Rise and Tragedy

Mac knew he had to make a change and decided to quit drugs in November 2012. He started shooting for his own reality show Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family. The sober period allowed him to back on his feet. In 2013, he decided to move to Los Angeles to father his music career.

His fame from music piqued the interests of filmmakers. He acted in movies and television shows like Ridiculousness, Scary Movie 5, This Girl’s Life, and Blue Slide Park.

Miller had a longtime girlfriend named Nomi Leasure who he met in middle school. They were together for many years until they broke up in April of 2013. He was really in love with her as many of his songs in his mixtape Macadelic are about their relationship.

He started to fall in love with a famous pop star named Ariana Grande. They worked together on song called In The Way. There was a kissing scene with Ariana but the claimed that there was nothing going on between them at the time because Mac was single and Ariana had a boyfriend. When asked about marriage, Mac said he was in no rush because early marriages often lead to disappointment and divorce. He was trying to avoid that sort of drama in his life.

Mac and Ariana eventually got together and dated for two years. A month after they broke up, Ariana married Pete Davidson who was a Saturday Night Live cast member. Mac took the breakup hard as he had hoped that there was a chance that the two could get back together. After she married just a month after the break up, he was devastated.

On September 7, 2018 Mac Miller was found dead from an apparent drug overdose. The media speculated that he started using heavy drugs to cope with his relationship problems. Many of his rap friends and peers spoke up to tell the world that they lost a great and kind friend that cared deeply about people.