R.I.P. Mac Miller

Malcolm James McCormick was born on January 19th, 1992 and has past on September 8th of 2018. Mac began his career at the early age of 15 under the name “EZ Mac” releasing “My Mackin’ ain’t easy” in 2007. In early 2010, Mac was signed to Rostrum Records. Interest was starting to really be shown in him when he was working on the K.I.D.S mixtape, but he decided to stay at Rostrum because of it’s close location and association with Wiz Khalifa. At this point in his career, Mac was really rising in popularity and selling out shows. He then dropped “Best Day Ever” which had a few very popular singles, among these the very popular “Donald Trump”, which is still a popular song.
IN 2011, it was clear that MAc was here to stay when his project “Blue SLide Park” dropped and charted 1 on the billboard 200. Throughout his career, Mac was often praised for his ability to change his sound so drastically yet remain a consistent successful artist. The jump from Blue slide park to his next studio album was huge in term of art style. Mac went from Frat-boy style rap to a much more psychedelic sound with his album Watching Movies With the Sound off. All Mac Miller’s music has drug and alcohol references but WMWTSO is very drug influenced and could, by definition, be classified as “acid rap”. His next project directly after was even more different. It was titled Delusional Thomas and drew heavy influence from horror core rap. It is sang from the point of view of Delusional Thomas, an alias Mac created that is high pitched and much darker in tone then Mac’s other music. Not many artists can stray away from their sound so creatively and still perform enjoyable music.
My personal favorite project of Mac’s released right after DT, Faces. It, much like WMWTSO, is very drug influenced and is a very clear cut example of “acid rap”. Its extremely hypnotic and the story telling that is featured is some of Mac’s best. It has extensive samples and is the most cohesive project ive ever listened to in my opinion. Soon after this Mac dropped his album, GO:OD AM which is also very drug-influenced but more upbeat then his past projects. IN hindsight, his overdose was very predictable. He often referenced his own death and overdose in his music. prophetic.
The saddest part of Mac Miller’s death is the change that seemed to occur in his life in his music. The divine Feminine was much poppier then his old music and even though it had it’s more melancholic tracks like all Mac’s projects, it indicated a change. This is also around the time that Mac Miller was dating and very obviously in love with Ariana Grande. Even after their break-up, Mac’s latest album swimming seemed very positive and it seemed like he had changed his ways to a degree. It was very heavily based on healing and acceptance rather then self deprecation, drugs, and negativity
Mac passed around a month after Swimming released. It may not seem like a shock when you hear his lyrics such as “Ease the pain and the battle that’s within me. Sniff the same shit that got Whitney” and “a drug habit like Philip Hoffman will probably put me in a coffin,” but based off how his life was seeming, Mac’s death seemed out of nowhere. Mac was very self-aware and often though about the downfalls of fame, drug use, and death. yet his death still affects all his fans just as the death of a friend would. His music touched many and his life was filled with purpose. It was discovered for sure today that he overdosed on fetanyl and cocaine
RIP MAC MILLER