BREAKING: Rapper Mac Miller Dead at 26

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Mac Miller has passed away at the age of 26.

The rapper was pronounced dead Friday of an apparent overdose, according to TMZ. Miller reportedly had a history of drug use.

In May 2018, Miller was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and hit and run after allegedly crashing into and knocking down a power pole and fleeing the scene with two passengers. Police arrived at the scene, ran Miller’s license plate number, and obtained his address. Miller confessed to the crash when police arrived at his home.

Born Malcolm James McCormick, the artist was from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In early 2010, Mac Miller signed a record deal with Pittsburgh-based indie record label Rostrum Records. He subsequently began recording his debut studio album Blue Slide Park, and released it on November 8, 2011. The album went on to debut at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, making it the first independently distributed debut album to top the chart since Tha Dogg Pound’s 1995 album, Dogg Food.

In early 2013, Mac Miller launched REMember Music, his own record label imprint, named after a friend who died. Miller’s second album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off, was released on June 18, 2013. In January 2014, Miller announced he was no longer signed to Rostrum Records. In October 2014, it was reported Mac Miller signed a record deal for him and his label REMember, with Warner Bros. Records.

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