Mac Miller

Roséwave is light and breezy, but not necessarily unsophisticated — the sound of an experience kissed by sweet summer heat. Vanessa Leroy/NPR hide caption

Mac Miller performs an NPR Tiny Desk Concert on Aug. 1, 2018. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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Zazie Beetz and David Rysdahl are American actors. NPR hide caption

070 Shake's Modus Vivendi is one of the best albums of the month. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Mac Miller. Christian Weber/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Mac Miller died Sept. 7, 2018, from an accidental overdose. G L Askew II for NPR hide caption

Ty Dolla $ign pays tribute to Mac Miller at the Tiny Desk (Bob Boilen/NPR). Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption

Mac Miller posthumously features on Free Nationals' new single. G L Askew II for NPR hide caption

An image of Mac Miller, who died suddenly in September, projected on the rear of the stage at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., before a benefit concert organized in Miller's honor. Scott Dudelson/Getty Images hide caption

Mac Miller, performing on April 14, 2017 at Coachella. The rapper's death on Sept. 7 was determined to have been an accidental overdose. Christopher Polk/Getty Images hide caption

Aron Hodek performs "What's the Use?" alongside Thundercat's Tiny Desk concert with Mac Miller. aronthebassist/Instagram hide caption

An illustration of Mac Miller, drawn during his Tiny Desk Concert performance in Aug. 2018. Deborah Lee/NPR hide caption

Mac Miller, seen here at NPR headquarters in August, died Friday at the age of 26. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption

Mac Miller performs a Tiny Desk Concert on August 1, 2018. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

GO:OD AM comes out September 18. Brick Stowell/Courtesy of the artist hide caption