Tonight, a public vigil organized by Pittsburgh label Nightfall Records will be held at the city's Blue Slide Playground inside Frick Park, a frequent childhood hangout spot of Miller's that inspired the title and content of his debut album, 2011's Blue Slide Park. But as he matured, on albums such as Watching Movies with the Sound Off, The Divine Feminine and this summer's Swimming, Miller experimented in R&B and funk and explored love, depression and candid honesty when it came to his own battles. Above all else, his early work represented the fumbling freedom of adolescence - skipping school, finding a first love and dreams of getting rich through rap. on the Pittsburgh indie Rostrum Records, belied an appreciation for '90s boom-bap and an endearing, infectious and, at times, naive outlook on life. His earliest releases, especially his breakthrough 2010 mixtape K.I.D.S.
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Growing up in Pittsburgh, Mac Miller was trained in piano from the age of 6 and went on to teach himself drums, guitar and beat production.
Cole, relative newcomers like Ugly God and Lil Xan and titans from outside hip-hop like Elton John and Solange - were echoes of one another, invariably describing him as a sweet, easygoing individual with an innate gift for music. Reactions to the news - from peers like Drake, Childish Gambino and J. His fans, who had heard Miller openly address drug use in interviews and in his music for years, immediately speculated that the cause was an overdose, though postmortem toxicology tests have not been released. Last Friday, rapper and producer Mac Miller, born Malcolm James McCormick, was found dead in his San Fernando Valley home. An illustration of Mac Miller, drawn during his Tiny Desk Concert performance in Aug.
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