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Last night, French Montana participated in the SXSW festivities and closed out Fader Fort. During his set, he brought out Macklemore for “Thrift Shop” (6:20) and Diddy (20:20) for “Ocho Cinco”, “Same Damn Time” and “It’s All About The Benjamins”. If you missed his set, here it is in full. mwp

During SXSW, Yahoo announced their first international music festival with Hova and King Kendrick as headliners. Dubbed as Yahoo! On The Road, the 21-stop trek begins begins May 3 in New York. The tour continues in the states with J.Cole, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Justin Timberlake, Frank Ocean and Trey Songz

Nikon and the Warner Sound welcomed Seattle’s dynamic duo over to The Belmont last night. While a drunk B.Dot was twirling his du-rag, the pair performs ”Can’t Hold Us”. Fan clips below.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were in New York yesterday and made their debut on Saturday Night Live. Here’s their performances of “Thrift Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us”. Nice jacket, Mack. Ha! Cop The Heist here.

Microsoft just redesigned their Outlook service. So what better way to usher in their new look than Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Can’t Hold Us” for the soundtrack in their new ad. R.I.P. Hotmail.

Earlier this month, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis track “Wing$” was licensed in a commercial for the NBA All-Star break. The placement received some backlash for allegedly contradicting its underlying theme. Macklemore responded to the “sell-out” accusations last night on his website. Some people will never be satisfied.