Wednesday, 21 August 2013
On white privilege, or being a white rapper in hip-hop: “If you’re going to be a white dude and do this s–t, I think you have to take some level of accountability. You have to acknowledge where the art came from, where it is today, how you’re benefiting from it. At the very least, just bringing up those points and acknowledging that, yes, I understand my privilege, I understand how it works for me in society, and how it works for me in 2013 with the success that The Heist has had. We made a great album, but I do think we have benefited from being white and the media grabbing on to something. A song like ‘Thrift Shop’ was safe enough for the kids. It was like, ‘This is music that my mom likes and that I can like as a teenager,’ and even though I’m cussing my ass off in the song, the fact that I’m a white guy, parents feel safe. They let their six-year-olds listen to it. I mean it’s just…it’s different. And would that success have been the same if I would have been a black dude? I think the answer is no.”
His song “Wings” is anti-consumerist but he still wears Nikes: “Am I being a hypocrite? Absolutely. But that’s OK. I’m a f–king human being and I don’t need to be perfect. I can make a song like ‘Wings’ and wear Nikes.”
He almost relapsed (he’s a recovering addict & alcoholic) after the success of “Thrift Shop”: “I went through a place of not being happy, getting put in the box of ‘This is a novelty rap song,’ and being like, ‘What did I sign up for’?” But the success of the pro-gay-rights track “Same Love” helped him relax. “The legacy that I’m leaving on the world is more than just a song about second-hand clothes,” he says.Here is a latest interview of Macklemore discussing his success
The release by Sony of their fourth generation proper console will come at a time when the holiday rush would be in full swing in time for the Christmas.
The PS4 was first unveiled during Sony’s E3 2013 press conference and will retail for $399.
One of the biggest advantages of the PS4 over Microsoft’s Xbox One was that the PS4 does not require an Internet connection, and used games will not be blocked. However, Microsoft has gone on to repeal many of their unpopular Xbox One features, per popular demand.The PlayStation 4 will also have the ability to automatically record video footage as you go through games, and you can hit the Share button on your controller to send that footage to other PSN players.
PS4 Specs:
Monday, 19 August 2013
“My heart hurts that my former very good friend Lady GaGa, a person I used to call my 'wifey' and travelled the world with, is making very public and very untrue allegations about me on Twitter.”
He continued: “While it is still too painful for me to go into detail about why I chose to no longer make her a part of my life, I will say that I am a critic and not a stalker.”
Los Angeles-based Hilton announced last week that he is moving to New York to raise his baby son who was born via a surrogate in February.
Lady Gaga and Perez Hilton have been embroiled in a venomous Twitter spat, with the pop star accusing him of “stalking her”– and Hilton subsequently receiving death threats from Gaga’s “little monsters”.
The “Born This Way” star is reported to have written: "STAY AWAY FROM ME + MY FAMILY YOU ARE SICK TRYING TO RENT AN APARTMENT IN MY BUILDING TO STALK ME. LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" But the tweet was later removed.
One of Gaga’s fans is alleged to have told the singer that Hilton was at her apartment building in New York on Sunday afternoon.
Gaga’s tweet was published in the wake of several Twitter rows between the pair, who used to be friends. The source of their latest altercation is unclear, but last week Hilton tweeted that Katy Perry’s new single “Roar” was better than Gaga’s latest offering “Applause”.
Perez Hilton and his child have been the subject of a stream of nasty messages from Twitter accounts purporting to support Gaga. These include calls for Hilton to kill himself, to die of Aids and threats to kill his son.
** Too much hate***
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