- Rapper Macklemore once took a dive in an OceanGate submersible to go shark spotting in July 2014.
- "I'm actually going to be going down underwater, 400 feet," Macklemore said in a promotional clip.
- The OceanGate team said they "sank a bait ball" two days before the dive to attract marine life.
Rapper Macklemore once took a dive in an OceanGate submersible back in July 2014 — in search of sharks.
Macklemore's dive was organized in partnership with OceanGate's primary philanthropic partner OceanGate Foundation, and Discovery Channel's television series "Daily Planet," per OceanGate's website.
OceanGate used a submersible named Antipodes for the expedition, which took place at Elliot Bay, Washington. OceanGate said on its website that the Antipodes can be "utilized for shallow expeditions" and can "explore to depths of 305 meters (1,000) feet."
"Our objective was to find the elusive sixgill sharks that roam the deep waters in Puget Sound and fulfill a lifelong dream and ambition of Macklemore, a devoted shark enthusiast," OceanGate's website wrote.
The entire expedition was documented by Discovery Channel, which aired the feature on August 11, 2014, as part of their week-long programming event, Shark Week.
"I'm actually going to be going down underwater, 400 feet. We are going to find some sixgill sharks," Macklemore could be heard saying in a promotional clip for the feature.
The survey expedition was a success, and Macklemore and the crew were able to spot a sixgill shark, OceanGate said. The OceanGate team said they had "sank a bait ball to a depth of over 400 feet two days prior to the dive" to attract marine life.
OceanGate and its CEO Stockton Rush have come under scrutiny after the firm's Titan submersible vanished during a dive to the Titanic shipwreck on June 18.
The US Coast Guard later said on June 22 that the Titan submersible had likely imploded, killing all five of its passengers, including Rush himself.
Representatives for OceanGate did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.