_Macklemore

Hahahaha.

The thing about being frugal your whole life is, once you get money you always keep that sense of "that shit is hella expensive."

Sure, I've bought nice things since our success. But I try to be relatively practical. Invest, save, and raise this cat with the healthiest most organic cat food in the game.

That's a sweatshirt yo

Mack-La-More is how it's pronounced

Should have picked an easier name to say

Of course. I try not to have any regrets. But you learn along the way. When Thrift Shop popped off and went number 1, I wasn't ready for that. The love, the press, the scrutiny, the attention, lack of privacy. Everything. I went from an underground rapper (which I'd been my whole life) to the spotlight very quickly. So that was tough for me. I had ALL these different songs with varying topics. But most of the world only knew of 1. I was extremely fearful I was going to become the "Thrift Shop" guy forever. But, with "Can't Hold Us's" success that dissipated. And with "Same Love's" success it went away. But I was definitely living in a place of fear for a while. That's never a good place to be. I turned to some old vices that are never conducive to working through the problem. Just temporary numbing that eventually leads to more fear, anxiety and pain.

BUT

I'm learning from it. And I try to live my life differently because of that experience. And whenever I'm in a place of fear. I know what helps me get through it, and I know what keeps me there. I have a choice

Amazing question. It would take me pages to answer it and do the question justice. I don't want to short change the depth of it with a couple sentences. BUT...

The song I wrote "White Privilege" is a great starting point to who I feel on the issue.