| Heroes | |
| Cover: | Macklemore - Heroes.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Macklemore featuring DJ Premier |
| Album: | Ben |
| Released: | January 20, 2023 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Length: | 2:55 |
| Label: | Bendo |
| Chronology: | Macklemore |
| Prev Title: | Faithful |
| Prev Year: | 2022 |
| Next Title: | No Bad Days |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
"Heroes" is a song by American rapper Macklemore featuring American DJ DJ Premier. It was released on January 20, 2023, as the fourth single from Macklemore's third solo studio album Ben (2023). The song was produced by Budo and Tyler Dopps.
The song contains boom-bap production, over which Macklemore recounts his childhood inspirations and role models, including criminals and rappers. At one point, he compares the experience of watching Frozen with his kids to watching Menace II Society when he was a child.[1] Macklemore also pays homage to DJ Quik and N.W.A. as his idols, claiming to have first heard the latter when he was seven years old.[2] [3] [4] DJ Premier raps in the chorus.[1] [2]
The music video was directed by Macklemore and Jake Magraw, and released alongside the single. It finds Macklemore in New York City, where he raps on graffiti-filled rooftops and in front of a bodega.[3]