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He began to take heroin, and it wasn’t long before this highly addictive substance had taken control of his life. His habit soon spiraled into an expensive addiction, costing him as much as $500 a day (the equivalent of almost $2,000 today – taking inflation into account). He began to exchange his artworks directly for heroin and eventually, his battle with the drug overcame him.

Basquiat died at the tender age of just 27, just a short while after the death of his close friend and fellow addict, Andy Warhol. He had overdosed on the drug while in his studio-loft in downtown Manhattan.

RIP

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer-songwriter who sang rock, soul and blues music. One of the most successful and widely known rock stars of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and "electric" stage presence.

In 1963, Joplin quit small-town life and headed for San Francisco, settling in Haight-Ashbury and recording demos with Jorma Kaukonen (later of Jefferson Airplane) and his wife. Drugs entered her life around the same time. Like most everything with Joplin, there were no half measures. She injected methamphetamine, started using heroin, swigged Southern Comfort and gained a reputation as a hard-living speed freak. Her social circle was so concerned about her health that everyone had a whip-round and sent her back home to recuperate. Janis Joplin changed rock and roll...rest in peace 

Mac Miller wasn’t always good, but he was always trying to be better. The Pittsburgh native, who died of a drug overdose at 26, developed into a wondrous rapper through a constant process of improvement that was never without its growing pains. His story has been one of resolve, of stumbling and rising and trying to stand taller than before. People recognized in him that search for the truest version of himself. It’s what makes his passing particularly devastating.

Born Malcolm McCormick on January 19, 1992 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Miller was an indie rap success story from the start. He turned a deal with a rising local rap label, Rostrum Records, and a co-sign from Wiz Khalifa into five consecutive Top 5 debuts on the album chart. His evolution into an accomplished musician, producer (under the name Larry Fisherman), and rap mentor was nothing short of inspiring.

Miller’s fourth mixtape, 2010’s K.I.D.S. (Kickin’ Incredibly Dope Shit), was pure frat-rap juvenilia. It became the cornerstone of his indie empire and induced hand-wringing from rap fanatics. (Some of it was warranted on the basis of privilege and budding talent yet to bloom, some of it harsher than necessary in response to the zeitgeist, then a booming white rapper industrial complex.) Looking back on those songs now, they seem harmless enough: nostalgic party favors from a teenager still figuring out what he was doing.

Despite a largely unwavering fan base, a creative resurgence, and the admiration of his peers, Miller struggled with addiction throughout his career. He said he “was not on planet Earth” when he made the druggy Faces and sought serious help from producer Rick Rubin. He credited Rubin with helping him detox and encouraging him to “get his life together” in 2015. When Rolling Stone’s Brian Hiatt asked what he learned through this process, Miller’s answer seemed to echo his new approach to songwriting: “Just being still, and how important it is to be able to quiet your mind and be honest with yourself.”

Listening to Miller’s final album, last month’s Swimming, feels like following a restless rapper as he chases stillness. “I just need a way out of my head/I’ll do anything for a way out of my head,” he sang on “Come Back to Earth.” His music got more and more personal throughout his career, leading him to face addiction and mortality in a way that felt accessible, hackable even. Miller was a bigger star than many of his more lauded rap friends but there was always something about him that remained industrious and blue collar, perhaps something in his Steel City roots.

Though his songs reached many, Miller’s legacy may reveal itself more in those he reached personally. He was a noted friend of the indie rap set, treating the home studio in his L.A. mansion as a community space of sorts. Chance the Rapper tweeted that he met Earl Sweatshirt and Vince Staples through Miller, and many others shared similar stories. Miller also made the Internet his live band during the 2013 Space Migration Tour, and he helped introduce just about every young rapper he came in contact with to a bigger audience: Chance, YG, Joey Bada$$, Rapsody, the Cool Kids, Earl, GoldLink, Action Bronson, Vince, Meek Mill, Tory Lanez, Casey Veggies, EarthGang, Pac Div, J.I.D., and more. Miller always seemed to find a way to be in close proximity to the artists he loved, either bigging them up and putting them on. Watch any exchange between Mac and Vince or Q or the Internet and you’ll see a person who makes everyone around him feel at ease.

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