Macklemore Says If He Didn't Go To Rehab He Would Be Dead

Macklemore is lucky to be alive...

The rapper-songwriter rose to stardom in 2012 with his hit song "Thrift Shop," but struggled with drug abuse in the following years. 

In a new interview with People's Party with Talib Kweli, Macklemore revealed that his father dished out around $12,000 for him to enter a 30-day rehab facility, and without that, he would probably have died from his addiction. 

"I struggled for so long as a youth and didn't know that there was a recovery community, because by nature we're in a program of being anonymous. 

I didn't know that there was a community that was there to support, love me unconditionally, that had the same f*ckin' disease, and there is a therapeutic value of one addict to another sharing their experience, strength, and hope that saved my f*ckin' life and continues to save my life. You figure out your character defects. 

You say you're sorry to some people. You have a spiritual awakening and you go out and you carry that message to someone else. We need to make sure that people know that there's resources, more funding to get people treatment that they need because if it wasn't for my pops having the 10 or 12 racks that it was when I first went to treatment and being willing to spend that on me, I'd be f*cking dead. 

Like, I wouldn't be there right now and that's not to be f*cking dramatic, that's just what it is. Like, I was about to die. I just was lucky enough to go to a facility for 30 days. And people, I think, don't know that that's okay to go to treatment." 

You can watch the full interview below.