Macklemore Net Worth

What Is Macklemore Worth?

Macklemore's Net Worth is $16 million

2004-2012

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s single “Thrift Shop” reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 2013. The single was soon dubbed by Billboard as the first song since 1994 to top the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label, although Macklemore, in a slightly unusual recording contract, pays a nominal percentage of sales to use Warner Bros. Records’ radio promotion department to push his singles. Their second single, “Can’t Hold Us”, also peaked at number one of the Hot 100 Chart, making Macklemore and Lewis the first duo in the chart’s history to have their first two singles both reach the peak position. Macklemore and Lewis released their debut studio album The Heist on October 9, 2012, which charted at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The pair won four Grammy Awards at the 2014 ceremony, including Best New Artist, Best Rap Album (The Heist), Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance (“Thrift Shop”). Their second album, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, was released on Macklemore recorded an EP titled Open Your Eyes in 2000 under the name Professor Macklemore, which he distributed himself. The origin of the name Macklemore is from when Haggerty attended Nathan Hale High School and was required to invent a superhero for an art project ^[17] Macklemore dropped “Professor” from his name, and released his first official full-length album, The Language of My World in January 2005. Macklemore first met Ryan Lewis in 2006. Lewis spent a few years working on Macklemore’s promotion as a photographer. They would soon become good friends. Lewis would go on to produce for Macklemore, the two eventually working full-time as a title credited duo. He appeared as a featured artist on The Physics’ song “Good” in 2009. In 2008, 2009, and 2011, Macklemore performed at Bumbershoot, a major arts and music festival in Seattle. In 2009 he released The Unplanned Mixtape. The latter would reach No. 7 on the iTunes Hip-Hop chart. Macklemore’s debut single “The Town” was released from The Unplanned Mixtape and later remixed by Sabzi of the Blue Scholars. In 2009, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis formalized the collaboration as a duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. They released the EP The VS. EP. They also released “Irish Celebration” in December 2009 in anticipation of the release of The Vs. EP. In March 2010, the duo released “Stay At Home Dad”, a track that didn’t quite make Vs. In October 2010, they created the VS. Redux EP. Macklemore used his experience with substance abuse to create the mixtape’s song “Otherside”, which samples the Red Hot Chili Peppers song of the same title. On April 8, 2011, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed the song at the 2011 Mariners Opening Day in front of a sold-out crowd of nearly 48,000 attendees. “Wings” was released on January 21, 2011, followed by “Can’t Hold Us” featuring Ray Dalton on August 16, 2011. In February 2011, Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis kicked off a multi-city tour in Seattle, Washington, which included three sold-out shows at Showbox at the Market, a Seattle music venue. That same year, the rapper appeared at many U.S. music festivals, including Bumbershoot, Outside Lands, Lollapalooza, Rock the Bells, SoundSet, Sasquatch, and Bonnaroo.

Their album The Heist was released in October 2012 and debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 2 of the week dated October 27, 2012, selling over 78,000 copies. “Same Love” was released on July 18, 2012 and after “White Walls”. In January 2013, Music Choice featured Macklemore in the brand new series “Primed”, which focuses on emerging artists. In May 2013, Haggerty was featured on Clinton Sparks’s single “Gold Rush”, along with 2 Chainz and D.A. The Heist World Tour began in August 2012 to promote The Heist.

2015-2016

In January 2015, Macklemore announced via Twitter that his third studio album would be released sometime in the second half of that year. Despite this, the album was not released until February 26, 2016. On August 5, 2015, Macklemore released a song for free download titled “Growing Up (Sloane’s Song),” which features Ed Sheeran. On August 27, 2015, he released a new song called “Downtown” which features Foxy Shazam vocalist Eric Nally, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, and Grandmaster Caz, which he performed at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30. On his first tour in two years, An Evening with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Macklemore announced that his new album was finished and ready for release. On January 15, 2016, Macklemore released a teaser video on his YouTube channel revealing the name of his third studio album, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, and announcing that it was scheduled to be released on February 26, 2016. On January 22, 2016, the duo released “White Privilege II”, the second single on This Unruly Mess I’ve Made. On February 26, 2016, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis released the album This Unruly Mess I’ve Made.

Also in 2016, Macklemore released two solo singles, “Drug Dealer” and “Wednesday Morning”. “Drug Dealer” features Macklemore rapping about his previous addictions and is featured in a documentary that includes clips of Macklemore discussing drug abuse with President Barack Obama. “Wednesday Morning” was released after the 2016 US Election and features Macklemore rapping about the political future of the country. The tracks were produced by Budo.

Macklemore Biography

Benjamin Hammond Haggerty born June 19, 1983, known by his stage name Macklemore (/ˈmæk.ləmɔːr/ mak-lə-mor) and formerly Professor Mack Lemore, is an American hip hop recording artist from Kent, Washington. His stage name originated from his childhood; it was the name of his made-up superhero. Since 2000, he has independently released one mixtape, three EPs, and four albums. He has significantly collaborated with producer Ryan Lewis as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

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