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Featured on
goes to
#1
XXL Cover
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on alongside Danny Brown
& Iggy Azalea
iTunes
Album
20122011
Charts
August. Thrift Store iTunes peaks at
#15 on Billboard Rap Singles Chart
April. Wings hits 3m views of YouTube
jan
.
Hits 100k Facebook likes
Fan gets shark tattoo on face, a nod to
#sharkfacegang official Macklemore
Puts ‘Wings’ video on fan community
Kickstarter
with Ryan Lewis and Zia
Mohajerjasbi, receives Sept. Announced fall tour across UK & US.
423 backers Sells out 18/27 showsHop Chart.
April. Honors Dave Niehaus at opening of
$18,269 Safeco Field, Seattle. Plays to 50k person
crowd. Receive Seattle Mariners badge.
2010
Dec. Cements place as forefront of Seattle Hip Hop by recording
‘My oh my’ tribute to deceased Seattle Mariners & broadcaster
Dave Niehaus. Released by Bengalyucky.com
Reaches 1M plays on
d
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c
.
With Ryan Lewis
the duo create the
1st annual Fan
Appreciation
Pizza Party
Picked up by Oct. Releases VS. Redux EP.
Hits iTunes Top Ten featuring critically acclaimed
The Agency ‘Otherside’ describing his substance abuse
August. Begins touring with Seattle Rappers, The Blue
Group Scholars. Plays to biggest crowd of 4k people at WSU
Management April. Creates Washington Appreciation T-Shirts,
followed by an official merch line
2009
Sept. Unplanned Mix Tape is released.
Twitterview with Seattle Weekly Blog
June. Darien Chin photographs him for
personal project, hosts on
Fan creates
Facebook
Jan. Performs a song about Nikes for photographer
Chase Jarvis + Michael Hebb’s project “Songs For
Eating & Drinking”. A Dinner party where musicians
page
get together and share songs, drink and food.
Dec. Macklemore x Ryan Lewis
CD release party @ Wild Buffalo
August. Begins sobriety
Begins touring with
Grayskul &
2008‘06/072005 2000’s
Living Legends,
plays House of Blues
in Anaheim Ryan Lewis &
Macklemore
AU
team up
G
.
together
Begins gaining local fame playing at Chop Suey
and other Seattle venues supporting artists. However as
he continued to battle substance abuse he goes on hiatus.
Releases Language of my world full-length album.
Myspace’s Tom Anderson discovers him and puts
him as a featured music artist on Myspace. Collaborates
with Abyssinian
Creole “Claiming
the City”
early
And we danced (Mephisto remix)
distributed on mp3 download sites (songonet,
mp3 take, the burning ear)
Professor Macklemore Open Your Eyes EP
released, self distributed. Then drops the ‘Professor’
from his name Takes a job at Gateways, Juvenile
Detention program that centers around rap music