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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">MYSPACE PRESENTS "CRWN" - A CONVERSATION WITH MACKLEMORE AND ELLIOTT WILSON</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Interview Series Delves into the Personalities and Creative Process of Hip</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Hop's
Major Players</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">WATCH THE EPISODE
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://myspace.com/crwn/video/macklemore-x-crwn-ep.-1-the-hits/109417150">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">EMBED</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">:</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://myspace.com/crwn/video/macklemore-x-crwn-ep.-1-the-hits/109417150"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://myspace.com/play/video/macklemore-x-crwn-ep.-1-the-hits-109417150-112074540"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">CRWN</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"> is<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>live<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>interview series pairing<span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>the biggest<span style="letter-spacing:1.75pt"> </span>names in<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>hip-hop with one
of the most respected<span style="letter-spacing:1.75pt"> </span>names in<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>hip-hop media<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span>for an<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>intimate conversation<span style="letter-spacing:-1.45pt"> </span>conducted in<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>front of<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>a
live, ticketed audience. Host <b>Elliott Wilson</b><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> is </span>well-known for<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>having artists’<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>respect, allowing for a relaxed and open
dialogue. In the new episode, presented in three parts by <b>Myspace</b>, <b>Macklemore</b> discusses how he became
<i>that guy</i> with the record you can’t get out of your head, having faith in the process and being vulnerable, his addictions and recovery, and how he doesn’t give a shit if people think he’s gay. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">“There's very few people that have the gift of keeping it conversational,” said
<b>Macklemore</b> of the sold-out Seattle event. ‘It's like you're talking to a homie about rap music; that's the rare type of interview that (Wilson) gives, and that’s what I'm interested in.”</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">As the
<b>Macklemore</b> episodes show, the language, topics and crowds may be more colorful, but the format does have similarities to James Lipton gone wild. As
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#1F497D">f</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">ounder of<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> the influential <u>E</u></span><u>goTrip</u> magazine<span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span>and <u>Rap<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Radar</u><b><i> </i></b>site,
former editor-in-chief of <u>XXL</u><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and current<span style="letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span>editor-in-chief of<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span><u>RESPECT</u> magazine,
<b>Wilson</b> has interviewed such luminaries as </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Jay-Z, the Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Rick Ross, Drake, A Tribe Called Quest, DMX, Big Daddy Kane, Ja Rule, DJ Khaled , Lauryn
Hill, The Fugees, every member of the Wu-Tang Clan, and many others</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"> over the course of his career. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">“You know, all rapping is storytelling, so to be able to get up there and tell stories in the same way I would do on a record - some comedy and going deep
on certain subjects, says <b>Macklemore. </b>“It's let me showcase who I am. it's just connecting with people. Shit was fun man!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:black">Macklemore & Ryan Lewis</span></b><span style="color:black"> have emerged as a premier international hip-hop group and currently grace the cover of
<u>Rolling Stone</u><b>.</b> The single "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrift_Shop_(song)" target="_blank" title="Thrift Shop (song)"><span style="color:#0066CC">Thrift Shop</span></a>" has been viewed on YouTube over 398 million times, and reached
number 1 on the U.S. <u>Billboard</u> Hot 100 chart in 2013, selling more than 2.2 million copies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">Executive producers by<span style="letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span>Elliott Wilson and Jesse Kirshbaum, the
<b>CRWN</b> series will run on Myspace in 3 episodes, beginning Tuesday, August 20</span><sup><span style="color:black">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">, with following episodes on Wednesday, August 21, and Thursday, August 22.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://myspace.com/crwn/video/macklemore-x-crwn-ep.-1-the-hits/109417150"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://myspace.com/play/video/macklemore-x-crwn-ep.-1-the-hits-109417150-112074540"
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