Post-Sziget: American hip-hop star Macklemore would move to Budapest

The 40-year-old rapper said the buildings were staggering, the girls were stunners and the men look ripped. He added he couldn’t imagine being in bad spirit in Hungary.

According to 24.hu, Macklemore (Benjamin Hammond Haggerty) revealed he would even consider moving to the Hungarian capital for a short while. Blikk wrote that the American rapper’s Sziget gig went down as ‘the party of the year’.

During the concert, he praised the buildings and castles of Budapest, the cute Hungarian girls and the and handsome and buff Hungarian guys. He added he couldn’t imagine anyone would be in bad spirit in Hungary. It seems he had little information about the country’s grim historical background. The latest World Happiness Report published this March showed that Hungarians aren’t happy despite the astonishing buildings and the pretty girls. Hungary ranked 51st on the list even behind the Central American El Salvador. Read more on the subject HERE. The dismal results also show that every second Hungarian is discontent with their life.

Macklemore even said at one point that he would move to the Hungarian capital with his family for a couple of months. He asked the fans jokingly whether he could crash at their couch for some time. During his show, he changed his outfit multiple times and performed his closing hits wearing a T-shirt showing the Hungarian Parliament with ‘Budapest’ written underneath.
It seems he instantly fell in love with Hungary (and its people), but who can be surprised by that? Hungary is a beautiful country. Check out our COLLECTION of 15 reasons why you should come here for a visit.

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