ktrembach:

I feel so out of touch. Who’s this Macklemore person and why does tumblr hate him so much?

Serious answer: He’s an okay white rapper who is being heaped with accolades for being progressive about gay people because of his song ‘Same Love’. Tumblr has a lot of problems with him, mostly revolving around him being rewarded for being a progressive white rapper (when there are a lot of hip hop artists who are queer or allies and are POC talking about their own lives and struggles who are being ignored), for using a queer hip hop artists beat/opening on 'Thrift Shop’ without credit and, for a guy who’s so gay positive, not really beating the drum for queer people while he’s using their struggle to make mad cash.

He just won the Rap Performance, Rap Album and Rap Song Grammy over a bunch of black artists, so that’s raised people’s ire a little.

tl;dr White straight rapper gets awards and money for talking about gays, black queer rappers get nothing, listen to Angel Haze and Le1f instead.

Edit: Fuck, also Mary Lambert, listen to Mary Lambert too, she’s adorable but not hip hop.

(Source: ladyhazelcurse)