Tones & I

It has been 10 years since rapper Macklemore broke out of Seattle with the singles “Thrift Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us,” and today (July 22), the artist is back with a bang on his new song “Chant,” featuring Tones And I. The pair performed the song this morning on “Good Morning America” live from New York’s Central Park. The uplifting “Chant” was produced by longtime Macklemore collaborator Budo (Joshua Karp) and was co-written with him in tandem with Seattle cohorts such as hip-hop artist Tyler Andrews and producer/arranger Andrew Joslyn. In its accompanying Jake Magraw-directed black-and-white video, Macklemore salutes his Seattle roots with concert footage from Memorial Stadium, references to the hopeful return of the Seattle Supersonics (who moved to Oklahoma City to become the Thunder in...