Mac Miller

Mac Miller
Miller performing in 2017
Miller performing in 2017
Background information
Birth nameMalcolm James McCormick
Also known as
  • Delusional Thomas
  • Easy Mac
  • Larry Fisherman
  • Larry Lovestein
  • The Velvet Revival
Born(1992-01-19)January 19, 1992
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 7, 2018(2018-09-07) (aged 26)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of deathAcute combined drug intoxication
Works
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Years active2007–2018
Labels
Websitemacmillerswebsite.com

Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Miller began his career in Pittsburgh's local hip hop scene in 2007, at the age of 15. In 2010, he signed a record deal with independent label Rostrum Records and released his breakthrough mixtapes K.I.D.S. (2010) and Best Day Ever (2011). Miller's debut studio album, Blue Slide Park (2011), became the first independently distributed debut album to top the US Billboard 200 since 1995.

In 2013, he founded the record label imprint REMember Music. After his second studio album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off (2013), he left Rostrum and signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records in 2014. With them, he released four studio albums: GO:OD AM (2015), The Divine Feminine (2016), Swimming (2018), and the posthumous Circles (2020). For Swimming, he was posthumously nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Along with recording, he also served as a record producer for himself and other artists under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman.

Miller struggled with addiction and substance abuse, which was often referenced in his lyrics.[1] After a relapse, he died from an accidental drug overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and alcohol at his home at the age of 26.

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