Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper and singer. He was also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the cross-country skier, see Mack Miller. Mac Miller Mac Miller Governors Ball.jpg Miller performing at the NYC Governor's Ball, June 18, 2011 Background information Birth name Malcolm James McCormick Also known as Delusional Thomas EZ Mac Larry Fisherman Larry Lovestein The Velvet Revival Born January 19, 1992 (age 24) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Genres Hip hop Occupation(s) Rapper producer Instruments Vocals drums guitar piano Years active 2007–present Labels REMember Warner Bros. (current) Rostrum (former) Associated acts The Ill Spoken Ab-Soul Casey Veggies Earl Sweatshirt Pharrell Williams Schoolboy Q Vince Staples Wiz Khalifa Rapsody Domo Genesis Website www.macmillerofficial.com Malcolm James McCormick (born January 19, 1992),[1] best known by his stage name Mac Miller, is an American rapper from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. Miller is also becoming known for taking on multiple alter-egos, under the aliases Delusional Thomas, Larry Lovestein and The Velvet Revival, respectively.

In early 2010, 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 US 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, 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 Miller signed a record deal for him and his label REMember, with Warner Bros. Records.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 2007–10: Career beginnings 2.2 2011–12: Blue Slide Park and other releases 2.3 2012–13: Watching Movies with the Sound Off 2.4 2014–15: Faces, Deal with Warner Bros. and GO:OD AM 2.5 2016–present: The Divine Feminine 3 Influences 4 Personal life 4.1 Legal issues 5 Discography 5.1 Studio albums 6 Tours 7 References 8 External links Early life Malcolm James McCormick was born on January 19, 1992, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Karen Meyers, a photographer, and Mark McCormick, an architect.[2][3] His father is Christian and his mother is Jewish; Miller was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah.[4][5][6] He was raised in the Point Breeze part of Pittsburgh.[1][7] Miller attended Winchester Thurston School and Taylor Allderdice High School.[8] In high school, Miller decided to focus on his hip hop career, later noting, "Once I hit 15, I got real serious about it and it changed my life completely ... I used to be into sports, play all the sports, go to all the high school parties. But once I found out hip-hop is almost like a job, that's all I did."[1] Miller, a self-taught musician, plays piano, guitar, drums, and bass.[1][9]

Career 2007–10: Career beginnings Miller first started rapping at the age of fourteen.[10] Before that, he wanted to be a singer.[11] Prior to changing his name to Mac Miller, he was known as EZ Mac and released the mixtape But My Mackin' Ain't Easy in 2007 at the age of fifteen. Miller was also part of rap group The Ill Spoken together with fellow Pittsburgh rapper, Beedie. The Ill Spoken released the mixtape How High in 2008. In 2009 Mac Miller released two mixtapes The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown and The High Life before getting signed to Rostrum Records. In 2009 at age 17, he made it to the final four in Rhyme Calisthenics, the MC competition at Shadow Lounge.[12]

In early 2010, Miller signed with Rostrum Records.[13] Rostrum president Benjy Grinberg met Miller while recording with Wiz Khalifa at ID Labs.[14] Although Grinberg started giving Miller advice, he didn't show any interest in getting involved with his career until the artist began work on the K.I.D.S. mixtape, when, as he later told HitQuarters, Grinberg "noticed a maturation in his sound and approach to his music."[14] By that point Miller had started attracting interest from different record companies but chose Rostrum due to its location in his hometown and association with Wiz Khalifa.[14] K.I.D.S. was released by the label in August 2010.[1] The mixtape was inspired by the movie Kids. A significant breakthrough came in late 2010 when Miller embarked on his first tour, the Incredibly Dope Tour, selling out every location.[14] In 2010, he won two awards at the Pittsburgh hip hop awards.[15]

2011–12: Blue Slide Park and other releases Main articles: Best Day Ever (mixtape) and Blue Slide Park

Miller performing at the NYC Governor's Ball in 2011. Miller's fifth release was the mixtape, Best Day Ever featuring the single "Donald Trump" and hit songs "Wear My Hat" and "All Around The World". The mixtape featured mainstream producers such as Just Blaze, 9th Wonder, and Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids. On November 22, 2010 his first single "Knock Knock" premiered its video on YouTube.[16] On March 29, 2011, he released an EP called On And On And Beyond. The six-track work was produced by Rostrum Records. On July 5, 2011, Miller announced the title of his first album Blue Slide Park on his YouTube channel, set for a Fall release.[17] In September 2011 it was revealed that Miller would release a mixtape titled 92 Til Infinity hosted by DJ Jazzy Jeff prior to the release of Blue Slide Park.[18] However, the release did not happen, and it was since then left in planning. Miller featured on Maroon 5's remix of their hit song "Moves Like Jagger".[19]

On October 14, 2011, Mac Miller released a 13 song mixtape called I Love Life, Thank You, featuring Sir Michael Rocks of The Cool Kids, Talib Kweli, and Bun B. On November 2011, Blue Slide Park debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 144,000 copies.[20] This was the first independently distributed debut to take the number one spot on the Billboard albums chart since Tha Dogg Pound’s 1995 release Dogg Food.[21] In 2011 Miller was one of eleven rappers featured in XXL magazine's Freshman Class of 2011.[22] In 2011, his first TV appearance took place in the VH1 show Single Ladies; he played a fictionalized version of himself that succeeded in selling one of his mixtapes to one of the main characters. Also in 2011, he was a part of MTV Jams Fab Five artists.[23]

On February 15, 2012, Mac Miller uploaded a trailer on YouTube for his long anticipated music video "Missed Calls".[24] It was released on his official YouTube channel on June 22, 2012.[25] On March 23, 2012, Mac Miller released his seventh mixtape called Macadelic. He released "Loud" as a single from the mixtape. "Loud" peaked at number 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[26] Miller also released a video for "Thoughts From A Balcony". In June 2012 Mac Miller premiered the song "Onaroll" available on YouTube. "Onaroll" is performed by Mac Miller and produced by Pharrell Williams, from a future collaboration EP titled Pink Slime.[27][28] On August 7, 2012 Miller released a further single from "Pink Slime", "Glow", available for free download.[29][30] On September 1, Miller released another free song called "PlaneCarBoat" which features West Coast rapper Schoolboy Q and was produced by himself.[31]

On November 21, 2012, Miller released an iTunes exclusive EP entitled You under the name Larry Lovestein & The Velvet Revival. Rather than rap, the EP features Miller crooning over lounging jazz instrumentals.[32]

2012–13: Watching Movies with the Sound Off Main article: Watching Movies with the Sound Off On October 14, Miller announced Pink Slime would be released before the end of 2012 and that his second album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off, will be released in early 2013.[33][34] Watching Movies With the Sound Off is set to feature guest appearances from Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, the Creator, Action Bronson and Jay Electronica.[35][36] When speaking of the album Miller said that it is "very introspective and very personal so it’s kind of throwing it all out there and seeing what happens."[37]

He also announced his plans to finally release 92 Til Infinity with DJ Jazzy Jeff in early 2013 prior to his release.[38] Mac Miller is currently featured on a six-episode reality series titled Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family on MTV2. It features the production of Watching Movies With the Sounds Off and premiered on February 26, 2013. The first trailer was released on January 20, 2013.[39]

On March 4, 2013, Miller released a new mixtape solely featuring instrumentals made by Miller titled, Run-On Sentences Vol. 1 under his production alias "Larry Fisherman".[40] On March 9, he would announce the first single from Watching Movies with the Sound Off to be "Somebody Do Somethin'" and to release soon. He premiered a snippet of the song of the second episode of his reality show.[41] On May 2, 2013, he announced via UStream and Twitter that Watching Movies with the Sound Off would be released on, June 18, 2013.[42] The album was met with generally positive reviews upon its release, with most critics praising his new psychedelic sound. The album also received commercial success debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 101,000 copies in its first week.[43] The album spawned three singles; "S.D.S.", "Watching Movies" and "Goosebumpz".

Mac Miller founded REMember Music, his own record label imprint in early 2013, named after a friend who died.[44] He also fully produced Odd Future affiliate Vince Staples' mixtape, Stolen Youth.[45] During October 2013, Miller toured Europe with fellow rappers Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz.[46] On October 31, 2013, Mac Miller released a new self-produced mixtape named Delusional Thomas.[47] On December 17, 2013, Miller released his first live album, Live from Space. Following that, he plans to begin working with Pharrell again on their collaboration EP Pink Slime to be released during 2014.[48] He is also currently working on four separate projects, that he already has at least seven songs done on each. He told MTV that they include his next solo "Mac Miller album," and it had came together by accident.[49]

2014–15: Faces, Deal with Warner Bros. and GO:OD AM On January 14, 2014, Mac Miller announced he was no longer signed to Rostrum Records.[50][51] On May 11, 2014, Miller independently released his tenth solo mixtape, Faces.[52] On October 21, 2014, it was revealed Miller signed a recording contract and a distribution deal for his label REMember Music, with Warner Bros. Records, for a reported $10 million.[53] On July 30, 2015, Miller revealed that he had completed his third studio album, which will be his major label debut.[54] On August 5, 2015, Mac Miller revealed his album title to be GO:OD AM with a release date of September 18, 2015, and that a music video for the first single "100 Grandkids" would drop August 6.[55]

2016–present: The Divine Feminine On July 28, 2016, Mac Miller announced his fourth album, The Divine Feminine, and debuted its first single, "Dang!", featuring guest vocals from Anderson .Paak. The album is scheduled to be released on September 16, 2016.[56][57]

Influences Mac Miller includes Big L, Lauryn Hill, the Beastie Boys, Outkast, and A Tribe Called Quest among his influences.[9] He also has a close relationship with fellow Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa, saying "Wiz has been a big brother to me with this music thing so far. Our relationship is beyond music. He really is just my homie, whether I will be making music or not."[58]

Personal life Miller has said that he became addicted to a combination of promethazine and codeine known as "purple drank" or "lean." which he began taking to manage the stress he was enduring during his Macadelic Tour in 2012. In January 2013, Miller told Complex:

I love lean; it’s great. I was not happy and I was on lean very heavy. I was so fucked up all the time it was bad. My friends couldn’t even look at me the same. I was lost.[21]

At the time of Miller's addiction, his childhood friend, Jimmy Murton, said: "I saw him in that mentality I remember being in—you’re getting fucked up because you feel like you need to. You’re trying to get away from everything. For how much he was drinking, it’s unbelievable that he stopped. It’s definitely one of the most impressive things he’s ever done." Miller quit taking promethazine in November 2012, before he started the shooting of his upcoming reality show, Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family.[21]

Miller was in a long term relationship with a girl he met in middle school for four years until April 2013. Many of the songs on his mixtape Macadelic were about their relationship.[59]

Legal issues In February 2011, while on tour in Upstate New York, Miller and his friends were arrested for possession of marijuana for which they had to spend the night in jail. The case was settled.[60]

On July 9, 2012,[61] producer Lord Finesse filed a $10 million lawsuit against Mac Miller, Rostrum Records and DatPiff for the use of a sample of Finesse's song "Hip 2 Da Game" used in Miller's 2010 mixtape song "Kool-Aid and Frozen Pizza."[62] In January 2013, the lawsuit was settled outside of court with actual legal results not revealed.[63]

Discography Main articles: Mac Miller discography and Mac Miller production discography Studio albums Blue Slide Park (2011) Watching Movies with the Sound Off (2013) GO:OD AM (2015) The Divine Feminine (2016) Tours The Incredibly Dope Tour (2011) Blue Slide Park Tour (2011) Macadelic Tour (2012) Under the Influence of Music Tour (2012) (with Wiz Khalifa) The Space Migration Tour (2013) GO:OD AM Tour (2015-16) References ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Todd, Deborah M. (August 12, 2010). "Like Wiz Khalifa, rapper Mac Miller is another talent from Allderdice". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 23, 2011. Jump up ^ "Mac Miller: From blue slide to Billboard — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Printer friendly". Post-gazette.com. November 8, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2013. Jump up ^ "J Magazine issue 2". Issuu.com. March 10, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2013. Jump up ^ Phillips, Rashad (March 9, 2011). "Mac Miller Talks Jewish Heritage". HipHop DX. Retrieved November 24, 2011. 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Pittsburgh City Paper. March 31, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2011. Jump up ^ "PRESS RELEASE: Mac Miller Signs to Rostrum Records – – Are You In That Mood Yet ?". Areyouinthatmoodyet.com. July 21, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2011. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Interview With Benjy Grinberg". HitQuarters. October 17, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2011. Jump up ^ Mervis, Scott (March 31, 2011). "How Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller and Girl Talk became the new face of the music scene". Post-gazette.com. Retrieved November 24, 2011. Jump up ^ "Mac Miller – Knock Knock". Youtube. Retrieved July 5, 2011. Jump up ^ Miller, Mac. "Mac Miller – Album Title Announcement". Youtube. Retrieved July 5, 2011. Jump up ^ "Mac Miller To Release "Blue Slide Park" On November 8TH + Album Art". MacMiller.org. Retrieved September 17, 2011. Jump up ^ "Mac Miller to Appear on Maroon 5′s "Moves Like Jagger (Remix)"". Xxlmag.Com. September 14, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2011. Jump up ^ Jacobs, Allen (November 16, 2011). 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Retrieved August 7, 2012 Jump up ^ "#glow -. Twitter. Retrieved August 7, 2012 Jump up ^ "Listen Up: "PlaneCarBoat" By Mac Miller Feat. ScHoolboy Q". Ology. Retrieved September 6, 2012. Jump up ^ "iTunes – Music – You – EP by Larry Lovestein & The Velvet Revival". Itunes.apple.com. November 21, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2013. Jump up ^ My Sophomore Album Title Is: Watching Movies With The Sound Off. Twitter. Retrieved October 14, 2012 Jump up ^ pink slime will be out before the end of the year. and Watching Movies will be out early next year.. Twitter. Retrieved October 14, 2012 Jump up ^ "Mac Miller Says "TDE Will Be A Big Part" Of Next Album, Talks Bond With ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul & Cam'ron". Retrieved November 2, 2012. Jump up ^ "Mac Miller: King of the Hill (2013 Online Cover Story)". Complex. Retrieved February 19, 2013. Jump up ^ "Interview: Mac Miller Speaks On Winning Complex's Man Of Next Year". Complex. Retrieved February 19, 2013. Jump up ^ "Mac Miller & DJ Jazzy Jeff To Release "'92 Til Infinity" In Early 2013". HipHopDX. Cheri Media Group. November 26, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012. Jump up ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (January 20, 2013). "Mac Miller & MTV2's "Mac Miller And The Most Dope Family" Reality Show Trailer". HipHop DX. Retrieved February 19, 2013. Jump up ^ HipHopDX (March 4, 2013). "Mac Miller "Run-On Sentences: Vol. 1" Mixtape Stream & Download". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 9, 2015. Jump up ^ Daniel Isenberg. "Mac Miller Announces First Single Off His Next Album". Complex. Retrieved March 9, 2015. Jump up ^ Miller, Mac (May 2, 2013). "Twitter / MacMiller: Watching Movies With The Sound". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 25, 2013. Jump up ^ Paine, Jake (June 26, 2013). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/23/2013 | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHopDX. Retrieved August 25, 2013. Jump up ^ Ahmed, Insanul (January 29, 2013). "He's Starting His Own Label, REMember Music". complex.com. Complex Media. Retrieved January 30, 2013. Jump up ^ Ahmed, Insanul (January 29, 2013). "He's Producing an EP for Vince Staples". complex.com. Complex Media. Retrieved January 30, 2013. Jump up ^ HipHopDX (March 5, 2013). "Lil Wayne Postpones European Tour". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 9, 2015. Jump up ^ "Mac Miller - Delusional Thomas". DatPiff. Retrieved March 9, 2015. Jump up ^ Mac Miller And Pharrell's Collaborative Project Out Next Year – XXL Jump up ^ HipHopDX (January 3, 2014). "Mac Miller Says He's Working On Four Albums". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 9, 2015. Jump up ^ Rys, Dan (January 14, 2014). "Mac Miller Leaves Rostrum Records". XXL Magazine. Retrieved October 18, 2014. Jump up ^ Kramer, Kyle (January 14, 2014). "Mac Miller Announces He's Leaving Rostrum Records". Complex Magazine. Retrieved October 21, 2014. Jump up ^ Breihan, Tom (May 12, 2014). "Download Mac Miller Faces Mixtape". Sterogum.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014. Jump up ^ Zeichner, Naomi (October 21, 2014). "Exclusive: Mac Miller Signs His Label To Warner Bros Records". The Fader. Retrieved October 21, 2014. Jump up ^ "Mac Miller's 3rd Studio Album Is Done". Hotnewhiphop.com. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Jump up ^ "Mac Miller Announces New Album Title & Release Date". Hotnewhiphop.com. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Jump up ^ Morris, Jessie (July 28, 2016). "Mac Miller Announces 'The Divine Feminine' Album and Shares New Song "DANG!" f/ Anderson .Paak". Complex. Retrieved July 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Strauss, Matthew (July 28, 2016). "Mac Miller Announces New Album The Divine Feminine, Shares New Track Featuring Anderson .Paak". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Tobias, Jonathan. "DXnext: Mac Miller". HipHopDX, Cheri Media Group. Retrieved May 22, 2011. Jump up ^ "Interview: Mac Miller « The FADER". Thefader.com. June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2013. Jump up ^ Ahmed, Insanul (November 29, 2011). "Interview: The Night Mac Miller Spent In Jail". complex.com. Complex Media. Retrieved January 30, 2013. Jump up ^ Horowitz, Steven J (13 July 2012). "For Promotional Use Only?". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2016. Jump up ^ "6. Lord Finesse Sues Mac Miller for Using His Beat on a Mixtape — The 25 Biggest Hip-Hop Fails of 2012". Complex. Retrieved February 19, 2013. Jump up ^ Kaufman, Gil (January 16, 2013). "Mac Miller Settles $10 Million Lord Finesse Lawsuit — Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV.com. Retrieved February 19, 2013. 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Mac Miller Biography Showing all 6 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Trivia (1) | Personal Quotes (1) Overview (3) Date of Birth 19 January 1992, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Birth Name Malcolm James McCormick Nickname Easy Mac Mini Bio (1) Mac Miller was born on January 19, 1992 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA as Malcolm James McCormick. He is a producer, known for Grand Theft Auto V (2013), 2012 MTV Video Music Awards (2012) and RapFix Live (2010). Trivia (1) Good friends with Ariana Grande. Personal Quotes (1) [on his 2013 album 'Watching Movies with the Sound Off'] It was great to just like really have a firm belief in what I was doing and stand by it and fight for it and just kind of trust my own creative thought process, and then have it work out in both reception, quality-wise, and also commercial success-wise. It's not necessarily about the numbers, but it was great to me that an album like that could sell, and especially on an independent label.

מק מילר

מק מילר Mac Miller Governors Ball.jpg מלקולם מופיע באירוע ה-"Governors Ball" שנערך בניו יורק, בשנת 2011. מידע כללי תאריך לידה 19 בינואר 1992 (בן 24) מוקד פעילות פיטסבורג, פנסילבניה, ארצות הברית שנות פעילות 2007 - היום סוגה ראפ, היפ-הופ עיסוק זמר חברת תקליטים Most Dope רוסטרום רקורדס

שיתופי פעולה בולטים אב-סול, קייסי וג'יס, פארל וויליאמס, סקולבוי קיו, וינס סטייפלס, וויז קאליפה Allmusic mn0002653603 macmillerofficial.com מלקולם ג'יימס מק'קורמיק (באנגלית: Malcolm James McCormick; נולד ב-19 בינואר 1992)[1], הידוע תחת שמות הבמה: מק מילר (Mac Miller) ולארי פישרמן (Larry Fisherman), הוא ראפר ומפיק מוזיקלי יהודי-אמריקאי מפיטסבורג, פנסילבניה.

תוכן עניינים [%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%94] 1 ילדותו 2 קריירה 2.1 2007 – 2010: תחילת הקריירה 2.2 2011 – 2012: "Blue Slide Park" ופרויקטים נוספים 2.3 2013 – היום 3 בעיות משפטיות 4 דיסקוגרפיה 4.1 אלבומי אולפן 4.2 מיני אלבום 4.3 אלבומי הופעה 4.4 מיקסטייפ 5 סיבובי הופעות 6 קישורים חיצוניים 7 הערות שוליים ילדותו[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] מלקולם ג'יימס מק'קורמיק נולד ב-19 בינואר 1992 בפיטסבורג, פנסילבניה. אימו, קרן מאיירס, היא צלמת ואביו, מארק מק'קורמיק, הוא ארכיטקט[2][3]. אביו הוא נוצרי ואימו היא יהודייה; מילר גדל כיהודי וכשהגיע לגיל 13 חגג בר מצווה[4][5][6]. מלקולם סיים ללמוד בבית הספר ת'רסטון וינצ'סטר ובתיכון טיילור אלדרדייס[7]. בתיכון מילר החליט להתמקד בקריירת ההיפ הופ שלו, מאוחר יותר הוא ציין: "ברגע שהגעתי לגיל 15, אני נהייתי מאד רציני בקשר לזה ושינתי לחלוטין את החיים שלי... נהגתי לשחק בכל סוגי הספורט, ללכת לכל מסיבות התיכונים. אך ברגע שגילתי את ההיפ הופ, הוא היה כמעט כמו מקצוע, זה כל מה שעשיתי"[1]. מילר לימד את עצמו מוזיקה, לנגן על פסנתר, גיטרה, תופים ובס[1][8].

קריירה[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] 2007 – 2010: תחילת הקריירה[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] מלקולם התחיל לראפראפ בגיל ארבע עשרה[9]. לפני כן הוא רצה להיות להיות זמר-יוצר[10]. לפני שמלקולם שינה את שם הבמה שלו ל"מק מילר", הוא השתמש בשם הבמה "איזי מק" (EZ Mac) וב-2007 (כשהיה בן חמש עשרה) הוא הוציא לאור את המיקסטייפ "But My Mackin' Ain't Easy". מלקולם היה חלק מהרכב הראפ דה איל ספוקן (The Ill Spoken) יחד עם חברו הראפר בידי. ב-2008 חברי דה איל ספוקן הוציאו לאור יחד את המיקסטייפ "How High". ב-2009 מלקולם הוציא לאור שני מיקסטייפים, "The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown" ו-"The High Life".

ב-2010 מלקולם חתם בחברת התקליטים רוסטרום רקורדס[11]. באוגוסט הוא הוציא לאור את המיקסטייפ ".K.I.D.S"[1]. מלקולם קיבל השראה מהסרט קידס של לארי קלארק ביצירת המיקסטייפ. פריצת דרך משמעותית התרחשה בסוף 2010, כשמלקולם החל במסע ההופעות הראשון שלו, שנקרא The Incredibly Dope Tour, שבה ההופעות של מלקולם זכו להצלחה רבה[12]. באותה השנה הוא זכה בשני פרסים בפרסי ההיפ הופ של פיטסבורג[13].

2011 – 2012: "Blue Slide Park" ופרויקטים נוספים[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] Mac Miller Governors Ball 2011.jpg ב-2011 מלקולם הוציא לאור את המיקסטייפ החמישי שלו, "Best Day Ever", שכלל בתוכו את הסינגלים: "Donald Trump", "Wear My Hat" ו-"All Around The World". המיקסטייפ הופק על ידי ג'אסט בלייז, 9th Wonder וצ'אק אינגליש (מההרכב דה קול קידס). ב-29 במרץ הוא הוציא לאור את המיני אלבום "On And On And Beyond". באוקטובר מלקולם הוציא לאור את המיקסטייפ "I Love Life, Thank You", שכלל הופעות אורח של האומנים: סר מייקל רוקס (מההרכב דה קול קידס), טאליב קוולי ובאן בי.

ב-8 בנובמבר 2011 הוא הוציא לאור את אלבום הבכורה שלו, שנקרא "Blue Slide Park". האלבום הגיע למקום ה-1 במצעד בילבורד 200, כשנמכרו כ-145 אלף עותקים של האלבום בשבוע הראשון לצאתו. אלבום זה הוא האלבום הראשון שיצא לאור בהפצה עצמאית והגיע לראש המצעד, מאז האלבום "Dogg Food" של ההרכב דה דוג פאונד ב-1995[14]. באותה השנה מלקולם עשה את ההופעה הטלוויזיונית הראשונה שלו בתוכנית Single Ladies של הערוץ VH1.

ב-23 במרץ 2012 מלקולם הוציא לאור את המיקסטייפ השביעי שלו, "Macadelic", שכלל את הסינגל "Loud" שהגיע למקום ה-53 במצעד בילבורד הוט 100[15]. ב-21 בנובמבר הוא הוציא לאור את המיני אלבום "You" בלעדית לאייטונס. באלבום הוא השתמש בשם הבמה "לארי לאבשטיין ודה וולווט רבייבל" (Larry Lovestein & The Velvet Revival)[16].

2013 – היום[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] ב-26 בפברואר 2013 עלתה תוכנית מציאות על מלקולם בערוץ MTV2, שנקראת Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family. התוכנית עוקבת אחר חייו של מלקולם בלוס אנג'לס, לאחר שעבר מפטיסבורג יחד עם ארבעת חבריו הטובים. כמו כן, היא עוקבת גם אחר יצירת אלבומו החדש "Watching Movies with the Sound Off"[17][18].

ב-4 במרץ 2013 מלקולם הוציא לאור את המיקסטייפ "Run-On Sentences Vol. 1", שמכיל קטעי כלי שהוכנו על ידיו. במיקסטייפ מלקולם השתמש בשם הבמה "לארי פישרמן", שבו הוא משתמש בדרך כלל כשהוא מפיק[19].

ב-18 ביוני 2013 מלקולם הוציא לאור את אלבומו השני, "Watching Movies with the Sound Off", שכלל הופעות אורח של האומנים: ארל סווטשירט, סקולבוי קיו, אב-סול, ג'יי אלקטרוניקה, טיילר, דה קריאייטור ועוד. האלבום הגיע למקום ה-3 במצעד בילבורד 200 ונמכרו כ-101 אלף עותקים בשבוע הראשון לצאתו[20].

בתחילת 2013 מלקולם הקים חברת התקליטים ריממבר מיוזיק (REMember Music), שנקראת על שם חברו שנפטר ראובן מטריאני (Reuben Mitrani)[21]. באותה השנה מלקולם הפיק את המיקסטייפ "Stolen Youth" של הראפר וינס סטייפלס[22]. ב-17 בדצמבר מילר הוציא לאור את אלבום ההופעה הראשון שלו, שנקרא "Live from Space".

בעיות משפטיות[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] בפברואר 2011, בזמן שמלקולם היה במסע ההופעות Upstate New York, הוא נעצר יחד עם חבריו בגין החזקת מריחואנה. מלקולם וחבריו נכלאו למשך לילה אחד ושוחררו[23].

ביוני 2012 המפיק לורד פינס תבע את מלקולם על סך 10 מיליון דולר, על כך שמלקולם השתמש לא רשותו של פינס בסימפול (שימוש בחלק מתוך שיר מסוים בשיר אחר) מהשיר "Hip 2 Da Game" לשיר שלו "Kool-Aid and Frozen Pizza", שיצא לאור במיקסטייפ בשנת 2010; למרות שהשיר לא יצא לאור באופן מסחרי ומלקולם נתן קרדיט לפינס על הסימפול מהתחלה[24]. בינואר 2013 הם יישבו את התביעה מחוץ לבית המשפט, פרטי ההסכם ביניהם לא פורסמו[25].

דיסקוגרפיה[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] אלבומי אולפן[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] שם האלבום פרטי האלבום מקום במצעדים מכירות תעודה על מכירות US [26] US R&B [27] US Rap [28] BEL (FL) [29] BEL (WA) [30] CAN [31] DEN [32] FRA [33] NZ [34] UK [35] Blue Slide Park תאריך: 8 בנובמבר 2011 חברת תקליטים: רוסטרום 1 1 1 185 178 8 40 175 — 143 ארצות הברית: 344,000[36] קנדה: זהב[37] Watching Movies with the Sound Off תאריך: 18 ביוני 2013 חברת תקליטים: רוסטרום 3 3 3 82 — 4 — — 36 56 ארצות הברית: 167,000[38] מיני אלבום[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] שם המיני אלבום פרטי האלבום מקום במצעדים US [26] US R&B [27] US Rap [28] On and On and Beyond תאריך: 29 במרץ 2011 חברת תקליטים: רוסטרום 55 15 8 You תאריך: 20 בנובמבר 2012 חברת תקליטים: רוסטרום — — — אלבומי הופעה[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] שם האלבום פרטי האלבום מקום במצעדים US US R&B US Rap Live from Space תאריך: 17 בדצמבר 2013 חברת תקליטים: רוסטרום — — — מיקסטייפ[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] שם המיקסטייפ תאריך But My Mackin' Ain't Easy 2007 The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown 2009 The High Life 1 בדצמבר 2009 K.I.D.S 13 באוגוסט 2010 Best Day Ever 11 במרץ 2011 I Love Life, Thank You 10 באוקטובר 2011 Macadelic 23 במרץ 2012 Run-On Sentences: Vol. 1 4 במרץ 2013 Delusional Thomas 31 באוקטובר 2013 סיבובי הופעות[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] 2011 - The Incredibly Dope Tour 2011 - Blue Slide Park Tour ‏ 2012 - Macadelic Tour 2012 - Under the Influence of Music Tour‏ (עם וויז קאליפה) 2013 - The Space Migration Tour קישורים חיצוניים[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] ויקישיתוף מדיה וקבצים בנושא מק מילר בוויקישיתוף מק מילר, ברשת החברתית טוויטר מק מילר, במסד הנתונים הקולנועיים IMDb (באנגלית) הערות שוליים[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Like Wiz Khalifa, rapper Mac Miller is another talent from Allderdice ^ Mac Miller: From blue slide to Billboard — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Printer friendly ^ J Magazine issue 2 ^ Mac Miller Talks Jewish Heritage ^ DXnext: Mac Miller ^ Mac Miller – Exclusive Interview with Rap Star ^ PG East: Winchester Thurston is Division 2 lacrosse champion ^ Mac Miller ^ He Started Rapping When He Was 14 ^ He Tried to Be a Singer/Songwriter Before Becoming a Rapper ^ PRESS RELEASE: Mac Miller Signs to Rostrum Records – – Are You In That Mood Yet ?" ^ Interview With Benjy Grinberg ^ How Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller and Girl Talk became the new face of the music scene ^ Mac Miller Moves In at No. 1 on Billboard 200 ^ Billboard -Mac Miller ^ iTunes – Music – You – EP by Larry Lovestein & The Velvet Revival ^ MTV Announces Premiere Date For "Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family" Reality Show ^ MTV2 gets the dope on Mac Miller, pals ^ Mac Miller "Run-On Sentences: Vol. 1" Mixtape Stream & Download ^ Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/23/2013 ^ He's Starting His Own Label, REMember Music ^ He's Producing an EP for Vince Staples ^ Interview: The Night Mac Miller Spent In Jail ^ 6. Lord Finesse Sues Mac Miller for Using His Beat on a Mixtape — The 25 Biggest Hip-Hop Fails of 2012 ^ Mac Miller Settles $10 Million Lord Finesse Lawsuit — Music, Celebrity, Artist News ^ 26.0 26.1 Mac Miller – Chart History: Billboard 200 ^ 27.0 27.1 Mac Miller – Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ^ 28.0 28.1 Mac Miller – Chart History: Rap Albums ^ Discografie Mac Miller ^ Discographie Mac Miller ^ Mac Miller – Chart History: Canadian Albums ^ Discography Mac Miller ^ Discographie Mac Miller ^ Discography Mac Miller ^ The Official Charts Company - Mac Miller ^ Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 8/12/2012 ^ Canadian certifications – Mac Miller ^ First Week Sales for Kanye West, Mac Miller, and J. Cole Are In קטגוריות: ראפרים אמריקאיםזמרים אמריקאיםאמנים אמריקאים הידועים בשם במהמפיקים מוזיקליים אמריקאיםיהודים אמריקאיםמוזיקאים יהודים אמריקאים