Hello world,
it’s Mac Miller
this is everything you need
to know about me
First billboard I was on
the year was 1998
it was cold that year in Pittsburgh
it was for a company called UPMC
my mom, photographer, was doing
some work for them at the time
and they said, hey Karen,
we need a cute kid
Karen said look no further
I have produced one
so they come at me with a thermometer
they say put this in your mouth
because that’s the idea
for the billboard, is you’re sick
immediately I get into character
backstory and I take some time to just
you know, do some character research
visit other sick children
take temperatures, just figure out
what it’s like to have a temperature
after a conversation with temperature victims
so like after I did all my research
I show up on set
I remember the looks on those
children’s faces when the numbers hit
101 and 102 and I give gold
and in that year, 1998,
you could drive to the airport
and to the right, right before
you pull in to park
you would see a boy
just sick of being sick, you know?
I was great on the football field, man
I had a strong career
up until eighth grade
starting fullback captain of the team
go out there, throw a block
put someone one his ass
touchdown
hand off to me,
I see an opening
no one wants to block for the kid
the dude that was blocking
I think his name was Daniel
fuck you Daniel
and um, you know,
they took out my knee
torn meniscus
Did I go out of the game though?
No.
I didn’t.
I finished out that series
on one leg
hopped over, got lit up
and I crawled off the field
it was then that I knew
that I was here for something else
So going with my football career
was a big political time as well
the world was making
the world was making its way
to political change
On one side you had Al Gore
the other side you had George Bush
W
You had a George Bush sign on your
fuckin’ lawn I was coming for you
take the sign, paintball your house
disrespectful
How old was I?
About 13, 14
but fuck you, you know?
I do think I played
a pivotal role in that election
made people think twice
Do I feel bad that
they probably had a really
hard time cleaning up?
Yeah.
I live with that
every day.
Growing up
if I wasn’t
leading an army of preteens onto
the grid iron or playing
my role in political activism
I was
watching movies
dabbling in cinema
Pittsburgh is also the home of, uh,
a lot of movies
so the next movie coming
into town was Mothman Prophecies
So I’m at basketball practice
I leave my team and they’re not
happy to see me go but
I know it’s something I have to do
Into my mom’s Toyota Sienna I get
we head over to auditions
it’s open call
so there’s a lot of amateurs there
they all saw my billboard
passed the first round
with flying colors
I think that was just
the cuteness round
and boy, was I
onto the second round
started reading lines
made it all the way to the finals
and they said hey
you smile too much
and that was the end
for me
yeah I took it to heart
I went on a deep, dark depression
from 6 to 8
those years were rough man
at the age of 8 I started
smoking cigarettes
that’s real
I couldn’t work
I was blacklisted
couldn’t do a commercial
no more billboards for me
I was type casted
it’s horrible
just thinking about it
gives me the willies
Hell yeah I had a crush
on Raven-Symone man
my friend Dylan and I
we used to watch Disney Channel
that's it
that’s all we did
Disney Channel because the
commercials are still Disney Channel
Do you understand how crazy
that is?
It’s just commercials for what
you’re already watching
it’s nuts
That’s So Raven
hold on, hold on
That’s So Raven
it’s the future I can see
That’s So Raven
so mysterious to me
I mean it probably took
a lot out her
I mean now she’s on The View
she’s had to deal with
knowing what was gonna happen
before it happened for a long time
it probably takes a lot out of you
Raven cared
when no one else would