Macklemore is a musician as well as an American rap artist having a net worth of $25 million. Macklemore has put great efforts into reaching his targets of success without any kind of assistance from the major record label. This is the reason he is considered a unique celebrity. He also promotes a large number of his tracks through radio for which he records a very minor fee.
Producer Ryan Lewis often collaborates with Colette Koala Haggerty’s father Macklemore. Both the artists successfully launched different music albums. Those albums are known to be the most successful tracks for Macklemore.
Early Life
The real name of Colette Koala Haggerty’s father Macklemore is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty. He opened his eyes on 19th June 1983 in Seattle. He used to listen to rap music from a very young age. At that time, he was the biggest fan of the group Digital Underground. Macklemore got inspiration from different artists since his childhood and started releasing his own tracks.
When he was in high school, Professor Macklemore was developed as his stage name. This name was later shortened to only Macklemore. In short, you can say that he was very passionate about music from a very young age.
Early Involvement In Music
Macklemore started working on his own mixtape under his name that was Professor Macklemore. He started putting effort into this mixtape just before his graduation from high school. While he was attending his high school, it was the time when he released his mixtape named “Open your eyes”. This mixtape was released in his high school in Seattle. To form an amazing hip-hop group, Macklemore started gathering different students. With this new group, he released a new album as well. After the release of their new album, Macklemore moved to attend the college of Santa Fe.
Collaboration With Ryan Lewis
Macklemore usually collaborates with Ryan Lewis. The interesting part to know here is that he knew Ryan since 2006. However, he started working with him in 2009. This was the time when they both started releasing different musical duos successfully together. In 2009, Macklemore also released “The Unplanned Mixtape” as his second mixtape. This album included songs such as We Danced and The Town. He successfully launched different mixtapes with Ryan Lewis. After which, he started performing to sold-out crowds in the year 2011.
Personal Life
If you are a fan of Colette Koala Haggerty’s father Macklemore then you should be aware of his drug addiction. He was addicted to drugs for so many years. This was something that he struggled with a lot. Macklemore even checked himself into a rehab center to get rid of this addiction. He successfully got control over drugs from 2008 to 2010. However, in 2011, he again relapsed 2011. Macklemore married his girlfriend Tricia after dating her for seven years straight.
Note that Macklemore was able to win a large number of awards during his whole musical career.