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Browse our daily archive of stories below. Subscribe to the email blast and enhance your inbox. All of our love goes to his family, friends, and loved ones - including Grande - as they continue to grapple with his sudden, untimely passing.Welcome to the Daily Chord®, a collection of pertinent stories from the worlds of music posted each weekday. It’s now been just over a year since Mac Miller’s death, and we’re still so sad about it. He’s set to be arraigned by a judge next month, and we’ll see where the courtroom battles take him after that. The 28-year-old alleged dealer is already being held in jail without bond, facing a charge of distributing a controlled substance, after being taken into custody earlier this week by federal authorities. Related: Ari Opens Up To Vogue About Mac Miller’s Addiction Sources say Pettit is likely to be hit with an enhanced drug trafficking charge resulting in a death, though that charge apparently is more difficult to prove and requires significantly more investigation (which is already underway). Now, as far as charges go, it’s still unclear exactly how much justice Ariana should expect here. Apparently, Pettit’s arrest in this aspect of the case has brought “some sense of closure” to Ariana, which is a very welcome thing, and yet it’s also apparently pushing her even harder to the point where she can see justice being served.