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Six years after his death, Pittsburgh-based rapper Mac Miller posthumously appears on atop the Billboard 200 with “Balloonerism,” a 14-song set that dates back to 2014. Debuting at No. 3, ...

In 2014 the rapper Mac Miller parted ways with Rostrum Records, the Pittsburgh-based independent label that had shepherded him since he was a teenager. By then, Miller had already become a new kind of ...

Upon its initial release, “GO:OD AM” awakened a new chapter in Mac Miller’s artistry; a decade later, its 10th anniversary edition now revisits one of the late rapper’s most essential albums. When ...

On “Do You Have a Destination?” a track from Mac Miller’s “Balloonerism,” his second posthumous release, the rapper muses on one of his most frequently explored topics: life and death. “I went to ...

“Balloonerism” is Mac Miller’s seventh studio album, and the second album released posthumously. The album was released Jan. 19, despite being originally recorded in 2014. “Balloonerism” and Miller’s ...