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Ben Haggerty(stage name Macklemore) is born in Seattle Washington to a family of a mom, dad, and two siblings.
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At 14, Ben starts writing songs with some of his friends and they give him the nickname"Möcklimore" which later turns to "Macklemore".
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Macklemore released his first album, The Language of my World. It got noticed by Indie fans but overall, not many people.
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Macklemore struggles with substance abuse problems(mainy with OxyContin. This is considered the reason for his disapearance from the music industry for a couple of years.
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Macklemore cleans up and begins writing music again.
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Macklemore teams up with producer Ryan Lewis. Ryan Lewis helps Macklemore bounce ideas for songs and also helps him stay clean.
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Macklemore releases "Otherside" which does incredibly well and is about his past experiance with substance abuse. Ryan Lewis and Macklemore proove to make a great team and keep working together to this day.
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Macklemore relapes and releases his song "Starting Over" based on that experiance. He gets a cold and is prescribed codeine cough syrup, eventually escalating to his abuse to the drug.
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Thrift shop gets released on this day. It sells over 4 million copies and achieves the #1 spot in US Billboard top 100,the UK, Ireland, Canada, France, Denmark, Australia, and New Zealand. The music video also recently hit 150 million views on YouTube.
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Macklemore's album that finally got him the fame he deserved, reached number 2 on the US billboard top 200, and sold 78,000 copies the first week. It also rose to #1 on iTunes within hours of it release.
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Today, Macklemore's selling out shows and concerts on his tour "The Heist". Everyones heard of him; he's a huge success, and unbelievabley, manged to stay unsigned & independant.
