1. Post Malone began his musical career in 2011, and began to gain recognition with his 2015 debut single "White Iverson", which peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
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Post Malone then signed with Republic Records and then released his debut studio album Stoney, which peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and included the diamond-certified single "Congratulations".
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Post Malone's accolades include eleven Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, six MTV Video Music Awards, and eighteen Grammy Award nominations.
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Post Malone holds several Billboard chart records: Post Malone is the first solo lead artist to top both the Rap Airplay and Adult Contemporary charts, while "Circles" set the record for longest climb to number one on the Adult Contemporary chart by a solo artist.
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Austin Richard Post Malone was born on July 4,1995, in Syracuse, New York.
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Post Malone was raised by his father, Richard Post, and his stepmother, Jodie.
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Post Malone's father had been a DJ in his youth and introduced Malone to many different genres of music including hip-hop, country, and rock.
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Post Malone began to play the guitar and auditioned for the American band Crown the Empire in 2010, but was rejected after his guitar strings broke during the audition.
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Post Malone credited his initial interest in learning guitar to the video game Guitar Hero.
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Post Malone has expressed his affinity for alternative rock music, and appeared for a DJ set at Emo Nite in Los Angeles, California, in June 2017, playing songs by American alt-rock band My Chemical Romance at the event.
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Post Malone says soon afterwards he transitioned to softer rock as well as hip-hop, before beginning to experiment on FL Studio.
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Post Malone was voted "Most Likely to Become Famous" by his classmates as a senior in high school.
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Post Malone worked at a Chicken Express as a teenager.
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At age 17, Post Malone released a parody synth-pop ballad song called "Why Don't You Love Me" under the alias Leon DeChino, intended for a school project.
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Post Malone later referenced the DeChino alias on his song "Psycho".
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Post Malone later enrolled in Tarrant County College, but dropped out.
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Several members of the group, including Post Malone, moved into a house in the San Fernando Valley together.
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On July 19,2015, Post Malone released a music video for "White Iverson".
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Post Malone went on to work with a number of prominent rappers including 50 Cent, Young Thug, Kanye West and others.
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Post Malone later began a friendship with Canadian singer Justin Bieber leading to Post Malone being an opening act for Bieber's Purpose World Tour.
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Post Malone later went on to call the album "mediocre", despite the success of the single "Congratulations", Post Malone's first top-ten song on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight.
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On February 20,2018, Post Malone previewed his new song with Ty Dolla Sign titled "Psycho".
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Post Malone promised a "blockbuster" lineup with headliners like rapper Travis Scott.
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In November 2018, it was confirmed Post Malone was recording his third album in his Utah home.
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Post Malone performed with the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the awards show on February 10,2019.
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In July 2019, Post Malone released the single "Goodbyes", and announced the Runaway Tour with Swae Lee as the opener.
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Post Malone then performed the song at his second annual Bud Light: Dive Bar concert and confirmed that the official song would be released the following week.
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Post Malone confirmed that his upcoming third studio album will be released on September 6,2019.
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Post Malone received backlash for not cancelling his sold-out arena show amid rising concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In late April 2020, Post Malone performed a live-streamed set consisting entirely of Nirvana covers from his home.
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Post Malone sang lead vocals and provided rhythm guitar for the set.
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Post Malone was accompanied by drummer Travis Barker, bassist Brian Lee and lead guitarist Nick Mac.
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In June 2020, Post Malone featured on Tyla Yaweh's single, "Tommy Lee".
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On July 9,2021, Post Malone released the single "Motley Crew" with an accompanying music video, featuring several guest stars, past collaborators and friends including Tommy Lee, Tyga, Tyla Yaweh and his manager Dre London.
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On January 26,2022, during his cover story will Billboard, Post Malone revealed that his fourth studio album would be titled Twelve Carat Toothache.
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Post Malone released the album's second single, "Cooped Up" with Roddy Ricch, on May 12,2022.
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Post Malone had previously confirmed that he had worked with Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold on a song for the album.
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On May 16,2023, Post Malone announced that his fifth studio album, Austin, would be released on July 28,2023.
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On July 17,2023, Post Malone collaborated with Noah Kahan on a re-released version of Kahan's single "Dial Drunk" featuring a new vocal from Post Malone.
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On February 11,2024, Post Malone performed "America the Beautiful" at the Super Bowl LVIII.
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Post Malone later made a post on his social media supporting this.
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On March 29,2024, Post Malone was featured on the track "Levii's Jeans" off Beyonce's eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter.
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On May 2,2024, Post Malone announced his next single, entitled "I Had Some Help", which released on May 10.
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On June 13,2024, Post Malone announced the single "Pour Me a Drink".
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On June 18,2024, Post Malone announced his sixth studio album, F-1 Trillion, which was released on August 16,2024.
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On November 19,2024, Post Malone announced his eighth concert tour, along with his openers, fellow American rapper, singer, and songwriter Jelly Roll and American singer-songwriter and musician Sierra Ferrell.
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On February 17,2025, Post Malone announced the European leg of the tour consisting of various festivals and headline shows, with Jelly Roll joining as the opening act on select dates.
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Post Malone's music has been described as a "melting pot of the country, grunge and hip hop" and Post Malone himself has been described as versatile.
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Post Malone called "Subterranean Homesick Blues" the "first rap song".
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Post Malone has cited Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash as key influences too.
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Post Malone has been called a "culture vulture" multiple times by different publications and on social media for appropriating African-American culture.
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In January 2018, Post Malone went on an intoxicated rant against people who describe him as a culture vulture.
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Post Malone later appeared in a video on Twitter, saying that the reason for his comments was that it was a "beer-tasting" interview, and going on to say that he loves hip-hop.
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Newonce denied that claim, stating that Post Malone barely drank at all during the interview.
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Post Malone released multiple lines of sunglasses in collaboration with Arnette.
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An enthusiast of the collectible trading card game Magic: The Gathering, in 2022 he collaborated with publisher Wizards of the Coast to create two special supplemental sets: "Secret Lair x Post Malone: Backstage Pass", with cards featuring himself in the title and art, and "Secret Lair x Post Malone: The Lands", with cards featuring his tattoos in the art and flavor texts written by him.
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Post Malone owns the unique One Ring card, which he purchased for more than $2 million.
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Post Malone was involved in a car crash on September 8,2018.
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Post Malone was in a three-year-long relationship with Ashlen Diaz, ending in November 2018.
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In May 2022, Post Malone announced that he was expecting his first child with his current girlfriend.
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Post Malone has the initials of his child, "DDP", tattooed on his forehead.
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In March 2020, a video surfaced that showed Post Malone falling and behaving oddly on stage to his song, "I Fall Apart", which made fans worry about his well-being and health.
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Post Malone has a number of tattoos that he inked himself and has inked tattoos on several friends and acquaintances.
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Post Malone later expressed a dislike for Trump in a November 2017 interview for Rolling Stone.