-were-a-black-dude/
 
He definitely would not have a major record & distribution deal. These major record labels only want black rappers that put out the same old bullshit and they avoid the non-stereotypical black rappers or try to turn them into the Black Eyed Peas.​
 
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Foks need to leave Eminem out of this...Em night not have been as famous but dude has skills
It's not a question of skills. The point is that they would "not have been as famous" if they weren't white. Even Eminem says that himself. So why leave him off the list?
 
They were all black, and all had more success than him and em
And your point is...

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At least respect to the dude for acknowledging the real truth.

If he were black, he would never had blew up like he did.

Black cat rapping about thrift shop clothes...nah :smh::hmm:
 
Thanks for stating the obvious.

That's half the battle my dude.

75% of BGOL are millionaire, playboys who bang "regular" chicks like Pinky on the regular with Mrs. Cleaver at home.

Honesty counts for a lot more in the social media era where you can be whomever you want.
 
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Isnt this the same dude with the video
gay dudes getting married in it?

And rosenberg was praising his ass on hot 97 for it, like he was some pioneer who finally addressed homophobia in hip hop, when in actuality murs released 'animal style' a full your before. And who knows who released something even before him.
 
Foks need to leave Eminem out of this...Em night not have been as famous but dude has skills

my name is track would've been flushed down da toilet if he was black..tracks talking bout killing his babymama and beating her up nig would've gotten boycotted by mad black woman battered shelter group.. him crossdressing in his vids..nigs would've called him a fag and ignored everything he said..trl would've never dickride a new black upcomin rapper as much as they did em..shitting on queers see isaih washington for how dat goes in da industry..dat dude benefitted crazy off his whiteskin..8mile would've went straight to dvd if they even was nice enough to give dat guy a movie
 
And rosenberg was praising his ass on hot 97 for it, like he was some pioneer who finally addressed homophobia in hip hop, when in actuality murs released 'animal style' a full your before. And who knows who released something even before him.

Seems like pandering.
Trying to cash in on homos.
 
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