Mac Miller trivia: 79 facts about the late rapper!

Mac Miller was an American rapper. He died on September 7, 2018. He was struggling with substance abuse.

Let’s dive into some more trivia and facts about him!

1. His full name was Malcolm James McCormick
2. He was born on January 19, 1992
3. He died on September 7, 2018
4. He was known professionally as Mac Miller
5. He was an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer
6. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7. Mac Miller began his career in the city’s hip hop scene in 2007, at the age of fifteen
8. In 2010, he signed a record deal with Pittsburgh-based independent label Rostrum Records
9. With whom he had his breakthrough with the mixtapes K.I.D.S. (2010) and Best Day Ever (2011)
10. Miller’s debut studio album, Blue Slide Park (2011), became the first independently distributed album to top the US Billboard 200 since 1995
11. In 2013, he founded the record label imprint REMember Music
12. After his second studio album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off (2013), he left Rostrum
13. Then, he signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records in 2014
14. With them, he released three studio albums: GO:OD AM (2015), The Divine Feminine (2016), and Swimming (2018)
15. For Swimming, he was posthumously nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
16. He also served as a record producer for various artists
17. Including himself, under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman
18. Miller struggled with substance abuse
19. It was often referenced in his lyrics
20. He was a son of Karen Meyers, a photographer
21. And Mark McCormick, an architect
22. He had an older brother, Miller
23. His mother is Jewish, and his father is Christian
24. He and his brother were raised Jewish
25. He attended a Catholic grade school to “ensure a good education and a chance to play football and lacrosse”
26. He later went to Winchester Thurston School
27. He graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School
28. A self-taught musician, Miller played piano, guitar, drums, and bass by the age of six
29. He first started rapping at the age of fourteen
30. Before that, he wanted to be a singer
31. In high school, he decided to focus on his hip hop career
32. He originally went by the name Easy Mac
33. And released the mixtape But My Mackin’ Ain’t Easy in 2007 at the age of fifteen
34. By 2009, he established himself as Mac Miller
35. He, then, released two mixtapes: The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown and The High Life
36. At the 2010 Pittsburgh Hip Hop Awards, Miller won 21 & Under of the Year
37. And Best Hip Hop Video for “Live Free”
38. Miller’s estate began approving posthumous music releases in June 2019
39. With the collaborative singles “Time” with Free Nationals and Kali Uchis, and “That’s Life” with 88-Keys and Sia
40. Miller included Big L, Lauryn Hill, Beastie Boys, Outkast, and A Tribe Called Quest among his influences
41. He had a close relationship with fellow Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa
42. Miller spoke openly about his struggle with substance abuse and depression
43. To manage stress during his Macadelic Tour in 2012, Miller began taking promethazine
44. He later became addicted to purple drank, also known as “lean”
45. He quit taking promethazine in November 2012
46. Before shooting his reality show Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family
47. In 2014, Miller was taking drugs daily
48. Aand felt that the final track on Faces, “Grand Finale”, was “supposed to be the last song [he] made on Earth”
49. Recounting that period to Billboard in August 2015, Miller was “definitely way healthier” but not “completely” sober
50. He stated he “hated” being sober in a February 2016 documentary
51. Miller had become sober for three months by October 2016
52. Noting his better mood and maintained creativity
53. However, when asked about his sobriety in April 2017, Miller said he was now “living regularly”
54. Miller was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Nomi Leasure
55. Whom he met in middle school, for seven years until 2016
56. Many of the songs on his mixtape Macadelic were about their relationship
57. Miller dated singer Ariana Grande from August 2016 to May 2018
58. On September 7, 2018, Miller was found unresponsive in his Studio City home by his personal assistant
59. Who called 911 and performed CPR until paramedics arrived
60. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:51 a.m. (PDT), from a suspected drug overdose
61. He had been scheduled for a video shoot on the day of his death
62. In his will, Miller named his mother, father, and brother as beneficiaries
63. He was buried at Homewood Cemetery in his hometown of Pittsburgh, in a Jewish funeral
64. On November 5, 2018, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office determined that Miller died from an accidental drug overdose
65. Due to a “mixed drug toxicity” of fentanyl, alcohol, and cocaine
66. Thousands of fans held a vigil in Miller’s honor on September 11, 2018, at Pittsburgh’s Blue Slide Park
67. In respect to his 2011 debut album of the same name
68. A tribute concert, Mac Miller: A Celebration of Life, was held on October 31, 2018, in Los Angeles
69. Many of his friends and collaborators performed or provided messages at the concert
70. Proceeds raised benefited the newly-established Mac Miller Circles Fun
71. Which aims to support youth arts and community-building programs in his memory
72. The charity had raised over $700,000 by January 2019
73. In May 2019, the renamed Mac Miller Fund issued its first grants, including $50,000 to MusiCares
74. Which was used to launch their Mac Miller Legacy Fund to help young musicians with substance abuse issues
75. On September 4, 2019, 23-year-old Cameron James Pettit was charged with distribution of a controlled substance
76. For allegedly supplying Miller with counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl two days before his death
77. According to court documents, Miller had asked to be given Percocet
78. A prescribed painkiller containing oxycodone
79. In addition to cocaine and Xanax