He went on to tour with Lil Wayne, release the jazz EP You (2012) under the name Larry Lovestein and the Velvet Revival and launch his own MTV reality show, before recruiting Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt and Pharrell Williams and striking a more serious, forthright tone on psychedelic, synth driven second album Watching Movies With The Sound Off (2013).Īrtist biography compiled by BDS/West 10.

Compared to the likes of The Beastie Boys, Outkast and A Tribe Called Quest, Miller's bubblegum pop, dreamy 'cloud rap' hallucinations and cartoonish beats shot album Blue Slide Park (2011) to the top of the US charts, making it the first independent release to debut at Number 1 since 1995. (2010) and Best Day Ever (2011) started to gain widespread attention. He was also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. Raised in the suburbs, Mac (real name Malcolm James McCormick) started rapping and singing at 15 with the crew The Ill Spoken (which also included MC Beedie), but it was through the mentoring and support of Wiz Khalifa that his skills grew and mix-tapes K.I.D.S. Malcolm McCormick, also known by his stage name Mac Miller, was an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We miss you everyday 1 / 3 210 7 r/MacMiller Join 12 days ago Took me over 100 hours to draw this Mac inspired piece, hope y’all like it and can find the references, some concrete and some more abstract.

Part of a wave of young, open minded, independent hip hop stars who are less obsessed with bling and gangsta cliches, Mac Miller is a white, Jewish kid from Pittsburgh producing college party jumpers, stoner anthems and funny one-liner put downs. Happy Birthday Mac We will always love and celebrate you.

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