Mac Millers för tidiga bortgång har senaste veckan fått hiphopvärlden att reagera med bestörtning. Nu uttalar sig Kendrick Lamar om Mac Millers musikgärning:
“Great musician, great writer. Just always had a smile on his face, and that’s something that I commend. No matter what he was going through, he didn’t make you feel sorry for him. He was strong about it. He always kept a smile on his face because he wanted you to smile too, and that’s just something I always loved. No matter whatever personal issues, he gave you that energy.”
TDE-kollegan ScHoolboy Q som stod Mac Miller nära efter flera samarbeten har ännu inte uttalat sig.
“No matter what he was going through… always kept a smile on his face because he wanted you to smile too.” @KendrickLamar remembers Mac Miller tonight on 'Open Late' ? pic.twitter.com/x4dJ3enLfn
— Complex Open Late (@ComplexOpenLate) September 12, 2018
Mac Miller kan även få Blue Slide Park i hemstaden Pittsburgh uppkallad i sitt namn, efter att fans initierat en namninsamling. Borgmästaren i Pittsburgh undersöker även möjligheten att ge parken, som inspirerade till debutalbumets titel, nytt namn. Det kan dock dröja:
“I believe it’s three years after someone has passed that you can then name something after them. This was basically done in order to not have politicians naming things after themselves while they’re still in office.”
På tisdag kväll höll Mac Millers farmor och hundratals fans en vaka i parken, som även prytts med minnesföremål (svep för videoklipp).
