Mac's Story

                     

They say that numbers don’t lie and if that’s true then at 19 years old Mac Miller is already producing veteran numbers. With over 600,000 Twitter followers, almost as many as Donald Trump, and 85 million YouTube views, the truth is that Mac Miller has created more than just a buzz. The amazing thing about Mac Miller is that he makes it all look so easy just by being himself. What might also be surprising is that although his stats would be music to any major label’s ears, he is signed to Rostrum Records, an independent label in Pittsburg. Some could say that he’s up and coming but with numbers like that, one could argue that Mac Miller has definitely come up.

• Malcolm McCormick, also known as Mac Miller was born to a Jewish Family in Pittsburg, PA.
• He attended a Winchester Thurston School and Taylor Allderdice High School.
• He played Baseball, Soccer, and Basketball when he was younger.
• Mac Miller taught himself how to play the piano, guitar and drums and has been playing instruments since he was 6 years old.
• He started rapping when he was 15 years old and started recording in a friend’s basement.
• Mac Miller put high school aside to focus on rapping but still went back to school to graduate.
• Mac Miller’s musical inspirations include Big L, Lauryn Hill, The Beastie Boys, Outkast, and A Tribe Called Quest.
• He says he doesn’t worry about being the minority in the game.
• He was part of a rap group called The ILL Spoken with another Pittsburg rapper named Beedie.
• Mac Miller released his first mixtape when he was 15 called But my Mackin aint easy in 2007 under the name EZ Mac.
• In 2008 he released How High: The Mixtape with Ill Spoken.
• He released his third mixtape in 2009 called The High Life.
• Mac Miller signed to Rostrum Records at 18.
• He said that Rostrum Records looked out for him and helped him grow before being signed to the label.
• He started a YouTube channel called TreeJTV and the videos created a major buzz.
• After starting the YouTube channel, he gained about 16,000 Twitter followers in 6 weeks.
• After signing to Rostrum Records in 2010 he released his 5^th Mixtape called K.I.D.S. (Kickin’ Incredibly Dope Shit).
• Mac Miller is good friends with Wiz Khalifa who is also from Pittsburg.
• In March of 2011, he released an EP called On And On And Beyond and his first single ‘Knock Knock’ premiered on YouTube.
• In 2011 He released his 6^th Mixtape called Best Day Ever. 
• Mac Miller’s first album called Blue Slide Park is set to be released in the fall of 2011.
• He is scheduling an international tour called the Incredibly Dope Tour and a nine-date tour in Canada this month.
• Mac Miller was featured in XXL Magazine’s Show and Prove section and as one of the Freshman Class of 2011. 

In an interview with Thisis50, Here is what Mac Miller said about whether being a minority in the rap game makes it harder for him: “I just don’t even really think about it. Cause I feel like the more you build that up the more it’s gonna take over what you think. If I forget about the whole racial issue with like being one of the few white rappers, if I forget about that, I could just worry about the music and not really about all that. I mean I feel like when I was younger it kind of helped. Because when I was little, I’m 15 years old…a little 15 year old white kid walking up to cyphers and just being like let’s go. I wasn’t scared, I wasn’t nervous, so like that probably helped that I wasn’t scared or I wasn’t nervous…because everyone would leave and be like who the hell is that little ass… but like now at this point in my career I just try and like block all that out and not really worry about the white rapper and what that means. Like if I have to do something because I’m a white rapper or not. I just kinda do me.”