Miller found wild success in the era of hip-hop blogs as a rapper that catered to fans in his direct demographic: young, and looking to have fun. He quickly racked up an enormous following as a good-natured, preternaturally talented wordsmith while still in his teens, releasing a series of mixtapes.īy 2010, he’d ditched the moniker for the simpler Mac Miller, and signed with Rostrum Records, the label of fellow Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa, whose career was burgeoning at the time. Miller was born in Pittsburgh in 1992, and first broke onto the hip-hop scene when he began rapping at 14 under the alias EZ Mac. “I have cared for him and tried to support his sobriety and prayed for his balance for years (and always will of course).” “I am not a babysitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they need to be,” she wrote. According to tweets from his ex-girlfriend Ariana Grande, his substance abuse was a reason the pair broke up after two years. After a years-long period of sobriety, he began to drink again. Miller had been open about his addiction issues in the past, and had discussed his dependence on lean - a combination of codeine and promethazine - extensively. Miller, whose real name is Malcolm McCormick, had publicly struggled with substance abuse throughout his career, and had a well-publicized DUI arrest in May of this year. To do so, he often turned away from guaranteed commercial success in favor of experimentation and craftsmanship in his work. He transitioned from party rap to heady backpacker lyricism to jazz-inflected songwriting in his final two albums. While initially counted as a member of the frat-rap genre of the early 2010s, Miller’s career was defined by a refusal to fit in an artistic box.
At this time, an autopsy is pending and a cause of death has not been determined.” Authorities were called and Miller was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:51 a.m. 7, Malcolm McCormick (dob 1/19/92) was found unresponsive in his home located in the 11600 block of Valleycrest Drive in Studio City. The County of Los Angeles medical examiner said in a statement Friday, “In the late morning of Sept. There are no further details as to the cause of his death at this time.” “He was a bright light in this world for his family, friends and fans. Thank you for your prayers. “Malcolm McCormick, known and adored by fans as Mac Miller, has tragically passed away at the age of 26,” his family said in a statement. The apparent cause of death was a drug overdose.
Mac Miller, the 26-year-old rapper known for his canny wordplay and artistic reinvention, died Friday at his Los Angeles home.
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