Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Visit Rejected by California High School, Students Push Back
Congratulations, students of California's Aliso Niguel High School, for winning a visit from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and a $10,000 grant for your music program! Here's the catch, though: the duo isn't allowed to come, and your school's turning down the money as well. Sorry.
The Aliso Viejo, Calif. school recently won a contest on Chegg.com, an academic assistance site, for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to deliver a speech and $10,000 grant to the school. However, parent complaints about the perceived misogyny and pro-drug messages in the "Thrift Shop" team's music have prevented the visit from materializing. Here's a breakdown from a student on Twitter:
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