Macklemore Inspiration Essay Macklemore's rise to fame, along with co-artist Ryan Lewis, has undoubtedly been well deserved. Many of his songs are more about meaning than attention, and his original style continues to mark Macklemore's signature in the music industry. However, Macklemore didn't just achieve fame; he had the inspiration of Tupac and Digital Underground which led him to stardom in the pop industry. Macklemore didn't just rise straight to fame, because he had to carve out his future the hard way, and because of this past his music is what it is today. In the past, Macklemore struggled to overcome a long battle with drugs that was rarely won (Levionson 4). He chose to fight even though he could have given up, but this part of his past with drug abuse helped him grow as a musician and as a person. In addition to drug abuse, Macklemore grew up in a family where money was never in abundance, which made it even harder for him to stay on the right track. Tupac, one of Macklemore's biggest inspirations, had how...