Michael Robert Henrion Posner is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
28 Facts About Mike Posner
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Mike Posner released his debut album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff, in 2010.
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Mike Posner has written songs for a great number of fellow artists.
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Michael Robert Henrion Mike Posner was born on February 12,1988, in Detroit, Michigan.
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Mike Posner was raised in Southfield, Michigan, a northern suburb of Detroit.
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Mike Posner's father was Jewish and his mother is Catholic.
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Mike Posner went to Bingham Farms Elementary School, Berkshire Middle School and graduated from Groves High School, where he ran varsity track and cross-country.
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Mike Posner attended Duke University, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
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Mike Posner's father, Jon, a criminal defense lawyer, died on January 11,2017; his mother is Roberta Henrion; and his sister, Emily Henrion Mike Posner, is a civil rights attorney.
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Mike Posner started out as a record producer, working on some tracks with his hometown friend Big Sean.
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Mike Posner signed a record deal with J Records in July 2009, after his Junior year at Duke University.
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Mike Posner chose to return to Duke after signing, and toured on the weekends while at the same time recording for his debut album.
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Mike Posner performed at music festival Bonnaroo and on the 2010s Warped Tour.
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Mike Posner won a 2011's ASCAP Award from the publishing organization for "Cooler Than Me".
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However, with the success of his first album, Mike Posner began to feel uncomfortable with being in the spotlight and struggled with depression.
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Mike Posner took a break from making music to write and produce songs for other artists.
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Mike Posner later announced via Twitter that his next upcoming album would be titled Pages and would be released in early June or late Summer 2013.
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Mike Posner stated that he would like to let the world hear his recordings from Sky High and Pages.
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The song was shared in an exclusive EP titled The Truth that Mike Posner made available to fans through his email sign up list.
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Mike Posner was featured on Nick Jonas' 2017 single "Remember I Told You", the second collaboration between Posner and Jonas.
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On January 22,2018, Mike Posner announced a poetry album entitled I was born in detroit on a very, very, very, very, very, very, very cold day, which was released on January 26,2018.
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In September 2018, Mike Posner released "Song About You", the lead single from his third studio album, A Real Good Kid.
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Mike Posner released his fourth mixtape Keep Going on October 9,2019, to commemorate his trek across the country.
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On December 18,2020, Mike Posner released his fourth studio album, a rap-opera type album titled Operation: Wake Up.
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Mike Posner finished his walk across America on October 18,2019, in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California.
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On March 6,2020, Mike Posner endorsed Bernie Sanders for president in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
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In May 2021, Mike Posner traveled to Nepal despite a US State Department travel advisory warning people of a massive COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
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In June 2021, Mike Posner summited Mount Everest with a team composed of guide Jon Kedrowski, Dawa Chirring Sherpa and Dawa Dorje Sherpa.