What Do White Liberals Fear About Macklemore?
Last Friday, after Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released a nine-minute song entitled “White Privilege II,” Jezebel interviewed Hollis Wong-Wear and Jamila Woods, two of Macklemore’s collaborators who helped guide the song. At the end of our conversation, I asked if they had paid attention to any of the reactions online,…
Meet Hollis Wong-Wear & Jamila Woods, the Women of Color Behind Macklemore's 'White Privilege II'
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have released an eight-minute song featuring Jamila Woods, “White Privilege II,” about white privilege, beginning with Macklemore’s own feeling about whether he can meaningfully participate in a Black Lives Matter march and spiraling into different movements questioning what his own white…
High School Turns Down Macklemore Visit, Surprisingly Not Because He's a Cheeseball
A high school in California’s Orange County recently won a contest awarding them a visit from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, as well as a plump $10,000 grant for the school’s music department. But Aliso Niguel High School principal, Deni Christensen, declined both Mack and money because parents objected to the Ed Sheeran…
Angel Haze Raps Over Macklemore's 'Same Love': 'I Am Whoever I Am'
Rapper Angel Haze is pretty consistently very cool but today, she's even cooler. Haze has taken Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's "gay anthem" "Same Love" and done it her way. I'd note that this is important as Haze is gay or bisexual, but as she says in her rap, "No I'm not gay, no I'm not straight and I sure as hell am…

