Macklemore is the latest hip-hop star speaking out on the topic of race in rap music. Following the recent heated Iggy Azalea Azalea Banks
feud about white and black rappers in the industry , Macklemore gave his thoughts on the topic during a Hot 97 radio interview this week. The 31-year-old Grammy winner said, “For me, as a white dude—as a white rapper—I’m like, how do I participate in this conversation? How do I participate?” “How do I get involved on a level where I’m not coopting the movement or I’m not making it about me, but also realizing the platform I have and the reach that I have, and doing it in an authentic, genuine way.
