Beyonce was among the stars to honor the late Mac Miller Wednesday, as he would have turned 30.
Beyonce, 40, posted an image of the late rapper when he was a child on her website, writing, ‘Happy Heavenly Birthday Mac Miller.’
In the shot, a young Miller was wearing sunglasses and a white T-shirt with jeans and cowboy boots.
The latest: Beyonce was among the stars to honor the late Mac Miller Wednesday, as he would have turned 30-years-old
Rolling Stone put together a digital birthday card for the late Self Care artist, as a number of friends expressed their thoughts on the somber day.
Wiz Khalifa, who past worked on the 2011 song Keep Floatin’ wrote, ‘Mac, I miss you, man. Today would have been your 30th birthday, you were gone too soon.
‘I remember our early days back at ID Labs in Pixburgh with E. Dan making legendary music. You were the young homie coming up so fast and representing the Burgh. We’ll never forget you, man. Love you, bro, happy birthday.’
Thundercat, Miller’s friend and collaborator, wrote, ‘I hope that on your birthday, the clarity, and places and spaces that you’ve always wanted to go to, see and feel – I hope that you feel that infinitely. I hope that you can see further than you’ve ever seen before.’
Beyonce, 40, posted an image of the late rapper when he was a child on her website, writing, ‘Happy Heavenly Birthday Mac Miller’
Wiz Khalifa said, ‘Mac, I miss you, man. Today would have been your 30th birthday, you were gone too soon’
Thundercat said he’s been taking advice Miller gave him of ‘sitting down and letting it happen, extremely sitting down and letting it happen,’ and that he was grateful to have known Miller, who changed his life
He added that he’s been taking advice Miller gave him of ‘sitting down and letting it happen, extremely sitting down and letting it happen,’ and that he was grateful to have known Miller, who changed his life.
‘I really wish I could hear the soundtrack to where you’re at that you would create because I’m pretty sure that’s intense, extreme,’ Thundercat said. ‘On this birthday, I hope that you get everything that you want, everything that you think you want, everything you didn’t want or didn’t ask for…I hope you get all of that.
‘I hope it’s as extreme as it was here.’
Rapper Rapsody said he misses Miller’s ‘light, heart, energy, gift, and love of fruit snacks, and that his experiences with Miller were ‘always a good time and adventure.’
He added: ‘I know you would’ve had the illest “Dirty Thirty” celebration ever! I love you forever, Malcolm!’
The dance group Jabbawockeez shared a tribute to the late rapper on his birthday
An account in memory of the late rap phenom shared multiple pictures of the late artist
Miller’s one-time publicist and friend Nick Dierl wrote, ‘You impacted the people you touched on this planet, whether they knew you personally or through your art, in 26 years more than most can muster in a lifetime.
‘Yet the most impressive part of who you were was your relentless pursuit of bettering yourself – as an artist, friend, and human – and no matter the circumstances smiling through it all.’
Dierl said that ‘anyone that had the fortune to know [Miller] carries that with us now.’
Fans of the late rapper paid tribute to him more than three years after his death
Eric ‘E. Dan’ Dan, a producer/engineer said of Miller, ‘Though your presence is dearly missed, your spirit, essence, and light continue to resonate just like your music.’
Miller’s friend, producer/engineer Jeremy ‘Big Jerm’ Kulousek, said that Miller remains ‘a shining light for anyone who was lucky enough to’ him, and that he’s still with him everyday.
Miller, whose real name was Malcolm James Myers McCormick, died September 7, 2018, as result of an accidental overdose of cocaine, alcohol, and fentanyl. His last album, Circles, was released after his death in January of 2020.