Over the last year the hip-hop act Macklemore & Ryan Lewis has seen its album “The Heist” sell more than a million copies.

Macklemore is corny. People have been saying that for years. His corniness worked when “Thrift Shop,” his megahit with Ryan Lewis, put them on the global map in 2012. It was less acceptable ...

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop at Radio 1's Big Weekend. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis perform Thrift Shop at Radio 1's Big Weekend. Disclosure - Latch at Radio 1's Big Weekend. Disclosure and ...

That was followed by Thrift Shop, the 2012 song that catapulted Macklemore into the stratosphere. The song with Ryan Lewis reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was soon dubbed the ...

Last month, Lambert told Billboard magazine (June 8) that “When (Macklemore) and Ryan approached me with ‘Same Love,’ I knew it was revolutionary.” The lesbian singer/songwriter ...

Following a quiet grind over the course of a decade, Macklemore magnetically drew the mainstream to him – on his own terms. In 2012, He teamed up with producer Ryan Lewis and unveiled The Heist.