Funny enough I don't think anyone in Seattle even listens to his music and we have a ton of hipsters here. I've never heard anyone even talk about him outside of the net and the random newspaper write up.
Then again he did sell out WAMU Theater that holds 7,500 people. I'm guessing it's mostly teenage girls that are his fanbase. Seeing I'm not Chree I really don't know what they are into right now and that would make sense seeing no one I talk to gives a fuck about him.
I was looking for the name of a song I heard on the radio a few days ago, and I was clicking threw the billboard top lists, and this Macklemore name was all over the place, I youtubed it and heard that thrift store song and was very well disgusted.