Rapper Macklemore has opened up about his track 'Same Love', which has come to be seen as something of a gay anthem since his album, 'The Heist', dropped.

The song was written about the important fight for marriage equality and acceptance of the gay community in general, but he revealed that it was penned with his gay uncles and gay godfather in mind:

"I was really nervous to play it for them. It's obviously a very personal song, and I didn't want to cross any boundaries in terms of their privacy. But we actually ended up taking a picture of them and using it as the cover art for the single. I wanted the art to reflect how personal the song was, and they are a big reason why I'm so passionate about the issue."

He explained that writing a song about a genuine issue, and especially one that's so close to his heart, is very important to him and he wanted to 'push the margins' with the track's content: "I'm always trying to push the margins. I wanna be an artist that writes songs that are different; I don't wanna write the same song that everyone else is writing."

"I wanna challenge myself, I wanna challenge society, and I wanna be the best version of myself, and the way I can do that is by expressing and talking about concepts that no-one else will, that people are afraid to address. I wanna be able to talk about those openly and honestly and figure myself out and help those who listen to the records figure them out."

Watch the music video for 'Same Love' below: