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Mac Millerwould have been on tour right now.
He would have been promotingSwimming, his fifth studio album.
He released that record at the beginning of August, to a warm reception by critics.
A month later, he was found dead in his Studio City home from an apparent overdose.
Instead, a collection of his friends and collaborators gathered, and they played songs in his honor.
I walked past twin Frida Kahlos during Vince Stapless set.
Killmonger leaned casually against a wall.
Generous plumes of weed smoke wafted above these heads, in loving tribute to Miller.
Festival bookers must have been envious of this nights lineup: Earl Sweatshirt.
The Free Nationals backed every artist, providing a cohesive support system for the nights tributes.
Schoolboy Q played That Part, a song, he said, he wrote with Mac Miller.
These vignettes, edited documentary-style, caught Mac in unguarded moments.
At the amusement park, on a roller coaster.
In the privacy of his own home.
Though occasionally sorrowful, there were moments that felt purely joyous.
Juicy J showed up to perform in a vibrant orange fur jacket, Macs silhouette projected behind him.
Ty Dolla $ign performed Blase, a song he claimed was one of Macs favorites.
He smiled a lot when he performed, Zane Lowe told the audience.
Death so frequently sanitizes life.
But, when Mac died, the outpouring of praise and love did not ring false.
Syd tha Kyd and The Internet.
Jason Sudeikis, even, who said to the camera, Ive been thinking about you a lot.
Like almost every day, at least once.
Does that mean I love you?
Amine, one of Millers collaborators, also contributed.
You were always so loving and so kind and so humble.
I just dont understand how someone could be like that always, just 24/7.
Thats what so beautiful about it.
You make me want to be a better person.
It should not feel special, but it is, in the music industry, to encounter kindness.
Not politeness, or sycophancy, but real, unselfish kindness.
