GoldLink took to IG to post a lengthy caption in which he addressed the death of Mac Miller and his relationship with the late rapper. The two artists previously toured together in support of Mac’s GO:OD AM album.
“I’d be lying if I said I was surprised to hear that you died on us,” GoldLink began the post. “Not because you were necessarily troubled, but because you were special and because of that, you were troubled.” The DMV rapper continued by saying they “weren’t always on the best terms.” Despite saying he “didn’t always have great things to say about” Mac, GoldLink went on to call him “family.” GoldLink pointed to what he believes are similarities between Mac’s 2016 album The Divine Feminine and his 2015 project And After That, We Didn’t Talk as the source of tension between the two. “I always thought you drove yourself insane about your own music. So much that, you would adopt styles as homage to those around you that you loved. That’s where our problem started,” he wrote. “Divine Feminine was an actual blueprint of And After That, We Didn’t Talk. Your single was called “Dang!” Ft. Anderson Paak…you had Souelction support you on the Divine Feminine tour and when I tried to contact you, about anything at all…you never hit me. A close mutual friend ended up just hittin’ my DJ saying ‘listen man, we love Link, but we just had to do what we had to do.'”
After posting his message, people took to social media to say they thought that GoldLink’s post backhandedly came after the late Pittsburgh rapper and was in bad taste.
Check out GoldLink’s post on Mac Miller below.
Mac Miller I’d be lying if I said I was surprised to hear that you died on us. Not because you were necessarily troubled, but because you were special and because of that, you were troubled. At your peak, you were the archetypal rapper all of us wanted to be; which was independent. But also just a kid with really bright eyes about life. I’ll keep it short because I want to continue our conversation for when it’s my time to go. But I think what made you and I special is that we weren’t always on the best terms. So I didn’t always have great things to say about you. When we were on the GO:OD AM tour, I played you my album “and after that we didn’t talk”, and you thought it was absolutely incredible. I released it under the“Soulection” label and the single for my album was called “Unique” ft. Anderson Paak, and that was your favorite song at the time. You loved it so much that you made the entire tour party listen to it, and surprised me with a cake after my set. I always thought you drove yourself insane about your own music. So much that, you would adopt styles as homage to those around you that you loved. That’s where our problem started. Divine Feminine was an actual blueprint of “and after that we didn’t talk”. Your single was called “Dang!” Ft. Anderson Paak…you had Souelction support you on the Divine Feminine tour and when I tried to contact you, about anything at all…you never hit me. A close mutual friend ended up just hittin’ my DJ saying “listen man, we love Link, but we just had to do what we had to do. And Mac said if he needs a verse at anytime, he got him” We are family, you could always call me. Afterwards, we seen each other at Coachella, and you put your head down like an innocent child, but I told you to pick it up and I hugged you like the brother you are to me. You were the first person brave enough to openly say “he’s dope.”, and gave me a platform. That meant more to me than anything else. 3 days before you died, I remember pullin up on you at the crib, walking in the house and seeing the Divine Feminine album plaque on the wall. I was so proud of you and what YOU created for yourself. And I’m forever grateful for that
A post shared by GoldLink (@goldlink) on Nov 26, 2019 at 5:22pm PST
Previously, GoldLink took to IG to express his disappointment over the Grammys. “Honestly, its fuck Grammys til the day I die,” GoldLink wrote. “I am no longer participating in that wild ass slave ass political ass cheating ass game any longer. The lack of relevance you have just solidified today is unbelievable. Tyler [The Creator] got one fuckin nomination in a category he didn’t even participate in knowing damn well he deserved album of the year.”
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