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Mac Miller, Delusional Thomas, EZ Mac, Larry Fisherman, Larry Lovestein, the Velvet Revival
Mac Miller at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles
Mac Miller Facts
Mac wanted to become a singer but he soon realized that his skill set was more suited to rapping after giving it a try at the age of 14.When he was starting out as a rapper, he used to steal televisions and remove money from girls’ purses at the parties to pay for the studio time.He started smoking weed in the 5th grade and he later started selling weed to raise funds for his music activities.While in his senior year at the Taylor Allderdice School, he had his own apartment, which he had bought using inheritance money left by his grandfather.Mac was a chain smoker.In February 2011, he was arrested along with some friends in upstate New York for carrying weed. He had to spend a night in jail.Miller had struggled with addiction to drug called lean or purple drank, which is a combination of codeine and promethazine.Miller didn’t attend any classes or course to learn music and had learned to play the piano, drums, guitar, and bass on his own.In November 2011, his debut studio album Blue Slide Park debuted at #1 on Billboard 200.Visit his official website