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Friends, family, and fans across the world are remembering rapper Mac Miller on his 30th birthday and sharing their tributes in his memory.
Mac Miller whose real name is Malcolm McCormick would have turned 30 on 19th January 2022 and his family and friends from the industry including Wiz Khalifa, Thundercat, Rapsody and Nick Dierl came together in a digital birthday card complied by Rolling Stone to write messages directly for their late friend.
Wiz Khalifa who collaborated with Mac Miller on the 2011 song ‘Keep Floatin’, wrote, “I miss you, man. Today would have been your 30th birthday, you were gone too soon. I remember our early days back at ID Labs in Pixburgh with E. Dan making legendary music. You were the young homie coming up so fast and representing the Burgh. We’ll never forget you, man. Love you, bro, happy birthday.”
Thundercat shared, “I’ve been taking your advice — sitting down and letting it happen, extremely sitting down and letting it happen. And goodness, I’m happy that I’ve gotten to know you and spend this time with you because your life changed my life. I hope that wherever you are, you’re still changing people’s lives".
Rapsody wrote, “Man, you kicked a door in for me early and we gon’ continue to carry your legacy through the doors we still walking through…I know you would’ve had the illest ‘Dirty Thirty’ celebration ever! I love you forever, Malcolm!”
Beyonce also took to her website to pay her tribute to the young rapper as she shared a picture of Mac posing with sunglasses and cowboy boots as a young child and wrote, “Happy Heavenly Birthday Mac Miller.” The Mac Miller Memoir shared pictures of the late rapper with birthday cakes and the caption, “Happy 30th Birthday, Malcolm! We’re all celebrating with you today. We miss and love you dearly.”
A post was shared on the Mac Miller Memoir website by user @mazaiyari who explained their experience with Mac Miller’s music and detailed the importance of the music in their life. The post read, "I never understood/related to people when they said an artist's music saved their lives... until I started listening to Mac Miller. His music got me through the lowest, darkest time of my life and for that, I will always be grateful. Thank you for everything, Malcolm. It's a blue world without you.”
Mac Miller’s one-time publicist and friend Nick Dierl wrote, “You impacted the people you touched on this planet, whether they knew you personally or through your art, in 26 years more than most can muster in a lifetime. Yet the most impressive part of who you were was your relentless pursuit of bettering yourself - as an artist, friend, and human - and no matter the circumstances smiling through it all.” Nick also added that anyone that had the fortune to know Mac Miller carries that with us now.
Eric ‘E.Dan’ Dan, who is the founder of the Pittsburgh studio ID Labs, where the late rapper made much of his early music and collaborated with him throughout his career wrote, “Happy birthday, my friend. Though your presence is dearly missed, your spirit, essence, and light continue to resonate just like your music. I will love and miss you always.”
Christian, Kelly, and Chloe Clancy, former managers of the late rapper and their daughter wrote on his 30th birthday, “Happy 30th birthday Malcolm. Impossible not to have fallen in love with the human being [you] were. I imagine you’re doing much more important work wherever [you] are and likely smiling at all of our ridiculousness. That sense of humor was priceless. Love ya.”
WowGr8, Mac’s friend, collaborator, and tour-mate remembered his friend on his 30th birthday and shared, “My best memory of you was creating in the garage of your Malibu house. We made a few songs one summer that still haven’t really been released. The vibe in there was so pure. We would sit with the doors and windows open and create music to the natural beauty of the Malibu sunset. We had never spent much time in Los Angeles, let alone Malibu, before then. To this day I can’t be in the area without reminiscing on that amazing time. Love forever, Mac.”
Mac Miller’s mother Karen Meyers also shared a lovely picture of the two of them smiling at a beach and captioned it with a lot of red hearts. Karen usually posts the accomplishment of his sons on her social media including a picture from his Spotify, which showcased that his songs were streamed 1.7 billion times by 48.9 million people in 2021. Mac Miller passed away in September 2018 as a result of an accidental overdose of cocaine, alcohol, and fentanyl. According to the Los Angeles County coroner, he was found unresponsive in his Studio City home. Mac Miller’s family has kept the legacy of their son alive by releasing a posthumous album ‘Circles’ in January 2020 which was praised well among the fans and critics along with re-releasing some of his older mixtapes.
