Mac Miller Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a BMI Urban Award for Social Star of the Year in 2012
• His album "Blue Slide Park" debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, the first independent album to do so since 1995
• Formed the rap duo The Ill Spoken in 2007, but began recording solo albums two years later
• By the time he was six, he had taught himself how to play drums, guitar, piano, and bass
• Signed with Rostrum Records in 2010 and released his debut album, "K․I․D․S․," that same year
• Quote: "No one can knock what I do because I did it all on my own․ There's no major label․ I'm not a․․․put-together product․"
• Appears in the MTV2 reality show "Mac Miller and The Most Dope Family," which had the highest rated debut in the history of the channel
• Best known as a rapper who also works as a record producer under the name Larry Fisherman