Cape Town ? American rapper Mac Miller was found dead in his house in Studio City, California on Friday. According to a report by Variety the 26-year-old died of an apparent overdose. TMZ reports that a male friend placed a 911 call to alert authorities who pronounced the rapper dead on the scene. Miller, real name Malcolm James McCormick, has had a long history of substance abuse. He performed in South Africa in 2016 at the annual Rocking the Daisies music festival. *Developing story