He mea hoʻokani pila kaulana ʻo ʻAmelika a he mea pena rap ʻo Macklemore. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana i nā makahiki 2000 mua. Akā ua loa'a i ka mea pena ke kaulana maoli i ka makahiki 2012 ma hope o ka hō'ike 'ana i ka album studio The Heist.
ʻO nā makahiki mua o Ben Haggerty (Macklemore)
Ma lalo o ka pseudonym haku mele ʻo Macklemore, hūnā ʻia ka inoa haʻahaʻa o Ben Haggerty. Ua hānau ʻia ke kāne i ka makahiki 1983 ma Seattle. Maʻaneʻi ua loaʻa i ke kanaka'ōpio kahi hoʻonaʻauao, mahalo i loaʻa iā ia ka paʻa kālā.
Mai ka wā kamaliʻi, ua moe ʻo Ben e lilo i mea hoʻokani pila. A ʻoiai ua hoʻāʻo nā mākua e kākoʻo i kā lāua keiki i nā mea āpau, ua ʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻole lākou i ke kuhikuhi o kāna mau hoʻolālā.
I ka makahiki 6, ua kamaʻāina ʻo ia i kahi kuhikuhi mele e like me ka hip-hop. Ua hauʻoli maoli ʻo Ben mai nā mele o Digital Underground.
Ua ulu ʻo Ben ma ke ʻano he kanaka maʻamau. Ma waho aʻe o ka mele, ʻo kāna pōʻai o nā leʻaleʻa i komo pū me nā haʻuki. Ua makemake ʻo ia i ka pōpeku a me ka pōʻaleʻa. Akā naʻe, ua piha nā mele i nā mea leʻaleʻa a pau o Haggerty.
Ua kākau ʻo Haggerty i kāna mele mua i kona wā ʻōpio. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua pili ka inoa ʻo Möcklimore iā ia.
ʻO ke ala noʻonoʻo o ka rapper Macklemore
I nā makahiki 2000 mua, ma lalo o ka pseudonym Professor Macklemore, ua hōʻike ʻo Ben i ka mini-album mua e wehe i kou mau maka. Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ka moʻolelo e nā poʻe hip-hop, a no laila, hauʻoli, hoʻomaka ʻo Ben e hoʻopaʻa i kahi album piha.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hōʻike ka mea hoʻokani pila i kahi album studio piha ʻo The Language of My World ma lalo o ka inoa ʻo Macklemore.
Ua loaʻa koke ka kaulana i ka mea hoʻokani pila. Me ka manaʻo ʻole, ua ala kaulana ʻo Ben. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka ʻike a me ka ʻike ʻana i hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻole i ke kūlana o ka mea rapper. Ua hoʻohana ʻino ʻo Ben i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, e pili ana me ia mai 2005 a 2008. ua nalowale ʻo ia mai ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe pā.
E hoʻi i ke kahua
Ma hope o ka hoʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana rap, hoʻomaka ʻo Ben e hana me ka mea hana ʻo Ryan Lewis. Ma lalo o ke aʻo ʻana a Ryan, ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka discography a Macklemore me ʻelua mini-LPs.
Akā ʻaʻole hiki i ka makahiki 2012 i haʻi aku ai ʻo Haggerty lāua ʻo Lewis i ka poʻe pā e puka mai ana kā lākou album piha piha. Ua kapa ʻia ka ʻohi ʻana ʻo The Heist. Ua mālama ʻia ka hōʻike kūhelu o ka diski ma ʻOkakopa 9, 2012. I ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka album studio, ua hele ka rapper i kāna huakaʻi honua mua. Ua hōʻea ka Heist i ka #1 ma nā kūʻai iTunes ma ʻAmelika i loko o nā hola o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻana.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana ʻo ia kekahi o nā album maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o 2 miliona mau kope. Ua lilo ka mele Thrift Shop i mea kaulana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, kūʻai aku ma luna o 30 miliona mau kope ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Ma waena o nā mele a pau o ka diski, ua ʻike nā mea pā i ke mele Same Love (me ke komo ʻana o Mary Lambert). Hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka haku mele i nā pilikia o ka ʻike ʻana o nā ʻelele LGBT i ka hui ʻAmelika.
I ʻAukake 2015, ua hoʻolaha ka mea rapper e hana ana ʻo ia ma kahi album lua, ʻO kēia Unruly Mess I've Made. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka disc i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope. ʻO ka lua studio album he 13 mau mele, me ka hui pū ʻana: Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz (Downtown song), KRS-One a me DJ Premier (Buckshot track), Ed Sheeran (Growing Up song).
Eia kekahi, aia i ka diski ka ʻāpana ʻelua o ka haku mele White Privilege. Ma ke mele, ua haʻi ka mea rapper i kona mau manaʻo pilikino e pili ana i ke kumuhana o ka like ʻole o ka lāhui.
ʻO ke ola pilikino
Ua pili ka rapper me Trish Davis mai 2015. Ma mua o ka male ʻana, ua pili lāua i 9 mau makahiki. He ʻelua mau kaikamāhine a lāua: ʻo Sloan Ava Simone Haggerty lāua ʻo Colette Koala Haggerty.
ʻO nā ʻike hoihoi e pili ana i ka rapper Macklemore
- I ka makahiki 2014, ua loaʻa i ka mea mele nā makana Grammy ʻehā, me ka koho inoa ʻo Rap Album of the Year.
- Ua loaʻa ʻo Ben i kāna BA mai Evergreen State College ma 2009.
- He koko Irish i loko o kona mau aʻa.
- Hoʻokumu ʻia ka mea hoʻomohala i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka mea rapper: Aceyalone, Freestyle Fellow ship, Living Legends, Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Talib Kweli.
Macklemore i kēia lā
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo 2017 no nā mea aloha i ka hana a ka rapper me ka nūhou maikaʻi. ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea hoʻokani no ka manawa mua ma 12 mau makahiki i hōʻike i kahi album solo GEMINI ("Twins").
ʻO kēia kekahi o nā hōʻiliʻili pilikino a pilikino a ka rapper. I loko o ka mele mele ʻo Intentions, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka makemake i loko o nā poʻe āpau e hoʻololi no ka maikaʻi. He wahi no nā mele māmā ma ka diski. He aha nā mele How to Play the Flute a me Willy Wonka waiwai.
Mai 2017 a 2020 ʻAʻole i hoʻokuʻu ka mea rapper i nā mea hou, ʻo ke mele ʻo ia ka manawa Kalikimaka. Wahi a Ben, ua hiki mai ka manawa e hoʻolohe ai i kona ʻohana.
