Otherside is not a new song. Macklemore put the original version out in 2009. Over the past 12 months he filmed this video with Ryan Lewis and Jason Koenig (the same trio for the My Oh My video). That Macklemore has struggled with addiction and is now sober isn't a surprise to his fans. His opinions on Weezy are also not new. But for the hip hop world it's a rare feat that an emcee can come clean and stay popular. I also thought it timely given the recent Nat Geo expose on the environmental cost of recreational drugs. The video is beautiful and the message powerful.
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