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My number one favorite current artist is Ben Maclkemore. More commonly known by his last name, this guy currently number one on my list. Everyone knows Macklemore because of his song Thrift Shop, but there’s just so much more to the guy than that. He is considered by most to be a comedy type of guy, but from what I have found, he actually sings/raps about some really important subjects. His second most popular song is Can’t Hold Us, which is a party song. It’s kind of a shame that his two most popular songs don’t have a very strong meaning, but I’m ok with it because I take the most from his other songs. Same Love is a song about gay marriage, and Macklemore raps about how he thinks that making fun of gay people is wrong. The chorus is sung by a woman whose name I cannot remember, but she is a lesbian and speaks of her significant other. It’s really a great song and I recommend it. The song My Oh My is about when the Seattle Mariners won the division series behind Ken Griffey. In this song, an excerpt of a radio broadcast from the actual game plays and it gives me the chills every time. The song Other Side is about the recent drug epidemic in the ghettos where cough syrup is being sold with codeine in it. It’s a very serious topic, and the song is really emotional as he talks about the death of one of his friends. He also mentions how popular artist need to stop writing songs about drugs because of the influence that it has on the fans of the music. My personal favorite song is Wings, it’s about the debut of Michael Jordan’s shoes, and how they became popular.