Leon Bridges on Working with Macklemore: ‘This Dude is Making a Difference’
At the American Music Awards last month, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis took the stage and set their Top 20 hit “Downtown” momentarily aside to perform an emotional new song from their upcoming album. “Kevin,” which features rising neo-soul star Leon Bridges on the hook, focuses on the true story of Macklemore’s friend Kevin, who overdosed on prescription medication at the age of 21 in 2010, as well as the overmedication epidemic as a whole.
Bridges tells Fuse that working with Macklemore on “Kevin” yielded a socially conscious song that has already touched a large audience.
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