--- title: Mac Miller Has Died at 26 description: The rapper Mac Miller, who recently released his fifth album 'Swimming,' was found dead on Friday at his home in the San Fernando Valley. canonical: https://time.com/5390613/mac-miller-died/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-07T23:09:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T17:44:07.000Z og:title: Rapper Mac Miller Has Died at 26 og:description: Mac Miller, who recently released his fifth album 'Swimming,' has died at 26 og:url: https://time.com/5390613/mac-miller-died/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6836d8cf351f957e/698939c6096a9467df6a3647/mac-miller-death-obit2.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1352 og:image:alt: Mac Miller og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rapper Mac Miller Has Died at 26 twitter:description: Mac Miller, who recently released his fifth album 'Swimming,' has died at 26 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6836d8cf351f957e/698939c6096a9467df6a3647/mac-miller-death-obit2.jpg?branch=production ---  # Rapper Mac Miller Has Died at 26  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:44 PM UTCPublished: Sep 7, 2018 11:09 PM UTC  Rapper Mac Miller photographed at the Royal Arena Festival. Rapper Mac Miller photographed at the Royal Arena Festival.Lukas Maeder—13 Photo/Redux  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:44 PM UTCPublished: Sep 7, 2018 11:09 PM UTC The rapper [Mac Miller](http://time.com/collection-post/4575319/top-10-best-songs-2016/item/dang-feat-anderson-paak-mac-miller/) has died at his home in the San Fernando Valley in California on Friday. He was 26. “Mac was a hugely gifted and inspiring artist, with a pioneering spirit and a sense of humor that touched everyone he met,” Tom Corson, Co-Chairman and COO of Warner Bros. Records, shared in a statement with TIME. “Mac’s death is a devastating loss and cuts short a life and a talent of huge potential, where the possibilities felt limitless.” The Los Angeles Police Department told TIME that they responded to the 11600 block of Valleycrest Road to investigate a death at around 11:50 a.m. on Friday, but would not say it was Miller’s death they were investigating. Miller, whose real name was Malcolm James McCormick, was originally from Pittsburgh, PA. He began his career as a rapper as a teen, and his independent 2011 debut album _Blue Slide Park_ went on to top the [_Billboard_](https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/465110/mac-miller-moves-in-at-no-1-on-billboard-200) 200 album chart, putting him on the map at an early age. His most recent album _Swimming_ also garnered [positive reviews](https://www.metacritic.com/music/swimming/mac-miller), reaching number three on the _Billboard_ 200\. It was his fifth album, following 2016’s [_The Divine Feminine_](http://time.com/collection-post/4575319/top-10-best-songs-2016/item/dang-feat-anderson-paak-mac-miller/). In his songs, Miller was recognized for his understated delivery and silky production; recent hits include soul-searching tracks “Self Care” and “What’s the Use?” Miller dated high-profile pop star [Ariana Grande](http://time.com/5384105/ariana-grande-aretha-funeral/) from August 2016 to May 2018, according to [PEOPLE](https://people.com/music/ariana-grande-mac-miller-split/). Miller was vocal in his music and in interviews [about his drug use](https://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/mac-miller-2013-online-cover-story). “Nine times out of ten I get it wrong,” he rapped reflectively on _Swimming_ track “Small Worlds.” “That’s why I wrote this song, told myself to hold on… Guess there was a time when my mind was consumed, but the sun’s coming out now, clouds start to move.” Responding to online criticism following the split, Grande [addressed](https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/999314187384901633) his addiction issues as well. In May, he was [arrested](https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8471444/mac-miller-charged-dui-car-crash) following a DUI and hit and run charges in the L.A. area, after which he was released on bail. Musicians quickly took to Twitter to mourn the rapper. > [](https://twitter.com/JColeNC/status/1038175395172864000) > [](https://twitter.com/chancetherapper/status/1038165803370270720) > [](https://twitter.com/thegreatkhalid/status/1038163221914431489) > [](https://twitter.com/ShawnMendes/status/1038167188203397120) > [](https://twitter.com/BebeRexha/status/1038179132272721920) > [](https://twitter.com/EstelleDarlings/status/1038198562482319360) _Gina Martinez reporting for this story._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5390613/mac-miller-died/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5390613/mac-miller-died/"},"headline":"Rapper Mac Miller Has Died at 26","datePublished":"2018-09-07T23:09:12.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T17:44:07.000Z","description":"The rapper Mac Miller, who recently released his fifth album 'Swimming,' was found dead on Friday at his home in the San Fernando Valley.","url":"https://time.com/5390613/mac-miller-died/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6836d8cf351f957e/698939c6096a9467df6a3647/mac-miller-death-obit2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6836d8cf351f957e/698939c6096a9467df6a3647/mac-miller-death-obit2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mac Miller","caption":"Mac Miller","creditText":"Lukas Maeder—13 Photo/Redux","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5390613/mac-miller-died/","name":"Rapper Mac Miller Has Died at 26"}}]}] ```