Macklemore Recalls How He Was 'About to Die' Before Entering Rehab – NBC New York
He continued, "It's a mess but you know, what's more of a mess is f--- dying and our young people are. Mac Miller was a friend of mine. You look at what happened to Peep. You look at what happened to Juice Wrld. These are f--king tragedies and they're happening and it's not just the famous people." Macklemore, born Ben Haggerty, entered rehab for drug and alcohol addiction in 2008, when he was 25, Rolling Stone reported. Though he sought treatment, he relapsed in 2011, and then again in 2014 following the success of his and Ryan Lewis' The Heist, citing stress and touring burnout. He began ta...