Awards and honors
2009- at age 17, Mac made it to the final four in Rhyme Calisthenics,an MC competition.
2010- He won two awards at the Pittsburgh hip-hop awards. His video "Live Free" won video of the year and he also won Best Artist Under 21.
2011- Miller was one of eleven rappers featured in XXL magazine's Freshman Class of 2011.The video for the first single released from this mixtape, "Donald Trump", has reached over 71 million views on YouTube and Donald Trump himself, who is referenced on the song, acknowledged the video on Twitter stating "Who wouldn't be flattered?". He also declared that Miller was the “new Eminem,” and stated “I am very proud of him.” The song also charted on iTunes debuting at #73 and peaking at #40, before Miller was signed to a major label. He also had his first TV appearance on the VH1 show Single Ladies. And was also a part of the MTV Jams Fab Five artists.
Why should he be admired?
A main accomplishment of his is showing that anyone can follow their dreams with hard work and determination. He rose up from small begginings and followed his dreams. This all paid off changing his life forever. This must have been an extremely difficult accomplishment considering the fact he was from a large city (Pittsburgh) with thousands of people and how young he is but he shined above all the rest coming out on top.This shows anyone can follow their dreams if they put in the time and effort. As they say you get back what you put in.
2009- at age 17, Mac made it to the final four in Rhyme Calisthenics,an MC competition.
2010- He won two awards at the Pittsburgh hip-hop awards. His video "Live Free" won video of the year and he also won Best Artist Under 21.
2011- Miller was one of eleven rappers featured in XXL magazine's Freshman Class of 2011.The video for the first single released from this mixtape, "Donald Trump", has reached over 71 million views on YouTube and Donald Trump himself, who is referenced on the song, acknowledged the video on Twitter stating "Who wouldn't be flattered?". He also declared that Miller was the “new Eminem,” and stated “I am very proud of him.” The song also charted on iTunes debuting at #73 and peaking at #40, before Miller was signed to a major label. He also had his first TV appearance on the VH1 show Single Ladies. And was also a part of the MTV Jams Fab Five artists.
Why should he be admired?
A main accomplishment of his is showing that anyone can follow their dreams with hard work and determination. He rose up from small begginings and followed his dreams. This all paid off changing his life forever. This must have been an extremely difficult accomplishment considering the fact he was from a large city (Pittsburgh) with thousands of people and how young he is but he shined above all the rest coming out on top.This shows anyone can follow their dreams if they put in the time and effort. As they say you get back what you put in.
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