Nothing that I can say here can heal the pain of losing their son. … The only people who have ever spoken about my book is them.” Despite the mass Mac fan backlash that ensued across social media platforms following Meyers’ post, Cantor emphasized that “my heart goes out to family. In response, Cantor told Page Six that the family was “made aware of the book at its inception with the utmost best intentions” and “chose to not participate-which I respected.” Cantor likewise stated that he did not himself announce the publication of Most Dope, his first book, “out of respect for the family. Thanks for signing up! You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. … We are not participating and prefer you don’t either if you personally knew Malcolm.” “There is a writer doing a Mac Miller biography that some of you have been approached about or will be. All this followed a post from 2019, in which Meyers had hinted at Cantor’s upcoming book. 18, 2022-the day before what would have been Mac’s 30 th birthday-made the project appear “exploitative.” The only book authorized by Mac’s estate, Meyers said, was The Book of Mac: Remembering Mac Miller, by music journalist Donna-Claire Chesman. Meyers wrote that Most Dope was unauthorized, and that Cantor “was made aware at the outset of the process of writing this book that the family and friends of Malcolm were uncomfortable with him authoring the biography.” She also stated that the book’s release date of Jan. These reviews pointed to an Instagram post from McCormick’s mother, Karen Meyers, from the same date. When I went to log the book in my Goodreads account, however, I noticed something odd: a bunch of 1-star reviews of Most Dope dated May 7, 2021, far preceding its release date. Written by longtime music journalist Paul Cantor, Most Dope: The Extraordinary Life of Mac Miller purports to be the first full-length journalistic account of Mac’s life, drawing on trips to Pittsburgh as well as interviews with Mac’s close friends, former managers, critics, and fans in order to sketch a complete outline of Mac Miller the human being and creative. It was for this reason that, in late December, I was excited to receive an advance copy of a new biography of Mac Miller, whom I’d been a fan of myself.
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