Ben Haggerty

« Ben Haggerty Is an American rapper who was born in 1983 known under the pseudonym Macklemore.

Passionate about music since he was a child, he wrote his first songs at the age of 14.

teenager he was influenced by the New York rap bands.

He began his musical career in 2000, he unveiled his first EP "Open Your Eyes" under the name « Professor Macklemore ».

His first album "The Language of My World", was released in 2005 and is very popular among rap fans. Ryan Lewis is a famous American producer, rapper and DJ.

He took his first steps in the music world like a professional photographer.

His career took a real turning when he met Macklemore in 2005, with he began to photograph during his concerts.

The two men quickly became friends and recorded a few songs in the studio during the year 2008 . Today I am in front of you to tell you about the song I have chosen.

she called "same love" and was published in 2020.

I chose this song because every time we hear the word "racism" we think directly of the racism that is done against Muslims, Jews or Christians or against blacks, Arabs or Asians.

but we often tend to forget the racism against gays which is more and more frequent nowadays.

on a beats with headphones on their ears and a microphone in their hand the artists feel free and that's what happened to macklemore and ryan lewis.

they let their hearts speak out and denounce racism in many forms. in the first verse they talk about racism against gays.

actually he puts himself in the place of a teenager who thinks he likes boys because his uncle is gay and who knows how to draw well and his room is always tidy.

we already see a lot of prejudices about homosexuals who are necessarily effeminate.

then his mother presumes him to be heterosexual because according to her he loved girls before going to kindergarten.

this is still a fairly common problem because some parents do not agree with their child's sexual orientation and persuade them to follow theirs.

the first verse ends with stereotypes from the past saying that boys should play baseball.

in the united states the republicans who are very conservative totally refuse this kind of orientation and sometimes blame it on religion with always the argument "god created Adam and Eve and not Adam and Adam". the second verse is about cyber harassment.

today with all the social networks many children or even adults are victims of mockery on their networks because they are judged to be different.

The artist says that this hatred leads to many wars such as religious wars of sex and skin color.. »