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Malcolm McCormick (born January 19, 1992), known by his stage name Mac Miller (previously Easy Mac), is an American rapper from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is signed to Rostrum Records and released his debut album Blue Slide Park on November 8, 2011.
Before embarking on a solo career, Miller was part of rap group The Ill Spoken together with fellow Pittsburgh rapper, Beedie. The Ill Spoken released the mixtape ”How High” in 2008. Prior to changing his name to Mac Miller, he was known as EZ Mac and released the mixtape ”But my Mackin Ain´t easy.” In 2009 Mac Miller released two mixtapes ”The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown” and ”The High Life.”
In early 2010, Miller signed with Rostrum Records. Rostrum president Benjy Grinberg met Miller while recording with Wiz Khalifia at ID Labs. Although Grinberg started giving Miller advice, he didn´t show any interest in getting involved with his career until the artist began work on the K.I.D.S. mixtape, when, as he later told HitQuarters, Grinberg ”noticed a maturation in his sound and approach to his music.” By that point Miller had started attracting interest from different record companies but chose Rostrum due to its location in his hometown and association with Wiz Khalifia. K.I.D.S. was released by the label in August 2010. The mixtape was inspired by the movie Kids. A significant breakthrough came in late 2010 when Miller embarked on his first ”Incredibly Dope Tour”, selling out at every location on the tour.
Miller´s most recent release was a mixtape titled Best Day Ever. The mixtape features his singles ”Get Up”, ”Wear My Hat”, and the hit songs ”Donald Trump”, ”BDE Bonus” and ”All Around The World.” The mixtape features mainstream producers such as Just Blaze, 9th Wonder, and Chuck Inglish. On November 22, 2010 his first single ”Knock Knock” premiered its video on YouTube.
On March 29, 2011, he released an EP called On And On And Beyond. The six-track work was produced by Rostrum Records.
On July 5, 2011, Miller announced the title of his first album Blue Slide Park on his YouTube channel, set for a Fall release. In September 2011 it was revealed that Miller would release a mixtape titled 92 Til Infinity hosted by DJ Jazzy Jeff prior to the release of Blue Slide Park.
Prior to his 2011 national Blue Slide Park tour, Miller traveled Europe on his ”Incredibly Dope Tour” visiting cities such as London, Manchester, and Amsterdam.
On October 14, 2011, Mac Miller released a 13 song mixtape named ”I Love Life, Thank You” for reaching 1,000,000 followers on twitter. It had features from Sir Michael Rocks of The Cool Kids, Talib Kweli, and Bun B.
On November 2011, Blue Slide Park debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 144,000 copies.
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