Macklemore, 37, says he would be ‘dead’ if his father had not spent $10K to send him to rehab

Macklemore says he would be ‘dead’ without rehab.

The 37-year-old rap star believes he wouldn’t have made it through his addiction if his father hadn’t spent ’10 or 12′ thousand dollars to send him to rehab when he was 25 years old.

‘If it wasn’t for my pops having the 10 or 12 racks [thousand] that it was when I first went to treatment and [his ability] to spend that on me, I’d be f****** dead,’ the singer said during a virtual appearance on People’s Party with Talib Kweli. 

The big fame days: Macklemore with his awards in the press room during the 56th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in 2014

‘I wouldn’t be here right now. That’s not to be f****** dramatic, that’s just what it is. I was about to die,’ the star – whose full name is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty -added.

The Same Love hitmaker entered rehab for drugs and alcohol addiction in 2008 and celebrated three years of sobriety until a relapse in 2011.

He had struggled with substance abuse throughout the majority of his twenties as he didn’t realize there was a community of support to help him get sober.

He continued: ‘I didn’t know there were a bunch of people, thousands in my city that were convening in the basements of churches and random old halls and talking about this disease that I had. I didn’t even know it was a disease at the beginning.

Better now: Seen in 2019 in LA. ‘If it wasn’t for my pops having the 10 or 12 racks [thousand] that it was when I first went to treatment and [his ability] to spend that on me, I’d be f****** dead,’ the singer said during a virtual appearance on People’s Party with Talib Kweli

With his caring father: Macklemore with his dad, ‘Me and pops at @caitlin_chapman’s wedding. #orcas’

‘There was a community that was there to support and love me unconditionally that had the same f****** disease. There is a therapeutic value of one addict to another sharing their experience, strength and hope [and] that has saved my f****** life and continues to save my life.’

Macklemore went on to address the stigma that is often associated with substance abuse, as many musicians have felt unsure about revealing they have gotten sober because much of their music was centered around drug use.

He explained: ‘People don’t know that it’s okay to go to treatment. 

‘I remember hearing a certain rapper, I think it was Smokepurpp, and he was talking about [how] he went to treatment but didn’t want to tell anybody. 

‘He was having that internal conversation like, “What do I do now?” My whole s*** is [about] sipping lean and smoking backwoods [cigars]. How do I still remain relevant?’

In his youth: Here the artist is seen at a photo shoot for his first album; he was 18

His look now: The star with wild hair and a mustache as he showed off his tattoo