Can we please forgive Goldlink?

As someone who’s chronically online, It feels like every other month - 3 months I always come across something pertaining to Gold Link and without fail… it always leads back to Mac Miller. Someone posts their song of the day that happens to be Goldlink, “he’s his own downfall”. Someone posts an old snippet of him singing live “will never forget what he did to Mac”. And of course the What Happened to Goldlink videos. Don’t even get me started on those comments. Those comments are the worst.

But like… can we please forgive him now? It’s been about 5 years. At this point it just feels like bullying. The comments I’ve seen on his page are disgusting. Which I don’t understand because the commenters calling Goldlink “a piece of shit human” But leaving disturbing comments that only someone who’s a piece of a shit would comment?

Just because a person passes away does not mean the hurt they’ve caused you or brought to you goes away too. This could have been therapeutic for Goldlink. Maybe he should’ve left it anonymous or not have posted it, but he did. It’s not like the letter was spiteful or malicious. It was a personal letter of him expressing his feelings. He gave Mac credit. He called him special, he said Mac was the blueprint for rappers. He said he was proud of him and grateful for him. It was basically a friend explaining to another friend why they are upset (which is normal in healthy friendships), except the friend wasn’t here. Maybe that was a way for him to cope. We all deal with grief differently. And for the people saying it was too soon. I promise if he posted that today in 2025 you all would have the same reaction. Like “bro it’s been years get over it”, “only a shit of a person would post this”.

I think the reason we have trouble letting go of this is because we pedestal-ize celebrities. We think they can do no wrong or be criticized (even from someone who actually knew them) because of how much of a fan we are. At the end of the day celebrities are human and no human is perfect. The nicest human can offended someone. That’s just life. Instead of viewing it as an attack, view it as someone grieving because that’s literally what it was. From what I saw online and heard from his music, Mac’s vibe was of someone who was laid back and introspective. He definitely would’ve wanted us to forgive him.