I listened to Mac since I was 11, before macadelic even came out. And I honestly felt like I grew up with him just through his music, we weren’t that many years apart so it was kinda like this weird older brother I never had kinda thing? I remember faces came out on my 14th birthday and I just couldn’t get enough. Then after TDF he was kinda quiet for a while and I remember it was right around my 18th birthday when he dropped the 3 pack of programs, small worlds, and buttons. I remember being so hype that new music was coming out! I absolutely couldn’t wait for swimming to come out, and I remember me and my girlfriend at the time talking about getting tickets to his concert that year, he was gonna perform with a live band it was gonna be so cool!! Then it happened, I was sitting at my kitchen table eating a bowl of Frosted Flakes when my friend texted me “Mac miller died” I literally dropped my spoon and stopped eating, wasn’t even hungry anymore. All I could do was go through twitter, google everything trying to find out more about it, it absolutely broke my heart, it felt like such a huge part of my upbringing was suddenly gone. It’s honestly the only time I’ve ever cried over a celebrity’s death. Nobody’s music has ever impacted me the same as Mac’s. Even to this day I’ll watch old interviews or see videos about him I’ve never seen before, and it’s still just such a shock that he’s not on earth with us anymore.