Anderson .Paak Defends Mac Miller Over GoldLinks Jealous, Grossly Unnecessary Comments

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Christmas might be the time to tell people how you feel, but Thanksgiving is the time to get them in check and Anderson .Paak has logged on. On Tuesday night, the rapper GoldLink signed onto Instagram to post a lengthy, bizarre tribute message to the late Mac Miller, who died last September. GoldLink’s post, complete with praise and critique, and also a suggestion that Miller’s 2016 album The Divine Feminine was inspired by GoldLink’s mixtape And After That, We Didn’t Talk, did not sit well with .Paak, who called it a “disrespectful, narcissistic, jealous grossly unnecessary post.”

“I think what made you and I special is that we weren’t always on the best terms,” GoldLink said in the post, describing a fraught relationship with Miller. “So I didn’t always have great things to say about you.” The rapper goes on to say that Miller would “adopt styles as homage to those around you that you loved,” and that “Divine Feminine was an actual blueprint of ‘and after that we didn’t talk’.”

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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

Perhaps because GoldLink’s message referenced both artists’ collaborations with .Paak, the musician corrected the record. “Maybe your belt was wrapped around your Gotdamn waist too tight or maybe it was the choker cutting the circulation off to the brain but since you felt it necessary to bring me up twice and my boy ain’t here to respond ima say it like this,” he wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post. “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 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.” See his full Instagram below:

anderson paak went off on goldlink as he should. pic.twitter.com/huXlPfDdLs

— somila. (@somila_n) November 27, 2019

.Paak may have deleted his post, but GoldLink’s message remains live on Instagram.

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