Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: Grammy-Winning Hip-Hop Duo

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had catapulted to the top of the charts in 2013 Thrift Shop Ben Haggerty known by the stage name Macklemore strutted down the aisle He sported a brown jacket with a wide fur collar Clunky gold chains adorned his neck Ryan Lewis followed In contrast to Haggerty’s over-the-top outfit Lewis’s classy red suit resembled a business executive more than a rapper Fifty-one-year-old Seattle singer Michael Wansley known as Wanz came next He wore a flashy peach jacket over a royal blue shirt and sunglasses hid his eyes Kenyan-born trumpeter Owuor Arunga brought up the rear instrument in hand As the foursome moved toward the stage Haggerty leaped in the air several times as if he could barely contain his excitement People in the audience thrust shirts and scarves into his hands Haggerty waved them in the air and flung them into the crowd Lewis wielded his microphone like a baton working the crowd into a frenzy of excitement In a rumbling baritone Wanz belted out the hook line I’m gonna pop some tags Only got twenty dollars in my pocket 3 10 CONTEMPORARY LIVES MACKLEMORE RYAN LEWIS