A grassroots success, Seattle rapper Macklemore not only climbed to number two on the Billboard 200 album charts, but with little mainstream help, his 2012 sophomore release debuted with only Mumford & Sons in his way for the number one spot. Born Ben Haggerty and raised in Seattle, he debuted as Professor Macklemore in 2000 with the Open Your Eyes EP. Five years later his debut album, The Language of My World, earned him a local following, but it was his 2010 team-up with DJ/producer Ryan Lewis for the Vs. Redux EP that yielded the Red Hot Chili Peppers-sampling hit 'Otherside.' With Macklemore's wit meeting Lewis' inventive production, further hits like 'My Oh My' and 'Can't Hold Us' were spread throughout social media and video-sharing sites, setting the stage for a successful sophomore release. That came in 2012 when The Heist dropped as a Macklemore & Ryan Lewis release, debuting at the number two spot on the Billboard 200. Its 'Thrift Shop' topped the Billboard Hot 100, and the album eventually reached platinum sales status.
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The duo performed another one of the album's singles, 'Same Love,' at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards during a marriage ceremony for over 30 couples. That night, the duo took the awards for Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, and Best Rap Performance. In 2015, Macklemore & Lewis returned with 'Downtown,' which featured rap icons Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, and Kool Moe Dee alongside Foxy Shazam vocalist Eric Nally. The single would be the first from their second collaborative effort, This Unruly Mess I've Made. The 2016 album also featured 'Kevin,' a song they debuted live at the 2015 American Music Awards with guest star Leon Bridges, along with the elaborate and politically charged second single 'White Privilege II.'
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Growing Up or Growin' Up may refer to:
- Ageing, growing older
- Progressing toward psychological maturity
Film[edit]
- Growing Up (1971 film), a British sex education film
- Growing Up (1983 film), a Taiwanese film
- Growing Up (1996 film), a Hong Kong film starring Shu Qi
Literature[edit]
- Growing Up (memoir), a 1982 memoir by Russell Baker
- Takekurabe or Growing Up, a Japanese novella by Higuchi Ichiyō
Music[edit]
- Growing Up (Hi-Standard album), 1996
- Growing Up (IU album), 2009
- Growin' Up (album), an album by The Kelly Family, 1997
- 'Growin' Up', a song by Bruce Springsteen
- Growing Up Live, a concert film by Peter Gabriel
- 'Growing Up', a song by Fall Out Boy from Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend
- 'Growing Up', a song by Peter Gabriel from Up
- 'Growing Up', a song by Stephen Bishop from the 1986 animated film Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
- 'Growing Up', a song by Jason Lancaster from his 2014 album As You Are
- 'Growing Up', a song by Lisa Lougheed from the 1988 album Evergreen Nights
- 'Growing Up', a song by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Ed Sheeran about Macklemore's newborn daughter Sloane
- 'Growing Up', a song by The Maine from their 2010 album Black & White
Television[edit]
- Growing Up..., a TV series on Animal Planet
- Growing Up (1997 Philippine TV series), a 1997-1999 youth drama series produced by Viva Television and GMA Network
- Growing Up (2011 Philippine TV series), a airing youth drama series produced by ABS-CBN
- Growing Up (Singaporean TV series), a 1996-2001 drama series
- 'Growing Up', an episode of The New Casper Cartoon Show
- Growing Up Gotti, American reality TV series
See also[edit]
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