Artist:Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Ray Dalton
Song:Can't Hold Us
Album:The Heist
Rapper Ben "Macklemore" Haggerty's career was going nowhere when he started working with photographer and DJ Ryan Lewis. They scored two #1 hits from the 2012 album The Heist including Can't Hold Us. Haggerty was born June 19, 1983 in Seattle. Haggerty released a 2000 mixtape as Professor Macklemore and then he shortened it to Macklemore for his 2005 album The Language of My Love. Lewis was born Mar. 25, 1988 in Spokane. He's a photographer and a part time DJ. While working on promotions for Haggerty, Lewis started helping him with his music. Haggerty liked the results and the two began working together. After the 2011 single My Oh My, a tribute to late Seattle Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus, got a lot of attention locally, the single Can't Hold Us topped the Billboard Hot 100. Ray Dalton is a local gospel singer. A second single Thrift Shop also topped the Billboard Hot 100. The album The Heist was certified Platinum. When their 2016 album The Unruly Mess I've Made didn't perform as well, the two went on hiatus. They have released one single but they are not expected to work together regularly. Haggerty released the album Gemini in 2017. A couple of the singles charted. But he won't have the same success as a solo act. Why were Macklemore & Ryan Lewis successful? I credit DJs for pushing them in clubs. It took a year for Can't Hold Us to top the charts. That doesn't happen by accident. Here's the video for Can't Stop Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton.
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