The Rostrum president started giving Miller advice, but didn't show any interest in getting involved with his career until the artist began work on the K.I.D.S. Rostrum president Benjy Grinberg had known the rapper for a while because he would often be recording at the same ID Labs studio when Grinberg would be there with Wiz Khalifa. In early 2010, Miller signed with Rostrum Records. In 2009 Mac Miller released the mixtape 'The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown' and then 'The High Life' later the same year. Prior to changing his name to Mac Miller the rapper was known as EZ Mac and released the mixtape 'But my Mackin Ain't easy'. The Ill Spoken released the mixtape 'How High' in 2008. Careerīefore embarking on a solo career, Miller was part of rap group The Ill Spoken together with fellow Pittsburgh rapper, Beedie. But once I found out hip-hop is almost like a job, that's all I did.' Miller, also a self-taught musician at the age of 6, plays piano, guitar, drums, and bass. I used to be into sports, play all the sports, go to all the high school parties. In high school, Miller decided to focus on his hip-hop career, later noting, 'Once I hit 15, I got real serious about it and it changed my life completely. Before attending Taylor Allderdice High School, Miller attended Winchester Thurston School. His father is Christian and his mother is Jewish Miller was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah. Malcolm McCormick was born on January 19, 1992, the son of an architect and a photographer, and raised in the Point Breeze part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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