Remembering Mac Miller Malcolm James McCormick was born on br January 19, 1992 and passed on September 7, 2018. Here are five facts to celebrate br the late rapper’s life. 1. He started rapping when he was 14 years old and went by EZ Mac before becoming Mac Miller. 2. Miller taught himself br how to play the guitar, br bass, piano and drums. 3. He was also a record producerbr under the pseudonym, br Larry Fisherman. 4. His debut studio album, 'Blue Slide Park,' was the first independently-distributed album to top the US 'Billboard' 200 chart since 1995. 5. Miller received his br first-ever Grammy nomination br posthumously for his last br studio album, 'Swimming.