On September 7, 2018, Miller died from an accidental drug overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and alcohol at his home, aged 26. Miller struggled with substance abuse, which was often referenced in his lyrics. He also served as a record producer for various artists, including himself, under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. For Swimming, he was posthumously nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. With them, he released four studio albums: GO:OD AM (2015), The Divine Feminine (2016), Swimming (2018), and the posthumous Circles (2020). After his second studio album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off (2013), he left Rostrum and signed with the major label Warner Bros. In 2013, he founded the record label imprint REMember Music. Miller's debut studio album, Blue Slide Park (2011), became the first independently distributed debut album to top the US Billboard 200 since 1995. In 2010, he signed a record deal with independent label Rostrum Records and released his breakthrough mixtapes K.I.D.S.

Miller began his career in Pittsburgh's hip hop scene in 2007, at the age of fifteen. Malcolm James McCormick (Janu– September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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