Mac Miller

Mac Miller revealed that during his Macadelic Tour in 2012, he was taking a combination of promethazine and codeine called as "purple drank" or "lean" to manage stress.

He quit taking promethazine in November 2012, before starting the shoot for his reality show, ‘Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family’.

Mac Miller was in a four year relationship with a woman until 2013. Many songs in his mixtape ‘Macadelic’ were based on his relationship with the girl.

Mac Miller was born Malcolm James McCormick in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 19, 1992. His mother was a photographer while his father was an architect. His parents belong to different religious faiths. While his mother was a Jew, his father was a Christian.

Mac Miller was raised as a Jew and had a Bar Mitzvah. Mac Miller spent most of his childhood in the Point Breeze area of Pittsburgh. He attended the Winchester Thurston School and Taylor Allderdice High School later.

While in school, Mac Miller used to show interest in sports and was always eager to attend high school parties.

Mac Miller was also interested in music and learned playing different kinds of musical instruments like the piano, drums, bass, and guitar. He was a self-taught musician and did not attend any music classes.

While he wanted to be a singer in his teens, he started rapping at the age of fourteen. When he was fifteen years old, Mac Miller decided to focus on hip-hop.

While he was still in school he released a mixtape called ‘But My Mackin’ Ain’t Easy’. At that time he was called EZ Mac and was just 14. He was part of a rap group called ‘The Ill Spoken’ along with another famous rapper from Pittsburgh, Beedie.

As part of the rap group, Mac Miller released a mixtape called ‘How High’ in 2008. ‘How High’ was a success and he released two individual mixtapes called ‘The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown’ and ‘The High Life’.

In 2009, Mac Miller participated in the MC competition at Shadow Lounge and featured among the final four in Rhyme Callisthenics.

When he was just seventeen, Mac Miller signed on to ‘Rostrum Records’ label in the year 2010. He was getting invitations from some of the best music labels in the country who were impressed by his talent. But he gave preference to Rostrum Records, which was based in his hometown. This gave a big boost to his career and gave him a steady income.

A new mixtape called ‘K.I.D.S’ was released under the Rostrum Records banner in the year 2010. It was inspired by the film ‘Kids’.

In 2010, Mac Miller won two awards at the Pittsburgh hip hop awards.

His first album ‘Blue Slide Park’ was the first independently distributed debut to stand in the number one spot since The Dogg Pound’s 1995 album ‘Dogg Food’.

While most of his mixed tapes and albums were commercial success, his first album remains his major work.