Benjamin Hammond Haggerty is an American rapper and songwriter. He has collaborated with producer Ryan Lewis as the duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. His single \”Thrift Shop\” reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 2013. He is married to singer/songwriter/producer/actor/actor Ke$ha and has a daughter, Kacey Musgraves.
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Benjamin Hammond Haggerty is an American rapper and songwriter. He has collaborated with producer Ryan Lewis as the duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. His single \”Thrift Shop\” reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 2013. His debut studio album The Heist was released on 9 October 2012, and charted at number 2 on the Billboard 200. The duo won four Grammy Awards at the 2014 ceremony, including Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance. In June 2017, he released a single featuring Skylar Grey, which marked his return to the music industry as well as his first major single produced without Lewis since his mainstream breakthrough. His releases to date include one mixtape, three EPs, and four albums. He was born in Seattle, Washington, on 19 June 1983, one of two sons born to Bill HaggerTY and Julie Schott. He attended Garfield High School and Nathan Hale High School. In 2006, he met his future collaborator Ryan Lewis, who would go on to release two albums with him. In 2009, he kept busy as a solo artist, appearing on The Physics’ The Town, which was accompanied by the singles of The Town and We Danced. The Town was released in 2009, and would later reach No.
7 on the iTunes Hip Hop chart. It would later be followed by his second mixtape The Unplanned Mixtape, released on September 7, 2009. In 2011, he appeared on the hit single “Good Danced” with fellow rapper Lil’ Kim. In 2012, he performed at the Seattle major arts and music festival Bumbershoot. He is married to singer/songwriter/producer/actor/actor Ke$ha and has a daughter, Kacey Musgraves. He also has a son, Max, who was born on November 17, 2013. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two children. He currently lives in Los Angeles. He released his first official full-length album, called The Language of My World, in January 2005, with its lead single, \”Love Song\”, being announced the same day. In 2008, he recorded a mixtape titled Open Your Eyes under the name Professor Mackle more. In 2010, he began working on his second album, Gemini, and released it in September that year. In 2013, he had a single with singer Evan Roman, produced by Budo, who later went on to produce several more tracks for Mackle More. In 2014, he also released a second solo studio album, The Language Of My World. In 2015, he produced the single “Glorious” with SkylarGrey.
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