He dated Ariana Grande. He appeared on Ridiculousness because of his friendship with Rob Dyrdek. But Miller had other famous friends, people he touched throughout his life, and some who rose up to fame with him. A week before Miller's death, he was hanging out with the punk bassist and songwriter Thundercat, celebrating Thundercat's daughter's birthday, according to Rolling Stone. Miller was close with Chance the Rapper, Whiz Khalifa, Kojo Ebro, and as Spin reported, many others in the music community who posted tributes to the musician after his death. Certainly one of his most important relationships was with Vince Staples, rapper and member of the Cutthroat Boyz hip hop trio.
Miller was the reason that Staples stuck to music long enough to see it pay off. Miller convinced him to stay in the game at a time when Staples didn't think he'd amount to anything. "We was at the studio. [He] made me go to his house one day and he basically said what I told you earlier. Like, 'why you not making music?' Two days later, he picked me up from the ghetto," Staples told Rolling Stone.
He goes on to talk about Miller's substance abuse issues: "To be honest the good ones always die, just from the streets. Them boys always go. It makes sense in retrospect, but I was never worried about him. I was worried about him, but never like to that extreme."
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