“If a bunch of people think I am a huge drug addict, OK. He also pushed back against concerns over his drug use. And that’s great too,” he told the magazine. In an interview published in August in Rolling Stone, Miller said that his break up with Grande was difficult but that he was moving on with a new album. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 "Mac Miller – Chart History: Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs".↑ "Mac Miller – Chart History: Canadian Hot 100".↑ "Mac Miller – Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs".↑ "Mac Miller – Chart History: Hot 100"."Mac Miller Announces New Album 'Swimming'". ↑ Caulfield, Keith (September 25, 2016).↑ 16.0 16.1 "iTunes - Music - GO:OD AM by MAC MILLER".↑ "Canadian certifications – Mac Miller".Recording Industry Association of America. Blue Slide Park: "Chart Log UK – Weekly Updates Sales 2011".
The album went on to debut at number one on the U.S. He subsequently began recording his debut studio album Blue Slide Park, and released it on November 8, 2011. In early 2010, Miller signed a record deal with Pittsburgh-based indie record label Rostrum Records. He was also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper and singer.