Prominent American rap artiste, Mac Miller has died of an apparent drug overdose.

According to reports from TMZ, the 26-year-old rapper who was the former boyfriend to Ariana Grande had reportedly struggled with substance abuse.

Miller who released his album ‘Swimming’ in August this year had earlier spoken about his drug use in a 2013 interview with Complex, opening up about his addiction to Promethezine and Codeine, known as ‘lean’ in The United States.

“I love lean; it’s great. I was not happy and I was on lean very heavy. I was so messed up all the time, it was bad. My friends couldn’t even look at me the same. I was lost,” he had said.