Rapper Mac Miller reportedly dead at 26


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Rapper Mac Miller died Friday of what appears to be an overdose, TMZ first reported. Variety later confirmed the report.
The Los Angeles Times reported that paramedics responded to Miller's Los Angeles-area home Friday. The 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Malcolm James McCormick, had released his latest album Swimming last month.
Miller has been open with his struggles with substance abuse in the past, and he was charged with a DUI after a May car accident. His addiction issues contributed to a breakup with longtime girlfriend Ariana Grande in May, Grande has said. Miller acknowledged his rough year in an honest Vulture profile published Thursday; last month, Rolling Stone published an article about the rapper titled, "Mac Miller wants you to know he's okay."
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Swimming debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. Missy Elliott, Khalid, and other artists quickly shared their sadness at the rapper's apparent death.
Miller was set to begin touring in October. TMZ and other sources have not heard back from Miller's representative for comment.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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