Post Death
Mac Miller died age 26 on Sept. 7, 2018, and his passing left a profound impact on the music industry. Many
expressed their shock at his death, and his ex-girlfriend Ariana Grande was among those hit particularly
hard.
Earlier this year, she reflected on his life and legacy in an interview with Zane Lowe. "Nothing mattered
more
to him than music ever," she said. "He was a person who gave literally every single second of his thoughts
and
time and life to music. And I think that is so evident in what he has left us with."
Mac died just over a month after the release of his fifth album, Swimming. His first posthumous LP Circles
arrived earlier this year to critical and commercial acclaim, debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.