Tyler, The Creator has paid tribute to Mac Miller while performing in the late rapperās hometown of Pittsburgh.
At his Chromakopia Tour stop at the PPG Paints Arena on Friday (March 28), Tyler took some time out to remember his friend and collaborator, who died of a drug overdose in 2018.
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He said to the crowd: āWhat a special place. I had a friend thatās from here. His name was Malcolm. Safe travels, rest in peace to him.ā
The Odd Future founder then shared a fond memory of Mac, saying: āThe last time I was here, he rode me around the city. It was great.ā
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āIām just happy to be back so I want to dedicate tonightās performance to my friend Mac Miller,ā Tyler added, prompting a warm reaction from the crowd.
The two previously worked together on 2013ās āO.K.,ā while Mac also made a guest appearance on Tylerās former Adult Swim show Loiter Squad.
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Last year, Tyler, The Creator talked about Mac Miller when addressing white rappers in Hip Hop on Maverick Carterās SpringHill podcast.
Airing his grievances with the viral rapper ian, Tyler said: āThereās this kid right now, this white kid, regular Caucasian man, and heās like mocking Future and Gucci Mane, like rap music. And people are like, āThis shit hard!āā
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āItās not even like satire, itās like, āIām just joking, Iām just mocking it.ā But Iām like, āNo, no, no, you canāt do [that].ā And I hold rap music so close to my heart ācause this shit changed my life and everyoneās life around me, and Iām a nerd about this shit.ā
Tyler continued: āThis is like weird and Iām looking at it and something about it donāt even sit well with me, in comparison to someone like a Mac Miller or Eminem who didnāt seem like they were mocking it; they had a genuine love for it.ā
Mac Millerās second posthumous album, Balloonerism, was released in January of this year.
The project, which features a guest appearance from SZA and was originally recorded in 2014, debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and earned 81,000 equivalent units in its first week.
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Described as one of his most experimental musical efforts, Balloonerism was shelved for over a decade as the Most Dope MC opted to move in a different direction.
However, Mac was reportedly considering releasing the project before his death as it had circulated in various unofficial forms online over the years.