- Music
- 22 Jan 16
The hip-hop duo release a politically charged tune
Rap giants Macklemore and Ryan Adams have premiered a new thought-provoking single, entitled 'White Privilege II'.
The new song features Chicago singer Jamila Woods and is a follow-up to the original 2005 track 'White Privilege'.
Never afraid to tackle pressing issues - most notably, the gay rights song, entitled 'Same Love' - the Seattle-based rap duo talk about race relations, the Black Lives Matter movement and the appropriation of African-American culture by white musicians. Macklemore raps, "We take all we want from black culture, but will we show up for black lives?"
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The nine minute track takes aim at the singers-rappers Miley Cyrus and Iggy Azalea. "You’ve exploited and stolen the music, the moment/The magic, the passion, the fashion you toyed with/The culture was never yours to make better/You’re Miley, you’re Elvis, you’re Iggy Azalea,' he says.Listen to the new poignant Macklemore and Ryan Lewis song 'White Privilege II'.