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.
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