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Macklemore Talks Relapsing In New Interview: ‘I’ve Been In And Out Of The Rooms Of Recovery For 14 Years’

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Macklemore revisits his battle with drug addiction during his conversation with Jay Shetty on the latest podcast episode of “On Purpose with Jay Shetty”.

Macklemore, real name Benjamin Haggerty, revealed that during the peak of his success with his album “The Heist” in 2013, he entered a full-on stage of addiction. “All of a sudden, this music that you feel like is yours becomes the world and it becomes open, you know, to public interpretation,” explained the rapper. READ MORE: Macklemore’s Daughter Gives Brutally Honest Review Of His New Song “And I think I lost it then.

I think that there was a point where it wasn’t just a relapse anymore. I went back into active addiction around that time period.

I didn’t know how to maneuver the success. I had been an underground rapper forever, and as long as that, you know, my entire career was just like this.” The 39-year-old musician then explained how drugs became an escape for him following the flurry of media attention surrounding him during his abundance of success. READ MORE: Macklemore Reveals He Relapsed Over The Pandemic, Following Near-Fatal Overdose “And when that skyrocket moment happened and you’re at the mercy of the critics and the think pieces and like the people that are out there just to write scathing reviews or whatever, I lost it.

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