Mac Miller’s Life In Pictures

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September 7, 2018 7:23PM EDT

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos

Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — At age 16 in 2008, Mac released one of his first mixtapes ‘How High’ under the rap group duo The Ill Spoken.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — In 2010, Miller signed with Rostrum Records where he met rapper and future collaborator Wiz Khalifa.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — His 2010 mixtape ‘K.I.D.S.’ was a huge breakthrough for his career. The release followed his first tour, which sold out at every location.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — In 2011, Mac Miller released his debut album titled ‘Blue Slide Park.’ Despite the success, in an interview with Complex in 2013, Miller stated he began using drugs such as ‘lean’ due to the criticism the album was receiving shortly after it’s release. ‘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.”

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — Fans were stunned by this epic 2012 concert!

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — Upon the success of his mixtape, MTV offered him his own reality show titled ‘Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family,’ airing in early 2013. It documented his new life in LA and the creation of his second album ‘Watching Movies with the Sound Off.’

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — Miller continued his career by starting his own music imprint in 2013 called ‘REMember Music.’ He went on to produce several mixtapes and albums for artists and groups such as OddFuture and Vince Staples (pictured left).

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — He took it home to Pennsylvania while representing his hometown, Pittsburgh, for a show at The Fillmore in 2015.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — His success continued in 2016 as he performed at music festivals such as Lollapalooza. (REX/Shutterstock)

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — In addition to more career success, Mac Miller and Ariana Grande began dating in August 2016. Here are the couple together in one of their first public appearances at the 2016 The Meadows Music and Arts Festivals at Citi Field on Oct. 2, 2016.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — As they dated, the couple often included each other in their music. Ariana and Mac performed the song ‘My Way’ when she brought her Dangerous Woman tour to the Forum in LA in 2017.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — He also appeared in the video and was featured on the song ‘The Way’ on her Dangerous Woman album. The pair looked so in love.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — As tragedy struck Grande’s career with the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing where an explosive went off during one of her concerts where 23 people were killed, Miller stayed by Grande’s side and performed with her at the One Love Manchester benefit concert on June 4, 2017. This was Miller’s last performance in the United Kingdom.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — The couple ended up splitting in May 2018. Ariana began dating SNL star Pete Davidson and shortly became engaged. On May 17, 2018, Miller was arrested for driving under the influence and hit and run. Ariana then Tweeted ‘pls take care of yourself,’ appearing to responding to his arrest.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — Although 2018 began as a difficult year for Miller, he continued to release new music and collaborating with other rappers such as Lil Xan.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — In one of his last performances on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ on August 13, Mac Miller performs his single ‘Ladders’ and completely blows the audience away.

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Mac Miller — His Life In Photos — Miller released his final album ‘Swimming’ on August 3, 2018 — one month before his death on September 7.

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