Compared to the likes of The Beastie Boys, Outkast and A Tribe Called Quest, Miller's bubblegum pop, dreamy "cloud rap" hallucinations and cartoonish beats shot album Blue Slide Park (2011) to the top of the US charts, making it the first independent release to debut at Number 1 since 1995.
(2010) and Best Day Ever (2011) started to gain widespread attention. Raised in the suburbs, Mac (real name Malcolm James McCormick) started rapping and singing at 15 with the crew The Ill Spoken (which also included MC Beedie), but it was through the mentoring and support of Wiz Khalifa that his skills grew and mix-tapes K.I.D.S. Part of a wave of young, open minded, independent hip hop stars who are less obsessed with bling and gangsta cliches, Mac Miller is a white, Jewish kid from Pittsburgh producing college party jumpers, stoner anthems and funny one-liner put downs.
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