Three decades after swimming rapper Mac Miller was born on January 19, 1992, fans and friends may have celebrated the late musician's 30th birthday on social media.
According to the Los Angeles County Coroner, Malcolm McCormick was born on September 7, 2018, as a result of mixed drug poisoning. The Pittsburgh native was found unresponsive at his Studio City home and his death was ruled an accident.
Since his death, rappers, musicians, and notable names in entertainment and sports have paid tribute to Miller in myriad ways, including lyrical references, tattoos, art pieces, and custom football cleats.
Fellow rapper and close friend Schoolboy Q added Miller's hidden background vocals to his 2019 album Crash Talk, with radio host Peter Rosenberg on Complex and Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony on a moving tribute episode of Open Late with Peter Rosenberg. For Miller's friends hosted. Townes wore a pair of custom Nike basketball sneakers featuring Miller's portrait for a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The rapper's estate launched the Mac Miller Circles Fund during a tribute concert in October 2018, and on January 17, 2020, Miller's posthumous album Circle was released and received by fans and critics alike.
On Wednesday, just two years after Circles debuted on the digital streaming platform, the hashtag #HBDMac is trending on Twitter as a virtual tribute to Miller's 30th birthday on social media. Mac Miller Memoirs, a social media account dedicated to Miller who has more than 180,000 followers on Twitter and Instagram, compiled all the posts on his website, including #HBDMac—a digital shrine and celebration of the late rapper's life and legacy.
With all #HBDMac social media posts appearing on 92tilinfinity.com for Miller's birth year, fans were able to watch tributes to him, among thousands of others, and share their experiences with the Face rapper's extensive discography.
In a post shared on The Mac Miller Memoir's website, Instagram user @mazaiyari described her experience with Miller's music and the important role it played in her life.
"I never understood/related to people when they said an artist's music saved their lives...until I started listening to Mac Miller," he captioned a carousel of photos of Miller. "His music got me through the worst, worst times of my life and I will forever be grateful for that."
"Thanks for everything, Malcolm. It's a blue world without you," he added, alluding to Miller's "Blue World," which appears on Circles.
While hip-hop publications such as HipHop DX and HotNewHipHop remembered Miller with articles analyzing the rapper's perspective of life and death, Rolling Stone discussed the meaning of his 30th birthday with many of the late musician's close friends and confidants. I talked.