Mac Miller's Mural
1/17/2020 | 2m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
The late Mac Miller will be forever remembered for his music, and now in a work of art.
The late Mac Miller will be forever remembered for his music. But in his hometown of Pittsburgh, the rapper is also being remembered on a work of art. Kyle Holbrook of the MLK Mural Project reflects on his friend’s legacy while painting a 25 foot mural in East Liberty. Fans were invited to add their own personal touch, in celebration of Mac's life and music.
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Mac Miller's Mural
1/17/2020 | 2m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
The late Mac Miller will be forever remembered for his music. But in his hometown of Pittsburgh, the rapper is also being remembered on a work of art. Kyle Holbrook of the MLK Mural Project reflects on his friend’s legacy while painting a 25 foot mural in East Liberty. Fans were invited to add their own personal touch, in celebration of Mac's life and music.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(upbeat music) - This is the Mac Miller tribute mural.
A Pittsburgh legend and a Pittsburg icon.
A famous artist around the world but also a friend and alumni of MLK Mural Project.
(upbeat music) My name is Kyle Holbrook, I'm executive artist of MLK Mural Project.
We have a curriculum that takes each step in creating a mural, and relates it to a future and possible career within the arts.
(upbeat music) We wanted to put Mac, Malcolm is what we called him then, right next to the work that he did with his own hands.
We worked on this mural for about two, two and a half weeks in the summer of 2008.
He didn't really like painting that much, he was always joking and laughing.
When I first met him, I knew he was gonna be a star, I had conversations with him about how much I believed in him.
He never forgot that.
He said it was really impactful for him, and to hear him say that, was really impactful for me.
(ubpeat music) We ask people to come and write words, messages, lyrics, anything that Mac meant to them, they all have their own personal relationships.
- He's just very diverse, very different.
You can't really categorize his music.
It was important for me to finally come out to Pittsburgh and see where he's from.
- Everybody in my high school would throw back on Mac, it was all about having a Pittsburgh kid who grew up and made it big.
- I think that he really repped Pittsburgh more than anyone else.
I wanna let him know, he'll never be forgotten.
(upbeat music)
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