and Ryan approached me with ‘Same Love,’ I knew it was revolutionary.” The lesbian singer/songwriter, who wrote and sings the chorus of the tune, said, “I get to sing a song about gay ...

Over the last year the hip-hop act Macklemore & Ryan Lewis has seen its album “The Heist” sell more than a million copies. Its debut single, “Thrift Shop,” was the first No. 1 song on the Billboard ...