Stereogum — Schools will never not be weird about popular music; witness, for instance, the contest-winning California high school that recently turned down a $10,000 grant because it came with a Macklemore appearance. And now we get another example: A Long Isla... more info

Stereogum — Some high school administrators in California are so uncomfortable with the very idea of rap music that they’re willing to turn down a whole lot of money over it. The Orange County Register reports that Aliso Niguel High School turned down a visit ... more info

Perez Hilton — We can't handle the cuteness! ICYMI: It appears that Macklemore is enjoying his new role as a dad since he took to Instagram over the weekend to share a sweet snap of himself (above) and his daughter, Sloane Ava Simone Haggerty, napping together. Aww... more info

The Independent — Kanye West may have been pleased to accept the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the VMAs, but when it came to Macklemore debuting his new song “Downtown”, Kanye was less impressed. more info

Perez Hilton — This. Was. Everything. We hoped there would be a moped or two when Macklemore and Ryan Lewis took the stage at the 2015 VMAs, but we had NO idea their performance would be this epic. The dynamic duo graced MTV with a live re-enactment of the video fo... more info

Stereogum — Another year, another MTV Video Music Awards ceremony! Tonight, we celebrate the increasingly irrelevant music video, and MTV’s excuse to throw a memeable party. Miley Cyrus will host, and Macklemore will hopefully perform his terrible new dad song... more info

Stereogum — Chris already wrote some words about Macklemore’s mind-boggling new “Downtown” video. That’s good, because my writeup of it would pretty much just be: “Umm… like… what?” It’s one of the slickest, most over-the-top music videos of th... more info

E! Online — Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' new "Downtown" music video is the craziest thing ever and we can't stop watching (and listening)! The Grammy-winning duo released their latest... more info

TMZ — So, when Macklemore throws "fish to a player" in his brand new music video ... turns out the "player" who catches it is none other than The Kid himself, Ken Griffey Jr.  Griffey has a super brief cameo is the new Macklemore video "Downtown" --… ... more info

Perez Hilton — Forget Uptown Funk! Macklemore and Ryan Lewis prove that Downtown can be just as funky!! Earlier this month, the hip-hop duo released Growing up, an emotional track that served as a tribute to fatherhood. But their new song Downtown is an all out par... more info