Rapper Mac Miller has been arrested for drunk driving and hit-and-run charges
Rapper Mac Miller has been for drunk driving. The 26-year-old rapper was arrested for a DUI and a hit-and-run. The incident happened early on Thursday morning.
Miller struck a power pole in San Fernando Valley with his Mercedes Benz G Wagon and then fled from the scene. He was arrested after law enforcement officers matched the vehicles license plates to Miller's address. Miller was arrested at his home, according to an LA Police Department, a public information officer tells PEOPLE.
Miller, whose real name is Malcolm James McCormick, was booked at 3:45 am and was held behind bars on a $15,000 bail and was officially released before 9:30 am.
TMZ was the first to report the arrest and alleges that Miller confessed to the hit and run after driving drunk. "He was the most polite and nice intoxicated person we’ve ever seen," a police source shared. The arrest comes a week after news broke that Miller and girlfriend Ariana Grande split. The 26-year-old rapper is known for his hits “Dang” and “Fight the Feeling".
PEOPLE confirmed that though the pair had broken up, they had chosen to remain friends. Ariana Grande took to Instagram to share her experience about her relationship with Miller. Ariana and Mac dated for almost two years before deciding to go their separate ways.
"This is one of my best friends in the whole world and favorite people on the planet. I respect and adore him endlessly and am grateful to have him in my life in any form, at all times regardless of how our relationship changes or what the universe holds for each of us!" the singer wrote at the time.
Many fans and followers were extremely disappointed at the couple's split and many took to various social media platforms to express their disappointment. Despite saying that the two would remain, friends, Ariana Grande and Mac Miller seem to have unfollowed each other on Instagram.
Mac Miller has been Ariana's pillar of support as she recovered emotionally after a suicide bombing that happened at her show last year in Manchester, England. The terrorist attack left 22 of her fans dead and injured around 119 others. Grande has now been working hard for her upcoming album, Sweetener, which is due to release on July 20.
The album will mark the first new music Grande has released since the Manchester bombing.