Part of a wave of independent hip-hop stars, Mac Miller grew up in Pittsburgh
producing college party anthems and one-liner put-downs. Raised in the suburbs,
Mac (real name Malcolm James McCormick) started rapping and singing at the age
of 15 with The Ill Spoken, but it was through the mentoring and support of Wiz
Khalifa that his skills grew and mixtapes 'K.I.D.S.' (2010) and 'Best Day Ever'
(2011) started to gain widespread attention.
Compared to the likes of The Beastie Boys, Outkast and A Tribe Called Quest, Mac
Miller's bubblegum pop, dreamy cloud rap hallucinations and c...