Sitting down with us to continue celebrating 50 years of one of the most trailblazing genres to hit the world, Macklemore shared some of his ‘firsts’ in Hip-Hop.
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Seattle rapper Macklemore revealed that at the wee age of eight, he stole his first Hip-Hop record.
“In fact, I stole the DJ Quik tape, Way 2 Fonky, from Sam Goody when I was in third grade,” he said. “That was my introduction to a five-finger discount at the age of eight, which is crazy because that's about to be my daughter’s age, and to think of her walking into a Sam Goody and stealing something is beyond my comprehension.”
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Reciting the lyrics, “stop what you're doin’ because I’m about to ruin the image and the style that you’re used to…” he revealed that “The Humpty Dance'' by Digital Underground was the first Hip-Hop song he fell in love with.
“Humpty Dance. First record. Fell in love. Six or seven years old. That was the one.”
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He recalls that his very first concert was to see George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars but believes his first Hip-Hop concert had to have been something local like Seattle rappers Vitamin D or Source of Labor.
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Stay tuned as Audacy continues to celebrate the birth and trailblazing influence of Hip-Hop. Check out audacy.com/hiphopmade all through 2023 for more. And listen to your favorite music on Audacy's Hip Hop Made suite of stations, as well as Conscious Hip Hop, Hip Hop Uncut, Women of Hip Hop, and more -- plus check out our talent-hosted Ed Lover's Timeless Throwbacks and Greg Street's Dirty South Hip Hop!
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