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In this episode of "People's Party With Talib Kweli," Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with multi-platinum, multiple Grammy Award-winning rapper-songwriter:
MACKLEMORE
Here are just a few of the compelling topics that we'll be covering with this one:
• Growing up in Seattle, getting into graffiti as a kid, and when he decided to pick up a mic.
• Digging into his 2005 debut album 'The Language Of My World.'
• Working with 'Gateways for Incarcerated Youth.'
• How Mack and Ryan Lewis met each other.
• The journey to sobriety and others drawing strength from his lyrics.
• What it takes for underground artists seeking to land deals with major labels.
• 'Thrift Shop' and it's calling out of materialism in consumer culture.
• 'Same Love' and society's evolution of thought on same-sex marriage since the song dropped.
• Feeling conflicted with the immense success of 'The Heist' album.
• The most effective ways to combat systemic racism and white supremacy.
• What the next few years look like for Macklemore in music as well as other endeavors.
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