Post Malone began his music career in 2011 and gained recognition with his 2015 debut single "White Iverson", which peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
48 Facts About Post Malone
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Post Malone holds several Billboard chart records: he is the first solo artist to top 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 always had a love 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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At 16, using audio editor Audacity, Post Malone created his first mixtape, Young and After Them Riches.
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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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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" featuring Quavo, 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" featuring Young Thug, 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, will be released on July 28,2023.
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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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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 girlfriend.
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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.