UMacklemore ungumculi odumile waseMelika kanye nomculi we-rap. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe ekuqaleni kwawo-2000. Kodwa umculi wathola ukuthandwa kwangempela kuphela ngo-2012 ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-albhamu ye-studio ethi The Heist.
Iminyaka Yokuqala Ka-Ben Haggerty (Macklemore)
Ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba lokudala elithi Macklemore, igama elinesizotha lika-Ben Haggerty lifihliwe. Umfana wazalwa ngo-1983 e Seattle. Lapha le nsizwa yathola imfundo, ngenxa yalokho yathola ukuzinza kwezezimali.
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, uBen wayefisa ukuba umculi. Futhi nakuba abazali bezama ukusekela indodana yabo kukho konke, bakhuluma kabi ngokuqondisa kwezinhlelo zakhe.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-6, wajwayelana nesiqondiso somculo esinjenge-hip-hop. U-Ben wathola injabulo yangempela evela kumathrekhi e-Digital Underground.
U-Ben wakhula njengensizwa evamile. Ngaphezu komculo, umbuthano wakhe wokuzilibazisa wawuhlanganisa nezemidlalo. Wayethanda ibhola kanye ne-basketball. Kodwa noma kunjalo, umculo wagcwala cishe zonke izinto azithandayo u-Haggerty.
UHaggerty wabhala inkondlo yakhe yokuqala esemusha. Empeleni, igama lesidlaliso elithi Möcklimore "lanamathela" kuye.
Indlela yokudala ye-rapper uMacklemore
Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yawo-2000, ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba elithi uProfessor Macklemore, u-Ben wethule i-albhamu encane yokuqala ethi Vula Amehlo Akho. Irekhodi lamukelwa ngemfudumalo abalandeli be-hip-hop, ngakho-ke, ejabule, uBen waqala ukuqopha i-albhamu egcwele.
Ngokushesha umculi wethula i-albhamu ephelele yesitudiyo Ulimi Lomhlaba Wami kakade ngaphansi kwegama elithi Macklemore.
Udumo lwehlela kungazelelwe umculi. Engalindele, uBen wavuka edumile. Nokho, ukuqashelwa nokuqashelwa kube nomthelela omubi esimweni somrepha. UBen wasebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa, kusukela ngo-2005 kuya ku-2008. wanyamalala emehlweni abalandeli.
Buyela esiteji
Ngemva kokubuyela embonini ye-rap, uBen waqala ukusebenza nomdidiyeli uRyan Lewis. Ngaphansi kokuqeqeshwa kukaRyan, i-discography kaMacklemore igcwaliswa ngama-mini-LPs amabili.
Kodwa kwaze kwafika ngo-2012 lapho u-Haggerty noLewis bememezela kubalandeli ukuthi i-albhamu yabo yokuqala egcwele ubude izophuma. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi The Heist. Ukwethulwa okusemthethweni kwediski kwenzeka ngo-Okthoba 9, 2012. Ukweseka i-albhamu yesitudiyo, lo rapper uye ohambweni lwakhe lokuqala lomhlaba. I-Heist ifinyelele ku-#1 ekuthengisweni kwe-iTunes e-United States emahoreni ambalwa ikhishwe.
Ukukhishwa kuqashelwe njengenye yama-albhamu ahamba phambili onyaka. Iqoqo likhishwe ngokusakazwa kwamakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili. Ithrekhi ye-Thrift Shop ibe yintandokazi emhlabeni wonke, idayisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-2 emhlabeni jikelele.
Phakathi kwawo wonke amathrekhi e-disc abalandeli baphawule ingoma ethi "Same Love" (ngokubamba iqhaza kukaMary Lambert). Ukwakhiwa komculo kunikezelwe ezinkingeni zokubonwa kwabamele i-LGBT emphakathini waseMelika.
Ngo-Agasti 2015, lo mrepha wamemezela ukuthi ubesebenzela i-albhamu yesibili, ethi, This Unruly Mess I've Made. Nokho, ukukhululwa kwe-disc kwenzeka kuphela ngonyaka kamuva. I-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo yayinamaculo angu-13, okuhlanganisa ukusebenzisana: Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz (Downtown song), KRS-One kanye no-DJ Premier (ithrekhi yeBuckshot), u-Ed Sheeran (Ingoma Yokukhula).
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-disc iqukethe ingxenye yesibili yomculo we-White Privilege. Engomeni, umrepha wabelane ngemicabango yakhe siqu ngesihloko sokungalingani kwezinhlanga.
Ukuphila komuntu siqu
Lo mrepha usebudlelwaneni noTrish Davis kusukela ngo-2015. Ngaphambi komshado, lo mbhangqwana uthandana iminyaka engu-9. Umbhangqwana unamadodakazi amabili: uSloan Ava Simone Haggerty noColette Koala Haggerty.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo mayelana ne-rapper uMacklemore
- Ngo-2014, lo mculi wathola izindondo ezine zeGrammy, okuhlanganisa nokuqokwa kwe-Rap Album of the Year.
- UBen uthole i-BA yakhe e-Evergreen State College ngo-2009.
- Umrepha unegazi lase-Ireland emithanjeni yakhe.
- Ubuciko bube nomthelela ekwakhiweni kwe-rapper: i-Aceyalone, i-Freestyle Fellow ship, i-Living Legends, i-Wu-Tang Clan, i-Nas, i-Talib Kweli.
Macklemore namuhla
U-2017 waqala kubalandeli bomsebenzi we-rapper ngezindaba ezinhle. Iqiniso liwukuthi lo mculi okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engu-12 wethula i-albhamu eyedwa ethi GEMINI (“Amawele”).
Leli elinye lamaqoqo omrepha womuntu siqu futhi asondelene kakhulu. Engomeni yomculo ethi Izinhloso, ukhuluma ngesifiso esikhona kubo bonke abantu sokuguqukela ekubeni ngcono. Bekukhona nendawo yamathrekhi alula kudiski. Zithini izingoma ezithi Idlalwa Kanjani Umtshingo kanye noWilly Wonka.
Kusukela ngo-2017 kuya ku-2020 umrepha akazange akhiphe izinto ezintsha, ngaphandle kwengoma ethi Isikhathi sikaKhisimusi. UBen uthi sesifikile isikhathi sokuthi anake umndeni wakhe.
