Rock icon Elton John has paid tribute to late musician Mac Miller, who tragically passed away over the weekend.
On Saturday, we learnt the tragic news that Mac Miller had passed away at the age of 26. Word of his passing immediately sent shockwaves throughout the music world, with a number of big names paying tribute to Mac Miller and praising him for his extensive back catalogue of work.
As The Fader reports, Elton John is the latest to honour the musician, with John dedicating a performance of ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’ while kicking off his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour on Saturday night.
“I’d like to dedicate this song to Mac Miller,” Elton John said to the crowd.
“Unbelievably, 26 years of age, and passed away yesterday. It’s inconceivable that someone so young, and with so much talent, could do that,” he continued. “And I just would like to pass all of our love and best wishes to his loved ones, his family, his friends.”
“Mac, wherever you are, I hope you’re happy now.”
Elton John dedicates “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” to #MacMiller RIP 🙏🏾
pic.twitter.com/cp4Kz8Coj2— Def Pen (@defpen) September 9, 2018
In the wake of Mac Miller’s passing, his most recent album, Swimming, has since hit the top of the Apple Music charts, while the top five music videos on Apple Music are also occupied by Miller’s work.
Interestingly, one of Mac Miller’s more infamous songs has also been doing the rounds, with his 2011 single ‘Donald Trump’ receiving a boost in popularity over the weekend thanks to the resurgence of Tweets by the US President of the same name.
As a number of Twitter users have uncovered, President Donald Trump was not exactly a huge fan of Mac Miller and his work, letting it be known in a series of Tweets written over five years ago.
Jesus, Trump really did tweet a lot about the late Mac Miller, didn’t he https://t.co/EYzhVuMWGw pic.twitter.com/xwkQwylBTX
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) September 9, 2018
Little @MacMiller, I’m now going to teach you a big boy lesson about lawsuits and finance. You ungrateful dog!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2013
Little @MacMiller—I have more hair than you do and there’s a slight age difference.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2013
Where would @MacMiller be today, if he didn't use @realDonaldTrump's name in his song? No question a royalty fee of some sort is owed!
— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) August 15, 2013
“Little Mac Miller, you illegally used my name for your song ‘Donald Trump’ which now has over 75 million hits,” Trump wrote in one Tweet. “Little Mac Miller, I’m now going to teach you a big boy lesson about lawsuits and finance. You ungrateful dog!”
From there, the Tweets just became even more strange and esoteric, with some of Trump’s associates getting in on the action as well.
“Where would Mac Miller be today, if he didn’t use Donald Trump’s name in his song?” questioned Dan Scavino. “No question a royalty fee of some sort is owed!”
While Donald Trump hasn’t spoken publicly in regards to Mac Miller’s passing, we can only assume he wouldn’t have anything nice to say, as per usual.
Check out Mac Miller’s early single, ‘Donald Trump’:
