A self taght musician Mac Miller can play the piano, drums, guitar and bass, he initially intended to become a singer songwriter but no one was feeling his voice. Then during a weed smoking session he spit a rap and everyone was surprised at how good it was, including himself. From there he was hooked on rapping and would rob and steal to afford himself studio time, he went to school just to hand out CD’s and promote his rap career initially under the name Easy Mac.