I suddenly feel like there is a strange and complicated backstory to the lyric: "What you know about rockin' a wolf on your noggin?"
Didn't he get sober at some point in 2009? Maybe these tweets are from when he was still using and drinking. Anyone who reviewed my social media accounts pre-sobriety could also probably write a snarky article about my ridiculous posts.
Nope, he's a homophobe because Lindy West said sarcastic humor isn't okay.
Exactly. Sometimes tweets have context that is not explained, which is why people should just ask him about it, rather than being judge, jury and executioner. It's especially important when the guy tweeted it before he was famous...it could have been directed toward another muggle.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis aren't owned by a record company. They're completely independent recording artists working under their own label, Macklemore LLC. They're the first recording artists working without a major label to reach a #1 hit on Billboard in 20 years, no one thought they were going to make bank on this…
Doesn't matter. We're suppose to HATE Macklemore. Jez told me so. No matter what. Hate Macklemore.
He isn't on a label. It's kind of part of their thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macklemor…
I totally agree with you. That seemed really obvious to me that it was a comment on the ridiculousness of the phrase.
That tweet about "so not gay" came across to me more as something he overheard, though was funny, and decided to share. Remember, people: always cite your sources.
So nobody thinks it's blatantly obvious that the "no homo" thing was, I dunno, mocking the statement? Like the way he put it there when it didn't make any sense, WROTE OUT, "Pause," and then further clarified he was straight? Like he was lampooning men who feel the need to specify they're straight and throw out shit…
Your sad white girl friend (American I assume?) has no knowledge of music at all. That is the saddest aspect of all. I am very sorry you don't have more vocal advocates to a certain generation. Homophobia in the UK music scene is pretty not allowed. X-Factor James Arthur saw that to his cost - when he tweeted…
You're willing to give Idris Elba an Oscar for his shower rendition of The Chanukah Song if it means the other white actor gets to go home covered in white tears.
The Town was the first song of his I heard. I moved here in 2008 and after a lifetime of searching finally found "home". I love the way he speaks about this place.
But don't you feel like there's some irony about you in particular ringing this Macklemore alarm when... you are also a white, straight person? To me it just kind of smacks of upper middle class hipsters complaining about gentrification or something. (I don't mean this to be confrontational or anything, I genuinely…
Lindy, you may not dislike the guy, but the site is piling on him like mad.
Let's summarize this post so we can be sure we all understand: Macklemore white rap Grammy no good. Jezebel angry. White guilt. Appropriation. Cis. Check your privilege. Class warfare. Institutionalized racism.
And sticking up for him will get you banned from Jezebel
Wait, so... he was a nice guy, he actually tries to vouch for something that people care about, and we're still trying to decide whether to hate him or just hate him for being a white guy?