Kevin (feat. Leon Bridges)

About Kevin (feat. Leon Bridges)

“Kevin“ is about the perils of prescription pill addiction. It details the story of the titular young man who became addicted to OxyContin and died. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis debuted the tune during the AMAs on November 22, 2015 along with guest vocalist Leon Bridges. Macklemore: "This one is personal… I started writing it when my friend Kevin passed from an overdose on prescription medication. It was my attempt to process his death. To grieve. .

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About this song

Credited to

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Leon Bridges

Album

This Unruly Mess I've Made · Track 6 of 13

Released

February 26, 2016

Duration

4:40

On Last.fm

32,123 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: This Unruly Mess I've Made