Rapper Goldlink made headlines by stating his album “and after that we didn’t talk” was a “blueprint” for deceased rapper Mac Miller’s billboard topping album, “Divine Feminine.” Taking to Instagram yesterday, Goldlink posted a picture of Miller and spoke of the two’s relationship in recent years. Goldlink drew comparisons between his lead single “Unique” ft. Anderson Paak with Miller’s “Dang!” Ft. Anderson .Paak. Goldlink also called out Miller for never responding to his text or calls. Yet the open letter ends with Goldlink telling Miller that he was proud of him and thanking Miller for the opportunity to go on tour with him. Check out the full post below.

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Mac Miller I’d be lying if I said I was surprised to hear that you died on us. Not because you were necessarily troubled, but because you were special and because of that, you were troubled. At your peak, you were the archetypal rapper all of us wanted to be; which was independent. But also just a kid with really bright eyes about life. I’ll keep it short because I want to continue our conversation for when it’s my time to go. But I think what made you and I special is that we weren’t always on the best terms. So I didn’t always have great things to say about you. When we were on the GO:OD AM tour, I played you my album “and after that we didn’t talk”, and you thought it was absolutely incredible. I released it under the“Soulection” label and the single for my album was called “Unique” ft. Anderson Paak, and that was your favorite song at the time. You loved it so much that you made the entire tour party listen to it, and surprised me with a cake after my set. I always thought you drove yourself insane about your own music. So much that, you would adopt styles as homage to those around you that you loved. That’s where our problem started. Divine Feminine was an actual blueprint of “and after that we didn’t talk”. Your single was called “Dang!” Ft. Anderson Paak…you had Souelction support you on the Divine Feminine tour and when I tried to contact you, about anything at all…you never hit me. A close mutual friend ended up just hittin’ my DJ saying “listen man, we love Link, but we just had to do what we had to do. And Mac said if he needs a verse at anytime, he got him” We are family, you could always call me. Afterwards, we seen each other at Coachella, and you put your head down like an innocent child, but I told you to pick it up and I hugged you like the brother you are to me. You were the first person brave enough to openly say “he’s dope.”, and gave me a platform. That meant more to me than anything else. 3 days before you died, I remember pullin up on you at the crib, walking in the house and seeing the Divine Feminine album plaque on the wall. I was so proud of you and what YOU created for yourself. And I’m forever grateful for that

A post shared by GoldLink (@goldlink) on Nov 26, 2019 at 5:22pm PST

XXL captured Anderson .Paak’s reaction in his now-deleted Instagram post. Anderson called Goldink’s post “disrespectful, narcissistic, jealous, (and) grossly unnecessary.” Furthermore, Anderson .Paak questioned Goldink’s timing, asking why Goldlink wouldn’t bring his complaints up while the Grammy nominated artist was alive. “What’s the point of bringing this up after his passing and disrespecting his name?” Goldlink has not responded to .Paak’s comments, which are pictured below.