Born on the 19th of January 1992, Mac Miller (Malcolm James McCormick to his mum) is a rapper, producer and instrumentalist from Pennsylvania, USA. Despite his age, McCormick has an extensive discography of two studio albums, two E.P’s, 11 mixtapes and a whopping 29 music videos.

Yes, Mac Miller might have only been legally allowed to drink in his home country for a single year, but he’s had one of the most comprehensive and prolific music careers of anyone from his generation. This might come from the fact that he might only be 22 years of age, but he’s been rapping since the age of fourteen, released his first mixtape (2007’s “But My Mackin’ Ain’t Easy”) at fifteen.

However, even before then music was a big part of his life. Miller was playing the guitar nonstop with the intention of being a singer/songwriter, but gave that up when people were, in the words of his friend Jimmy Mourton “people were hating on his voice.”

Well. If you’re going to show up the haters, one way of doing that is having the first independently released debut album to hit number one on the billboard charts since 1995. So Miller did just thatm and his debut album, 2011’s “Blue Slide Park” sold 145’000 copies in its first week. Despite that, Miller still admirably considers himself an underground rapper.

2013 saw the release of his second effort “Watching Movies With The Sound Off”. A record made with the cream of young rap talent, like Tyler The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt of Odd Future, Action Bronson and Ab-Soul all making guest appearances.

Mac Miller is an alpha example of why it’s great to be a music fan today.IIn him and many others, we have talented, unique young artists with years of experience already under their belts, and they’re only going to get better with age. One to watch, for sure.