- UBen Haggerty ngumdlali we-rapper ovela eSeattle, eWashington, orekhoda phantsi kwegama likaMacklemore. Emva kokukhupha icwecwe lakhe lokuqala, Ulwimi Lwehlabathi Lam , ngowama-2005, uMacklemore wanyanzeleka ukuba athabathe ikhefu ukuze alwe nokukhotyokiswa ziziyobisi notywala. Emva kokuzicoca kwi-2008, uMacklemore wabambisana nomvelisi uRyan Lewis ukuba abe yiyunithi yentsebenziswano kunye nokuyila, emva kokudibana okokuqala nge-MySpace. Ngaphandle kokushicilela okanye ukurekhodwa kwesivumelwano, esi sibini sichithe iminyaka eliqela sirekhoda icwecwe labo lokuqala kunye, Ukugqekeza . Iveliswe ngokuzimeleyo kwaye irekhodwe yi-duo, irekhodi yaqala kwi-#2 kwi-Billboard 200 emva kokukhululwa ngo-Oktobha 9, i-2012.
- Le ngoma yayisetyenziselwa ukuvakalisa umkhankaso wentengiso weMiller Genuine Draft wamazwe ngamazwe ngexesha lehlobo lika-2012. Ukusetyenziswa kwayo kwanceda ukwandisa uMacklemore kunye noRyan Lewis 'ukuqaphela eYurophu.
- Nangona ekuqaleni yakhululwa ngaphambi 'Ivenkile Thrift,' le ngoma isebenze njengelandelayo up single ukuya Macklemore kunye Ryan Lewis '#1 hit. Intengiso yayo yanyuswa kukwenziwa kwengoma kwi NgoMgqibelo ebusuku Live .
- Ividiyo yomculo wengoma ifumana i-duo kunye nemvumi yeendwendwe uRay Dalton ehamba nehlabathi kunye nebhendi yabo ephilayo. Ikliphu yenziwe ngokupheleleyo nguMacklemore kunye noLewis kunye nabahlobo babo. Umboniso bhanya-bhanya wenzeka iinyanga ezintathu, kumazwekazi angaphezu kwamathandathu kunye neshumi elinesithandathu lehlumela ezahlukeneyo, ukusuka kwimbonakalo yomhlaba yaseNew Zealand ukuya kwiNaliti yesikhala kwi-duo yaseSeattle. U-Lewis uphawule ukuba amahlakani akhe, 'abasebenzi nje kuluhlu oluqhelekileyo lwecandelo lefilim (umlawuli, umvelisi, njl.njl.) Ngokuqinisekileyo, abantu banendima ebambekayo echazwe kwangaphambili ngokusekelwe kubuchule babo, kodwa iqela lethu linamandla amangalisayo nxiba iminqwazi emininzi. 'Awunakusibamba' yayiyividiyo ebonisa oku kakuhle.'
- Ingoma kaRay Dalton yayiyinxalenye yokugqibela yengoma eya kwenziwa. 'Into eyenzekayo sasikhangela ihuka kwaye yayingenalo ihuku. Kwakukho isithuba nje; kwakungekho magama,' uDalton wachazela iMTV News. 'Ngoko xa uRyan wayevavanya amanqanaba am, ndaqala ukubaculela ingoma, kwaye loo mculo namhlanje yingoma ethi 'Awukwazi Ukusibamba'. [Emva koko] uBen wathi, 'Yitsho le.' Yaye ndandifunda amazwi engoma endandiyiculile, yaye kwenzeka loo nto kanye.'
- Ngexesha lodliwano-ndlebe lukaDalton kunye ne-MTV News, iindawo ezininzi ze-intanethi zidwelise ukuqala kwekhorasi njenge 'Nantsi sibuyela emva. Lo ngumzuzu,' uDalton wachaza ukuba ngokwenene uyacula ' Ngaba siyabuya...'
- Xa oku wenyukela encotsheni yeBillboard Hot 100 ukuze abe nguMacklemore kunye noRyan Lewis 'wesibini #1 emva kwe-'Thrift Shop,' esi sibini saba ngabokuqala ukuba bathathe iingoma zabo ezimbini zokuqala ukuya kwincopho yetshathi.
- Le yayiyeyona ngoma isasazwe kakhulu kwihlabathi ngo-2013 kwindawo yobhaliso lomculo iSpotify. I'thrift Shop' nayo yabekwa kwi-#3 yonyaka, ngeli lixa Ukugqekeza yayiyeyona albhamu isasazwe kakhulu kwinkonzo.
