Freestyle god Harry Mack visits WIRED to answer his most searched questions in a way only he could. Does Harry ever battle rap? Does he have an album? Does Eminem know about him? What's Harry Mack's most viewed video? Harry, remarkably, freestyles answers to all of these questions and more—see for yourself.
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00:00 I'm Harry Mack and this is the Wired Autocomplete Interview.
00:03 I haven't seen any of the questions yet.
00:08 I think we're just gonna freestyle this whole thing.
00:10 Let's get it.
00:11 (hip hop music)
00:13 (hip hop music)
00:16 (hip hop music)
00:19 ♪ Yeah, I be leavin' 'em floored ♪
00:21 ♪ We 'bout to get started here with the first board ♪
00:23 ♪ I got rappers runnin' ♪
00:25 ♪ Somethin' like scaredy cats ♪
00:26 ♪ I told 'em I'm Harry Mack ♪
00:27 ♪ They said, "What, Harry Mack?" ♪
00:29 ♪ Well now I'm 'bout to prove 'em ♪
00:30 ♪ Here's the first question ♪
00:32 ♪ When I rhyme, I prove the flow's impressin' ♪
00:34 ♪ Yeah, ayo, I'm on a lyrical run ♪
00:36 ♪ They wanna know what Harry Mack has done ♪
00:39 ♪ Well let me think ♪
00:40 ♪ I came off top with the freeze ♪
00:42 ♪ I put my lyrics together with ease ♪
00:45 ♪ Yeah, I was spittin' it clean ♪
00:47 ♪ In my friend Jacob's car back in 2016 ♪
00:49 ♪ That's the first time I had a video go low-key viral ♪
00:53 ♪ 100K views was vital ♪
00:55 ♪ It lit the fire inside me to live my dream ♪
00:57 ♪ And finally helped me boost up my own self-esteem ♪
01:00 ♪ Started my own channel ♪
01:01 ♪ 2017 proved I'm the rhyme menace ♪
01:04 ♪ From freestylin' at Venice Beach ♪
01:06 ♪ All the fans stayed within reach ♪
01:08 ♪ They came and they gathered 'round so that I could teach ♪
01:10 ♪ And that video went crazy as well ♪
01:13 ♪ All across the internet it helped my name to excel ♪
01:15 ♪ And propelled me to opportunities to rap fast ♪
01:18 ♪ And have a blast while rhymin' with Joey Badass ♪
01:21 ♪ Next thing I know I'm gettin' invented with bars ♪
01:24 ♪ While I'm spittin' next to Kendrick Lamar ♪
01:26 ♪ Shouts out to the Cruze Show for puttin' me on ♪
01:28 ♪ So I could rhyme off top, prove I'm a lyrical don ♪
01:31 ♪ Yeah, and after that couldn't nobody tell 'em no ♪
01:34 ♪ Had the opportunity to rhyme on the Ellen Show ♪
01:37 ♪ Uh, I was underground like a sewer ♪
01:39 ♪ But from these opportunities now we out on tour ♪
01:42 ♪ It's incredible ♪
01:43 ♪ Ayo, y'all know I stay thankful ♪
01:44 ♪ Just to have these opportunities now I'm grateful ♪
01:47 ♪ Ayo, we 'bout to move on to question two ♪
01:49 ♪ A brand new answer, what I'm 'bout to pursue ♪
01:52 ♪ Uh, y'all know I'm here to spill flames ♪
01:54 ♪ Yeah, they askin' what is Harry Mack's real name ♪
01:57 ♪ Uh, well I am a Mack when I kick these lyrics on a frenzy ♪
02:01 ♪ But really, my last name's McKenzie ♪
02:03 ♪ Yeah, other MCs is 'bout to envy ♪
02:05 ♪ It's funny 'cause McKenzie's spelled with the MC ♪
02:08 ♪ Which makes sense 'cause I'm a master of ceremonies ♪
02:11 ♪ Uh, every time I rhyme it's like they barely know me ♪
02:13 ♪ But here's what's funny, I don't spell it M-A-C-K ♪
02:15 ♪ There's no actual Mack in my last name to see ♪
02:18 ♪ Hey, it's all gravy, we gon' switch it up regardless ♪
02:21 ♪ 'Cause when it be comin' to lyrics ♪
02:22 ♪ They know Mack goes the hardest ♪
02:24 ♪ What is a Harry Mack, fill in the blank ♪
02:26 ♪ Uh, to be on stage, yo, I gotta get fangs ♪
02:28 ♪ Uh, I like to fuse, then I bomb the mic ♪
02:31 ♪ They say, what is a Harry Mack concert like ♪
02:34 ♪ Yo, it's like nothin' that you felt in your life ♪
02:36 ♪ It's me on stage straight meltin' the mic ♪
02:39 ♪ And my DJ Sir Jazz pullin' out all the cuts ♪
02:42 ♪ So I can grip the M-I-C and mentally erupt ♪
02:44 ♪ We got a QR code, you can submit your words ♪
02:47 ♪ And submit your topics so my brain can go absurd ♪
02:49 ♪ I mean, when it comes to rhymin' ♪
02:51 ♪ Ain't nobody been this live ♪
02:52 ♪ I hop on stage and the whole set's improvised ♪
02:55 ♪ Yeah, my fans stay strong forever ♪
02:57 ♪ We collaborate and we cook up the songs together ♪
03:00 ♪ So what I mean to say, for me to do what I do ♪
03:02 ♪ Would be absolutely impossible without you ♪
03:05 ♪ Shout to everybody watchin' and givin' inspiration ♪
03:08 ♪ Y'all know we 'bout to win the game by every indication ♪
03:11 ♪ What Harry Mack does is this ♪
03:13 ♪ He comes off the mental with that fly freestyle twist ♪
03:15 ♪ Let's go ♪
03:18 All right.
03:23 ♪ Uh, yeah, okay, this is board number two ♪
03:29 ♪ Uh, check the way that we send this through ♪
03:32 ♪ Ayo, where's Harry Mack ♪
03:34 ♪ From off the top, we about to get it done ♪
03:37 ♪ Peace to all my friends and family that support and ♪
03:40 ♪ Know I was born in the city of Portland ♪
03:43 ♪ I know they wonderin' which one ♪
03:44 ♪ My flow is insane ♪
03:45 ♪ They like, "You talkin' 'bout Portland, Maine?" ♪
03:47 ♪ Well, hip-hop is my main thing up in my life ♪
03:50 ♪ But I'm from Portland, Oregon ♪
03:51 ♪ Y'all better know that's right ♪
03:52 ♪ Yeah, when it be comin' to bars ♪
03:54 ♪ People know that I'm more fresh ♪
03:55 ♪ H-Mack be hailing from the Pacific Northwest ♪
03:58 ♪ I be livin' my insanest dreams ♪
04:00 ♪ I'm like the weather up in Portland ♪
04:01 ♪ I'ma reign supreme ♪
04:03 ♪ Yeah, rainin' on the daily ♪
04:04 ♪ I was in my basement ♪
04:06 ♪ Downstairs with the drum set adjacent ♪
04:08 ♪ Couldn't run around and play outside ♪
04:10 ♪ 'Cause every single day had the grayest skies ♪
04:13 ♪ So instead, I was practicing my rhythm ♪
04:15 ♪ Makin' beats, writin' rhymes, workin' on my vision ♪
04:18 ♪ That's when I learned to use my freestyle intuition ♪
04:21 ♪ Now all up in this game, I'ma cause a collision ♪
04:23 ♪ It says, "Uh, I be rockin' for the people" ♪
04:26 ♪ When does Harry Mack go up on Omegle? ♪
04:29 ♪ Now, every time I rhyme, you know I speak facts ♪
04:31 ♪ But it's top secret, dog, I can't leak that ♪
04:34 ♪ Yeah, we be on there lookin' for strangers ♪
04:37 ♪ Anytime I step, these rappers are in danger ♪
04:39 ♪ Wish I could tell ya, but can't nobody touch me ♪
04:41 ♪ Hop up on Omegle, who knows, you might get lucky ♪
04:44 ♪ Now, why does Harry Mack, let's see ♪
04:46 ♪ Come off the top with all of these fresh frees ♪
04:49 ♪ When it comes to lyrics, they know my bars stay rare ♪
04:52 ♪ Why does Harry Mack have all the gray hair? ♪
04:55 ♪ Is he workin' magic colder than a blizzard? ♪
04:57 ♪ Is he like Gandalf? ♪
04:58 ♪ Is this dude a wizard? ♪
05:00 ♪ How old is he, yo, is he like 60? ♪
05:02 ♪ Man, I think the industry don't even get me ♪
05:04 ♪ Honestly, I grip up on the mic so I can blast ♪
05:07 ♪ And I'm puttin' all my corny competition to the test ♪
05:09 ♪ I told you I hail from the Pacific Northwest ♪
05:12 ♪ I got gray hairs 'cause these wack rappers got me stressed ♪
05:15 ♪ Yeah, y'all know I'ma strike 'em like lightning ♪
05:17 ♪ When it be comin' to lyrics, they love what I'm providin' ♪
05:20 ♪ Will Harry Mack rip off the last tape? ♪
05:22 ♪ Every time I spit, y'all know I go ape, heh ♪
05:26 ♪ When I spit, they know the lyrics straight fly ♪
05:28 ♪ They said, "Will Harry Mack use AI?" ♪
05:30 ♪ I mean, in my world, it might be relevant ♪
05:33 ♪ But there's nothin' artificial about my intelligence ♪
05:35 ♪ I get hype, and then I mic stage dive ♪
05:38 ♪ My music crossin' over just like AI ♪
05:41 ♪ That's Allen Iverson, I rap easily ♪
05:43 ♪ In fact, I cook up faster than chat GPT ♪
05:46 ♪ Rappers never seein' me, check how hype I get ♪
05:48 ♪ Open up my skull, in my brain, there's a microchip ♪
05:51 ♪ Yeah, I grab the mic and then I grab you ♪
05:53 ♪ I got the chip from the Apple M2 ♪
05:56 ♪ Too futuristic, they can't get rid of, bruh ♪
05:58 ♪ I paint a image off the tip like cards from NVIDIA ♪
06:01 ♪ Y'all know these other rappers gotta sweat it ♪
06:03 ♪ I'm the freestyle computer, AI's already embedded ♪
06:06 ♪ Let's go ♪
06:08 Oops. (laughs)
06:14 Thank you.
06:15 ♪ Uh, okay, uh, yeah ♪
06:21 ♪ They sayin', "Does Harry Mack?" ♪
06:22 ♪ Uh, yeah, the fans love Harry Mack ♪
06:25 ♪ Okay, when I be rappin', they know that I'm crowd arousin' ♪
06:29 ♪ All of the fans be askin', "Does Harry Mack ♪
06:31 ♪ Have a album?" ♪
06:32 ♪ Uh, y'all know I answer this one easy ♪
06:35 ♪ Content's under pressure, that's the name of my EP ♪
06:39 ♪ Yeah, and plus we drop mad compilations ♪
06:41 ♪ Of freestyles from the internet that's dominatin' ♪
06:45 ♪ But I be recordin' more music ♪
06:46 ♪ I'm workin' on that all the time ♪
06:48 ♪ So in the comin' months, y'all can expect some more shine ♪
06:51 ♪ I'ma put it down for y'all ♪
06:53 ♪ Questions gettin' answered ♪
06:54 ♪ We do it in the form of a freestyle stanza ♪
06:57 ♪ Uh, killin' it right off the top of the mantle ♪
07:00 ♪ Imagine that, all of the people askin' ♪
07:02 ♪ "Does Mack battle rap?" ♪
07:04 ♪ Man, I'm makin' rappers pay the price ♪
07:07 ♪ But I'm not about battlin', I'm just too nice ♪
07:10 ♪ Yeah, shouts to the battlers, they gotta get live ♪
07:13 ♪ But see, Mack, I'm all about them positive vibes ♪
07:16 ♪ Uh, but all of the battle rap freestyles online ♪
07:18 ♪ Y'all know they gettin' checked ♪
07:20 ♪ So to all the legends of that battle rap scene ♪
07:22 ♪ I send respect ♪
07:23 ♪ Uh, shouts to Immaculate ♪
07:24 ♪ Yeah, shouts to Thesaurus ♪
07:26 ♪ Shout to the legend Disaster ♪
07:27 ♪ This is what we needin' more of ♪
07:29 ♪ Yeah, as for me, I would rather just cypher ♪
07:32 ♪ I just spit right off the top and help rappers get hyper ♪
07:35 ♪ Yeah, H-Mack takin' over with flavors that's dominant ♪
07:39 ♪ I'm more the type to hit somebody with a compliment ♪
07:42 ♪ Like, "Nice shirt, I bless you with a nice verse" ♪
07:44 ♪ Every time I spit off top, you know my mic's heard ♪
07:47 ♪ I'm 'bout to throw it on down ♪
07:49 ♪ 'Cause the people go wild ♪
07:50 ♪ So many different styles compiled ♪
07:51 ♪ H-Mack, you can peep my file ♪
07:53 ♪ Mission in life is makin' y'all smile ♪
07:55 ♪ Yeah, we be spreadin' all kinds of joy ♪
07:57 ♪ When I'm finished rockin' fans, makin' all kinds of noise ♪
08:01 ♪ Uh, ayo, I got my competition tremblin' ♪
08:04 ♪ They wanna know if Harry Mack is friends with Eminem ♪
08:07 ♪ Does Eminem know me? I can't be certain ♪
08:10 ♪ But I can tell you this much ♪
08:12 ♪ Yo, I done heard him so many times ♪
08:14 ♪ Playin' the CDs on repeat ♪
08:16 ♪ And studyin' the way this dude is such a beast on the beat ♪
08:19 ♪ Yeah, but he ain't never acknowledged me thus far ♪
08:23 ♪ It makes me nervous thinkin' 'bout him hearin' my bars ♪
08:26 ♪ I mean, I'm in my own shuttle and I'm tryin' to blast off ♪
08:29 ♪ But I can't imagine bein' peeped by the rap god ♪
08:32 ♪ Uh, I'm 'bout to break it down ♪
08:34 ♪ Y'all know that my freestyle's crazy ♪
08:36 ♪ Uh, throwin' shade at rappers so I leave 'em shady ♪
08:39 ♪ Yeah, can't nobody rock this way ♪
08:41 ♪ Mack connect to beats like Em to Dr. Dre ♪
08:44 ♪ Yeah, breakin' it down off the tip of the dome ♪
08:46 ♪ Every time that I rhyme and I get in the zone ♪
08:48 ♪ Y'all know I'm crazy whenever I'm rappin' ♪
08:50 ♪ Hopefully, yo, we can make this happen ♪
08:51 ♪ Hmm, maybe Eminem watches Wired ♪
08:53 ♪ Maybe he can hear this fire ♪
08:55 ♪ Maybe he gon' hear what I'm doin' right now ♪
08:56 ♪ And feel just a little inspired ♪
08:58 ♪ I don't know if I could impress, I'm doin' my best ♪
08:59 ♪ Y'all know that I rep for the West, I'm on my quest ♪
09:01 ♪ Y'all know that I'm takin' it far and straight with the bars ♪
09:03 ♪ Everybody hatin' the god, but I'ma keep it in motion ♪
09:05 ♪ They be overdosin' on my maneuver, smoother than lotion ♪
09:07 ♪ I be here for the Wired, I don't fail ♪
09:09 ♪ Y'all know we got that devotion, whoop ♪
09:11 (upbeat music)
09:13 All right, here we go.
09:17 ♪ Yeah, okay, uh, yeah, yeah ♪
09:24 ♪ Come on, uh, yeah, yeah ♪
09:27 ♪ Okay, listen, uh, yeah ♪
09:30 ♪ Hey, yo, pay close attention ♪
09:31 ♪ 'Cause I'm about to spit a flow ♪
09:33 ♪ What is Harry Mack's most viewed video? ♪
09:36 ♪ Uh, yeah, the answer to that is hard, son ♪
09:38 ♪ But I'm pretty sure it's still Venice Beach Part One ♪
09:42 ♪ Yeah, I would have to say ♪
09:44 ♪ I just grip on the mic and I blast a phrase ♪
09:46 ♪ I put it down for all my people ♪
09:48 ♪ Then again, my lyrics beyond hype ♪
09:50 ♪ Most viewed, it might be prom night ♪
09:53 ♪ If you my fan, then you know the reference ♪
09:55 ♪ H-Mack going places others never went ♪
09:58 ♪ I did some free steez and made it look easy ♪
10:00 ♪ For my Gorilla Barz series out in D.C. ♪
10:04 ♪ Yeah, we was outside of the monument, uh ♪
10:07 ♪ And lyrics, what I was promising ♪
10:09 ♪ I saw a whole group of kids that was 'bout to go to prom ♪
10:12 ♪ They was having a photo shoot, their outfits was strong ♪
10:15 ♪ Yeah, a bunch of teenagers in tuxedos ♪
10:18 ♪ I said, "Barz, for these kids, we gon' need those" ♪
10:20 ♪ They started looking over, they started to give props ♪
10:23 ♪ They recognized me, they seen me on TikTok ♪
10:26 ♪ I said, "This is amazing" ♪
10:27 ♪ The photographer, she turned ♪
10:29 ♪ And about me, she wanted to learn ♪
10:31 ♪ She said, "Come on down" ♪
10:32 ♪ "Ayo, we 'bout to do it big" ♪
10:34 ♪ She said, "Mack, do you wanna kick some rhymes for the kids?" ♪
10:37 ♪ I said, "Ahem, well, yes I do" ♪
10:40 ♪ I'ma grip up on this mic and I'ma test this crew ♪
10:42 ♪ They all threw out words and I started to recite freestyles ♪
10:46 ♪ They was yelling out, "So hype" ♪
10:48 ♪ We was bouncing ♪
10:49 ♪ Tuxedos looking clean on the scene ♪
10:51 ♪ I was coming up with all the cadences and spitting it mean ♪
10:53 ♪ At the end, the reaction was oh so loud ♪
10:56 ♪ Stood back in my B-boy pose feeling proud ♪
10:59 ♪ That's the most viewed ♪
11:00 ♪ Going peeping, still on TikTok now ♪
11:02 ♪ H-Mack, married to the game ♪
11:04 ♪ Yo, I took the vows, uh ♪
11:05 ♪ First video of this one is easy ♪
11:08 ♪ I'ma kick it true 'cause y'all know I'm not deceiving ♪
11:11 ♪ Uh, ayo, y'all got me feeling proud now ♪
11:13 ♪ First vid, 2016, it's called "Bounce House" ♪
11:17 ♪ Yeah, yeah, I start to roam ♪
11:19 ♪ Well, aside from all the home videos at the home ♪
11:21 ♪ Yeah, "Bounce House" was the first ♪
11:23 ♪ I proved that I'm a crazy man, rocking crazy jams ♪
11:26 ♪ Sitting next to homie Jacob Mann ♪
11:27 ♪ It wasn't for mine, I didn't have a channel ♪
11:30 ♪ But sitting next to him, I left the microphone dismantled ♪
11:33 ♪ We drove down Sunset, I rapped about what I saw ♪
11:35 ♪ I did my best to kick the funky rhythm, keep it raw ♪
11:38 ♪ 100K views overnight, thanks to Reddit ♪
11:41 ♪ And now I double down, I'm staying indebted to the car ♪
11:44 ♪ Spitting raw, third question getting revealed ♪
11:47 ♪ Every time I spit, I be deep up in my feels ♪
11:50 ♪ Harry Mack rap battles, that would be nice ♪
11:52 ♪ But I told y'all I don't battle ♪
11:53 ♪ And it's only happened twice ♪
11:55 ♪ Once, I was in seventh grade ♪
11:58 ♪ Way before I ever heard my records played ♪
12:01 ♪ I battled this dude who was smoother than silk ♪
12:03 ♪ He was a year younger in sixth grade, his name is Milk ♪
12:06 ♪ Still a dope rapper up in Portland and he's killing it ♪
12:09 ♪ He was rhyming very well and they was feeling it ♪
12:12 ♪ I did my thing, I tried to bring the heat ♪
12:14 ♪ But his fans was going way crazier and I got beat ♪
12:17 ♪ Can y'all imagine what that did to Harry's confidence ♪
12:21 ♪ Seventh grade deep, my sixth grader that's dominant ♪
12:23 ♪ Ayo, his flow is prominent, I had to learn ♪
12:26 ♪ Never step into the battle unless you gonna make 'em burn ♪
12:29 ♪ Second time it happened was in college ♪
12:31 ♪ Ayo, I ripped that dude and it's gotta be acknowledged ♪
12:34 ♪ But I told y'all I'm not about battling as a beast ♪
12:37 ♪ I'm all about spreading joy and filling y'all with peace ♪
12:40 ♪ Let's go, uh, y'all know where the disaster's at ♪
12:43 ♪ They said Harry Mack, we need a faster rap ♪
12:46 ♪ That's what we're gonna have to have happen indeed ♪
12:48 ♪ I mean we need to hear you increase your rapping speed ♪
12:51 ♪ I said okay, well I'ma turn it up and rip this ♪
12:54 ♪ So I'ma go from the 16th and turn it up to the triplets ♪
12:56 ♪ And every time that I rhyme right off of the metal ♪
12:58 ♪ I'm getting specific, I'm killing the whole entire game ♪
13:00 ♪ You know that the moves are deliberate ♪
13:02 ♪ Matter of fact, I might go to double time ♪
13:03 ♪ 'Cause when it comes to lyrics, never do a subtle rhyme ♪
13:05 ♪ H-Mack B coming off the top of the dome ♪
13:06 ♪ Every time that I'm rapping, I be locked in the zone ♪
13:07 ♪ I'ma do it to the camera at double time speed ♪
13:09 ♪ Push the pedal to the metal and I'm never gonna settle ♪
13:10 ♪ I go against the grain, I'm the freestyle rebel ♪
13:12 ♪ No puppets, I know ja pedal now ♪
13:14 ♪ I gotta slow it down so y'all can peep it ♪
13:16 ♪ When it come to speed switches, Harry goes the deepest ♪
13:18 ♪ That's the secret, y'all better learn it though, right? ♪
13:21 ♪ We on Wired right now, Mack's burning the mic ♪
13:24 ♪ It's like dah ♪
13:26 Huge shout out to the Wired audience.
13:33 It's a whole 'nother level of challenge for me as a freestyler
13:35 to try to be coherent when answering complex questions
13:38 and try to be fluent when expressing more complicated ideas like this
13:41 and in a narrative kind of way.
13:43 So super fun for me. Hope y'all enjoyed it.
13:45 Thank you so much for being here. We love you. Thank you.
13:48 [MUSIC]