That’s how I made music for the majority of my teen years and twenties.” So I’d go a month and be sober, make a bunch of music and then fall back off and vanish for a couple months and go back and forth like that. “The thing that pulled me back was knowing that I wanted to be a musician, and that if I wanted to do this I had to get sober. Tricia’s pregnancy served as a catalyst for his sobriety and soon he was once again making music regularly. However, one thing that changed, causing him to take sobriety more seriously was when his longtime partner, Tricia, became pregnant. Straight up, driving all around here, like I was 15 years ago.
“I’m in meetings with management with sunglasses on and I’m rolling around like a 15-year-old trying not to get caught smoking weed in my car. © Markus Felix | PushingPixels ( contact me), 20160324 Dortmund Macklemore Macklemore 0076, CC BY-SA 3.0
There was also no music being made during this time. He said that he gave over to his addiction but tried to hide it. Including one that occurred after the release of his Grammy Award-winning album The Heist.Īfter the success, he saw from that album and two number-one hits in “Thrift Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us” Macklemore stopped going to 12-step meetings and relapsed into taking pills and smoking marijuana. In interviews, Macklemore has talked about relapses he has dealt with. He has dealt with struggles of his own during his road to recovery, including relapses. OK, fuck it, I might as well go on to the weekend. Macklemore has spoken about how hard it was for him to achieve sobriety. His friend, Kevin, whom he speaks about in a song of the same name, overdosed when he was 20 years old. Unfortunately, during this period in his life, he saw many tragedies, including the death of his friend whom he actually met in recovery meetings. “ the grip that it had, just doing it for five or six days, sweating through my sheets and coming off of it shaking.” Eventually, as Macklemore got older he began to use other substances including opioids like Oxycontin. Macklemore’s high school years were spent skipping class and smoking week. That’s not people like, ‘yo keep going.’ That’s me, by myself, dolo in the kitchen, like I can’t stop. “ Twelve shots in, first time ever drinking alcohol. He talked about how his first drink of alcohol when he was 13 or 14 years old. Macklemore has spoken about the first time he ever drank. Until you’re stuck, lookin’ in the mirror like I can’t believe what I’ve become Thinkin’ I would never do that, not that drug Only motivation for what the dealer’s supplying Stealin’ and takin’ anything to fix the pieces inside I’ve seen cocaine bring out the demons inside I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes It got to the point where it was hurting my life, my potential.” “I don’t have moderation when using drugs and alcohol. The song details a lot of Macklemore’s struggles with substance abuse. In 2010, the duo released the song “Otherside” which samples the Red Hot Chili Peppers song of the same name. Macklemore and Lewis would join forces to be the duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. In 2006, Macklemore met producer Ryan Lewis.
Soon, Haggerty went simply by the name Macklemore and released his first official full-length album he called The Language of My World in 2005. In 2000, recorded and released his first project, a mixtape titled Open Your Eyes. While in high school, he developed the stage name “Professor Macklemore” for an art project but soon used it for his music releases. At the time he was listening to a lot of East Coast hip hop including the Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, and Nas. Haggerty was 15 when he started to write lyrics and songs. So again, the myriad of songs about kids growing up is no surprise.Haggerty was born in Seattle, Washington on June 19, 1983. Watching your offspring grow is another huge part of life, we rarely notice on a day-to-day basis it is only when we reflect. They can help get someone through the minefield that comes with getting to grips with adulthood. Teen years are tough, so it’s no wonder there are so many ‘coming of age’ songs. One of those classic songs for grown-ups with lyrics about mortality salience that hit home! Final Thoughts “Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way“īut then one day you find it has caught up with you, you have no idea where the years have gone and realize just how much you have never gotten around to doing because you always thought there would be ‘more’ time. One of the most poignant songs about growing up, when you are younger you can take time for granted you might The Beatles – “When I’m Sixty-Four”Ĥ5 Songs About Growing Up 1. Ray Williams – Growing Old (I’ll Never Grow Old) Miley Cyrus And Billy Ray Cyrus – “Ready, Set, Don’t Go” The White Stripes – “We’re Going To Be Friends”
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