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MillerвЂ™s musical ripening took place in Los Angeles, where he moved after his debut took off - вЂњGreatest decision of my life,вЂќ he once told an interviewer - and where he instituted what was often referred to as an open-door policy at his home studio.

And sonically, the record felt a world away from his earliest stuff, with as much singing as rapping amid lush arrangements dotted with horns and strings. вЂњThe Divine Feminine,вЂќ released the next year, uncovered a new tenderness it finishes with a touching monologue about the endurance of love by MillerвЂ™s grandmother. RELATED: As Mac Miller gained fame, the confessional rapper kept ties to the underground scene that lifted him up В»

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(CBS Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images) Mac Miller performs on вЂњThe Late Show With Stephen ColbertвЂќ on Aug.

When he first appeared, Miller had the look and feel of a carefree party rapper вЂњBlue Slide Park,вЂќ named after a Pittsburgh playground, presented a sweet and fun-loving bro whose enjoyment of life was exceeded only by his enjoyment of the white privilege that enabled him to bypass many of the traditional steps to hip-hop success. His album вЂњSwimming,вЂќ which came out just weeks before his death, showcased an artist still finding himself. Yet Miller, who died Friday at age 26 of an apparent drug overdose, also managed during his too-short career to do what the internet makes difficult: He evolved. And later, after he started rapping himself, he used YouTube and social media to build a following with little institutional support - a following robust enough that his debut album, 2011вЂ™s вЂњBlue Slide Park,вЂќ became the first independently released project to top the Billboard 200 in more than 15 years. Mac Miller was undeniably a child of the internet.ДЄs a teenager in the early 2000s, he went online to study the hip-hop stars working hundreds or thousands of miles from his home in Pittsburgh.

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