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Lewis explains that, in true underground style, the pair met on MySpace. On a mission to rediscover his musical voice, in late 2008 he started working with his now full-time producer and business partner, 25-year-old Ryan Lewis. In 2008, following an intervention from his father, he entered rehab and has been sober (save for a slip-up documented in recent song 'Starting Over') ever since.

It got to the point where it was hurting my life, my potential.' Unlike some public figures, he has been open about his troubles: 'I don't have moderation when using drugs and alcohol. This, in spite of being a white kid from a privileged background ('I grew up on Capitol Hill with two parents and two cars/ They had a beautiful marriage, we even had a swing set in our yard', he rapped in 'Claiming the City', in 2005).īut just as his career was just getting going, Macklemore started drinking and dabbling in drugs. He soon became a regular face on Seattle's close-knit hip-hop scene, and built up a loyal local following. He started rapping at 15, and put out his first mixtape (the rap equivalent of a demo), 'Open Your Eyes', in 2000 under the name Professor Macklemore. The fame may be new, but 29-year-old Macklemore isn't. I've been home like four times since last fall.

So there has been very little sleep, lots of travelling, and it just wears you down. 'You know, we didn't really schedule this tour thinking that there would be so many shows this year.

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Since 'Thrift Shop' took off, Macklemore's US college tour (which was scheduled before the madness) has mushroomed into a non-stop, no-end-in-sight, flight-hopping series of gigs and TV appearances, to be followed by a 10-country world tour. It's not just the lack of privacy getting to him.

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