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He even held up a photo of himself standing next to Macklemore and asked fans to point out Ryan Lewis in the picture and, still, no one recognized him. It’s also pretty clear that no one has any idea what Lewis does in the band. The prank gets especially entertaining — and cringe inducing — when people finally figure out who it is they are talking to. Needless to say they won’t forget what Lewis looks like anytime soon. **MORE**: [VIDEO: Watch Charli XCX’s _The Fault In Our Stars_ Clip for “Boom Clap”](http://time.com/2818024/charli-xcx-fault-in-our-stars-boom-clap/) **MORE**: [Grammys 2014: Macklemore Says Kendrick Lamar “Was Robbed” On Best Rap Album](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/27/grammys-2014-macklemore-says-kendrick-lamar-was-robbed-on-best-rap-album/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2819257/watch-ryan-lewis-ask-macklemore-fans-what-they-think-of-ryan-lewis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2819257/watch-ryan-lewis-ask-macklemore-fans-what-they-think-of-ryan-lewis/"},"headline":"Watch Ryan Lewis Ask Macklemore Fans What They Think Of Ryan Lewis","datePublished":"2014-06-04T12:00:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:19.905Z","description":"Poor Ryan Lewis","url":"https://time.com/2819257/watch-ryan-lewis-ask-macklemore-fans-what-they-think-of-ryan-lewis/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc772b3a30a972ef4/69869617169ab0b741279c0b/screen-shot-2014-06-04-at-7-21-42-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc772b3a30a972ef4/69869617169ab0b741279c0b/screen-shot-2014-06-04-at-7-21-42-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-06-04 at 7.21.42 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2819257/watch-ryan-lewis-ask-macklemore-fans-what-they-think-of-ryan-lewis/","name":"Watch Ryan Lewis Ask Macklemore Fans What They Think Of Ryan Lewis"}}]}] ```