

Miller won 21 & Under of the Year at the 2010 Pittsburgh Hip Hop Awards his video for “Live Free” won Best Hip Hop Video.

By 2009, he established himself as Mac Miller and released two more mixtapes under that name: The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown and The High Life. Originally known as Easy Mac (or EZ Mac), he worked at his music like it was a job, releasing his first mixtape But My Mackin’ Ain’t Easy in 2007. By the time he was 15, he knew what he wanted to do. He was a self-taught musician, playing piano, guitar, drums, and bass by the age of six. Malcom also attended Winchester Thurston before graduating from Taylor Allderdice High School.Īlways creative, he became obsessed with hip-hop as a teen and worked tirelessly at the craft.

With a Jewish mother and a Christian father, the brothers were raised Jewish, but attended a Catholic grade school. He is the son of Karen Meyers, a photographer, and Mark McCormick, an architect Miller McCormick is his older brother. Malcom McCormick was born on January 19, 1992, in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Pittsburghers and fans around the world took the news of Miller’s death in 2018 extremely hard. Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa are proud Pittsburgh natives who became award-winning rappers and musicians. Between 20, he released five studio albums and founded his own record label. Born Malcolm James McCormick, the American rapper began his career in Pittsburgh’s hip hop scene in 2007, at the age of 15. Mac Miller lived his life like his songs-fast, ambitious, and raw.
