GoldLink’s Mac Miller Comments Receive Anderson Paak Response

On Tuesday evening (Nov. 26), GoldLink published several controversial statements regarding Mac Miller. The “Zulu Screams” artist received backlash for his Instagram memo where he claimed the late Miller’s Divine Feminine album was inspired by his mixtape And After That, We Didn’t Talk.

“Your single was called “Dang!” Ft. Anderson Paak…you had Soulection support you on the Divine Feminine tour and when I tried to contact you, about anything at all…you never hit me,” GoldLink wrote. “A close mutual friend ended up just hittin’ my DJ saying “listen man, we love Link, but we just had to do what we had to do. And Mac said if he needs a verse at anytime, he got him” We are family, you could always call me.” GoldLink supported Miller on his “GO:OD AM” Tour in 2015.

The 26-year-old then ended the post in a way that made readers scratch their heads given the nature of his revelations above. “3 days before you died, I remember pullin up on you at the crib, walking in the house and seeing the Divine Feminine album plaque on the wall. I was so proud of you and what YOU created for yourself. And I’m forever grateful for that.”

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Mac Miller I’d be lying if I said I was surprised to hear that you died on us. Not because you were necessarily troubled, but because you were special and because of that, you were troubled. At your peak, you were the archetypal rapper all of us wanted to be; which was independent. But also just a kid with really bright eyes about life. I’ll keep it short because I want to continue our conversation for when it’s my time to go. But I think what made you and I special is that we weren’t always on the best terms. So I didn’t always have great things to say about you. When we were on the GO:OD AM tour, I played you my album “and after that we didn’t talk”, and you thought it was absolutely incredible. I released it under the“Soulection” label and the single for my album was called “Unique” ft. Anderson Paak, and that was your favorite song at the time. You loved it so much that you made the entire tour party listen to it, and surprised me with a cake after my set. I always thought you drove yourself insane about your own music. So much that, you would adopt styles as homage to those around you that you loved. That’s where our problem started. Divine Feminine was an actual blueprint of “and after that we didn’t talk”. Your single was called “Dang!” Ft. Anderson Paak…you had Souelction support you on the Divine Feminine tour and when I tried to contact you, about anything at all…you never hit me. A close mutual friend ended up just hittin’ my DJ saying “listen man, we love Link, but we just had to do what we had to do. And Mac said if he needs a verse at anytime, he got him” We are family, you could always call me. Afterwards, we seen each other at Coachella, and you put your head down like an innocent child, but I told you to pick it up and I hugged you like the brother you are to me. You were the first person brave enough to openly say “he’s dope.”, and gave me a platform. That meant more to me than anything else. 3 days before you died, I remember pullin up on you at the crib, walking in the house and seeing the Divine Feminine album plaque on the wall. I was so proud of you and what YOU created for yourself. And I’m forever grateful for that

A post shared by GoldLink (@goldlink) on Nov 26, 2019 at 5:22pm PST

After the “Crew” rapper’s claims made headline news, Anderson .Paak, one of Miller’s longtime friends/collaborators, responded to his statements by noting he’s not the first to take inspiration in order to produce a unique body of work. “You ain’t the first to make an album inspired by a relationship, you ain’t the first to make a song featuring Anderson .Paak,” he wrote. “But you are the first to disrespect my friend who is no longer here for absolutely no reason and I can’t stand for that.”

It’s still unclear as to why GoldLink decided to post his revelations.