Mac Miller, a rapper from Pittsburgh, was found dead at his home in California early Friday afternoon, his 26th birthday, an entertainment outlet reported Friday evening.
Miller, known for his single “Donald Trump” and his feature on Asher Roth’s “I Love College,” is believed to have died due to a drug overdose, according to a law enforcement officers who spoke with TMZ. He was found at his San Fernando Valley home. Authorities have not shared the types of drugs or alcohol that caused his death.
The song “Donald Trump” came up in British publicist Rob Goldstone’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, as Goldstone said he found then-candidate Donald Trump listening to the 2011 hit song in his office ahead of the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, and Russia lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. Trump had earlier threatened to sue Miller over the song.
Miller was arrested in May on DUI and hit and run charges after he crashed his 2016 G-Wagon into a utility pole. Police said he left the scene, but later confessed to them that he had crashed his car. He blew two times the 0.08 blood-alcohol level.
He had dated singer Ariana Grande for two years prior to the accident. Grande wrote to him on Twitter, “Pls take care of yourself,” following the incident.
