Macklemore Explains Why He Bought A Naked Painting Of Justin Bieber

by HHL Editors

Earlier this year, a Rolling Stone profile of Macklemore revealed that the Seattle emcee had a painting of Justin Bieber with a pancake penis hanging in his recording studio.

He bought the bizarre piece of art on Esty for 20 bucks.

TMZ's cameras caught up with Mack this week, and they asked him about the painting -- probably because that's been the most interesting thing about him lately.

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As you can see, Macklemore first jokes that he bought  the "art" as an investment.

Then he concedes it was a white elephant (prank) gift that he never got to give.

So he decided to hang it up in his studio.  To each his own, we guess.