What influence do you think he had on this album? There are a number of references to him and the closeness you shared throughout the album. The rapper Mac Miller, who died in 2018, was a very close friend of yours. I think everybody is learning this right now. I always talk about this saying that me and Mac Miller used to have: "Sit down and let things happen." And we would laugh about it, but it's something to learn: to be able to just sit down and do nothing. Over the course of the last year, because of all of the things that actually have changed in my life, I've gotten better at just sitting still. I miss being with Lotus and working a bit. It feels very close to what I would be doing on my own anyway.ĭo you miss people? Do you miss playing with people? So it doesn't feel like far-fetched or anything. I feel like I was already a homebody, kind of self-quarantining kind of person on a regular basis, anyways. Michel Martin: First of all, how are you doing right now, under self-quarantine? This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Listen to the radio version in the audio link above and read on for a transcript of the interview. NPR's Michel Martin spoke to Thundercat about the influence of Mac Miller, including the story behind his cameo the Tiny Desk concert recorded shortly before Miller's death, and the importance of learning to sit and do nothing. "It's hard to see clearly through the pain of losing him," he says. The album also has plenty of somber moments, like when he reflects on the passing of his late friend Mac Miller.
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With appearances from Childish Gambino, Kamasi Washington and Lil B, It Is What Is hops from jazz to funk to R&B, full of Thundercat's signature dizzyingly-fast bass runs and sense of humor. His latest album, It Is What It Is, was released on Friday and it features the same expansive range of genres and styles. Over the past five years, the virtuosic bass player has worked with everyone from Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar to Michael McDonald. Proceeds from the event were directed to The Mac Miller Circles Fund, a charity established in his name by McCormick’s family and the Pittsburgh Foundation, to “provide programming, resources and opportunities to youth from underserved communities, helping them recognize their full potential through exploration in the arts and community building.Stephen Bruner, better known as Thundercat, is one of the music industry's most eclectic and prolific collaborators. Last week, Miller was celebrated by his friends and collaborators in a tribute concert held at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
“To be blunt, what you might buy and use, thinking it’s a good time, could cost you your life,” Tennessee Bureau of Investigation assistant director T.J. McCormick’s mother also told police that he had “appeared to be in good spirits.”Īccording to an NPR report from earlier this year, cocaine laced with fentanyl, an opiate more powerful than heroin, is becoming more and more common. The assistant later told police that he had been “in good spirits lately and had many positive, ongoing projects,” and that McCormick “struggles with sobriety and when he ‘slips’ he consumes in excess.” The assistant told police that McCormick had “several recent ‘slips,’ ” the most recent on Sept. “Authorities were called and McCormick was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:51 a.m … It was later determined McCormick died from mixed drug toxicity (fentanyl, cocaine and ethanol).”Īccording to the investigator’s report, McCormick’s personal assistant discovered him unresponsive in his bedroom and called 911.
19, 1992, “was discovered unresponsive in his home located in the 11600 block of Valleycrest Drive in Studio City,” the department writes in the announcement of its findings. That list includes Prince, Tom Petty, burgeoning rapper Lil Peep and former Wilco member Jay Bennett. The department determined that McCormick’s death was accidental - making him the latest in a string of overdose deaths involving the opioid fentanyl. 7, according to Los Angeles County’s Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Malcolm James McCormick, the chart-topping rapper known as Mac Miller, had fentanyl, cocaine and ethanol in his system at the time of death on Sept. Mac Miller Died From Overdose Involving Fentanyl, Coroner Finds
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