The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Yinzerpalooza weekend is in full swing, as the team takes on the Chicago White Sox in a three-game series while also honoring Pittsburgh’s greatest icons. On Saturday the Pirates and PNC Park will be paying tribute to the late Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller and his undying contributions to the city as an innovator and artist.
Malcolm James McCormick was born on Jan. 19, 1992 and from an early age showed he was creative and passionate about music. McCormick would go on to graduate from Taylor Allderdice High School, before being discovered by Rostrum Records President Benjy Grinberg at a studio session in Pittsburgh’s ID Labs shared by fellow Pittsburgh artist Wiz Khalifa.