1. Michael Robert Henrion Posner is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit.
30 Facts About Mike Posner
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Mike Posner signed with J Records in 2009 and released his debut single "Cooler Than Me" the following year.
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In 2014, Mike Posner parted ways with J Records in favor of Island Records.
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Mike Posner has co-written songs performed by other artists; he co-wrote "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber and "Sugar" by Maroon 5.
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Mike Posner is one-half of alternative hip-hop duo Mansionz, completed by Florida rapper blackbear.
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Michael Robert Henrion Mike Posner was born on February 12,1988 in Detroit.
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Mike Posner grew up in Southfield, a northern suburb of Detroit.
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Mike Posner's father was a Jewish criminal defense lawyer 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 the Sigma Nu fraternity.
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Mike Posner's father, Jon, 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 Bonnaroo, a music festival, 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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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 in the summer of 2013.
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Mike Posner said 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 signup list.
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On March 17,2016, Mike Posner announced his second album, At Night, Alone, which was released on May 6,2016, and featured both originals and remixes of "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" and "Be As You Are".
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Mike Posner was featured on Nick Jonas' 2017 single "Remember I Told You", the second collaboration between Mike 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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Mike Posner released a fourth mixtape, Keep Going, on October 9,2019, to commemorate his trek across the country.
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Mike Posner released his highly anticipated fifth studio album, The Beginning, on February 21,2025.
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Mike Posner finished his walk across the US on October 18,2019, in Venice Beach in Los Angeles.
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Mike Posner traveled more than 2,800 miles in the six-month trip.
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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 although a US State Department travel advisory warned people of a massive COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
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Mike Posner used his climb to raise $250,000 for the Detroit Justice Center.