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One thing I feel that should be mentioned about his personal life is his fashion sense, and his beliefs on big corporations such as Nike, and Gucci. He discusses these brands on his album "The Heist", and some of the problematic issues that come with high end fashios. "Wings" is track number eleven on "The Heist", and discusses the struggle of being a privilege upperclass kid and seeing his underprivileged friends struggle to have those same materialistic things. He refers to past instances such as his friends older brother that was murdered for a high end price shoe. Another song he refers to a name brand is "Thrift Shop"; he discusses the product Gucci and how it's overpriced. Although Macklemore does take shots at big corporations, he does not exclude himself from wearing lavish things either. I went to Paid Dues (2013), which is a hip hop festival, and at this venue Macklemore performed. Before he started rapping "Thrift Shop" at this venue, he discussed his stand on high fashion clothing. In summary he said he likes wearing Jordan's too, but he has to mix it up with his own style, which comes from buying random clothes from a thrift shop, which can be very affordable and stylish in his opinion.