CP Photo by Jared Wickerham Vigil for Mac Miller in 2018 Mac Miller was a musician that many Pittsburghers had a great deal of pride over. Making it from a local act to the international stage showed that musicians from the city had talent and drive, and his death in 2018 at just 26 years old was felt by many in the community and beyond. Just days after the news broke, a vigil was held on September 11 at Blue Slide Park, the playground namesake of Miller s debut studio album.
Memorials for the late rap artist, real name Malcolm James McCormick, have continued since then, including the upcoming Celebration of Mac Miller.
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The Mac Miller Fund has big plans to give back to the community.
As per a recent announcement, the late star’s fund has announced that it will award 75 micro-grants of $1,000 to Black, Indigenous and People of Color to assist them in their work. The initiative, otherwise known as the BIPOC Artist Micro-Grant program, was created by the Pittsburgh Foundation s Center for Philanthropy and funded by the estate of the fallen rapper.
Applicants for the program are currently open and eligible through July 23. Grantees will be selected by a committee and informed by September 1. In a press release, it was revealed that the grants will be practice-based, which lets the recipients use the money however they want to. The program is open to creatives who are living in Western District of Pennsylvania counties, including Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Mercer, Lawrence, Somerset, Venango, Washington and Westmoreland.
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