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Rapper Macklemore has opened up about a gay anthem he penned for
his latest album The Heist, reports Digital Spy. The rapper's track 'Same Love'
hears him openly speak about his support for gay marriage and equality, marking
a breakthrough in mainstream hip-hop music. The track was inspired by his gay
uncles and gay godfather and is an issue that is personal to him. "I was
really nervous to play it for them," Macklemore told The New Review in a
rare interview for this weekend's The Independent On Sunday. "It's obviously
a very personal song, and I didn't want to cross any boundaries in terms of
their privacy. But we actually ended up taking a picture of them and using it
as the cover art for the single. "I wanted the art to reflect how personal
the song was, and they are a big reason why I'm so passionate about the issue. "Talking
about his decision to approach the subject, he continued: "I'm always
trying to push the margins. I wanna be an artist that writes songs that are
different; I don't wanna write the same song that everyone else is writing.
"I wanna challenge myself, I wanna challenge society, and I wanna be the
best version of myself, and the way I can do that is by expressing and talking
about concepts that no-one else will, that people are afraid to address.
"I wanna be able to talk about those openly and honestly and figure myself
out and help those who listen to the records figure them out."
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