US rapper Mac Miller dies aged 26 of apparent drug overdose

Rapper Mac Miller, the former boyfriend of singer Ariana Grande, died aged 26 of an apparent drug overdose at his home in California on Friday. Miller had recently released his fifth full-length album 'Swimming' and was due to go on tour. The rapper, whose real name was Malcolm James McCormick, had begun rapping aged 14 under the alias EZ Mac.