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MTV EMA 2015 AWARDS

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS:
“DOWNTOWN”, WITH THE VESPA

(Photo from the website: http://it.mtvema.com)

The “best video” in this issue of Wide is “Downtown” by the duo Ben “Macklemore” Haggerty and Ryan Lewis. In the last few years, the rapper and the DJ from Seattle (USA) have become international stars, thanks to their viral videos, which have a won a huge following among young fans. The pair made their debut in 2009 with “VS.EP”, had their first major success with “Thrift Shop” (2012), and then achieved an EMA nomination (MTV Europe Music Awards) for Best Song/Hip-Hop/World Stage/U.S. Act in 2013, winning in the “Best New” EMA category. This year, after picking up four 4 Grammy Awards, they appear once again among the MTV EMA winners, in the “Best Video” category, with their latest worldwide success “Downtown”.

So here is the multi-award-winning video, with co-starring roles taken by a whole crowd of Vespa scooters, perfectly at ease in metropolitan mood, in the company of rappers and hip-hop artistes. In the opening shot, Macklemore is seen “resting” on a two-colour PX 125; other Vespa models appear in the rest of the video (see if you can spot them) through to the final “parade”. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis also owe their popularity to the powerful, densely meaningful lyrics of their musical experiments. Posted on YouTube at the end of August, the “Downtown” video had collected more than 60 million views by mid-November!

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - DOWNTOWN (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

INFO:
"Downtown (feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee & Grandmaster Caz)" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
(Google Play).
www.macklemore.com

TWO VESPA SCOOTERS ON STAGE AT EMA MILAN 2015

There were two smart white Vespa scooters with red seats on the international stage of the big MTV EMA MILAN 2015 music event (at the Assago Forum, on 25 October, broadcast on all MTV channels). The scooters were part of the staging for the stunning performance of duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, evoking the metropolitan atmosphere of their latest hit, “Downtown”. Here are a few screen-shots from the video of their performance in Milan, which you can enjoy on line on the MTV EMA site: it.mtvema.com.