It’s barely a month after the Grammys, so i bet you remember Macklemore “pitty” message to Kendrick Lamar after he won the “Hip Hop Album of the Year” award. The ‘thrift shop’ rapper wrote a very sentimental, very public apology text to Lamar.
‘My text to Kendrick after the show. He deserved best rap album… I’m honored and completely blown away to win anything much less 4 Grammys. But in that category, he should have won IMO. And that’s taking nothing away from The Heist. Just giving GKMC it’s proper respect.. With that being said, thank you to the fans. You’re the reason we were on that stage tonight. And to play Same Love on that platform was a career highlight. The greatest honor of all. That’s what this is about. Progress and art. Thank you. #grammys‘
Most of us were like that’s so sweet and conscious of Macklemore right? well that’s not what Drake thinks.In an interview with Rolling stone the rapper came out saying
“I was like, ‘You won. Why are you posting your text message? Just chill. Take your W, and if you feel you didn’t deserve it, go get better — make better music. ”It felt cheap. It didn’t feel genuine. Why do that? Why feel guilt? You think those guys would pay homage to you if they won?”
Drake went on wondering why Macklemore just texted Lamar.”To name just Kendrick? That sh*t made me feel funny. No, in that case, you robbed everybody. We all need text messages!”
Just wondering, is Drake here being truthful and that Macklemore just did the text for publicity or was he really apologetic?
Jackie Waithaka