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Post Malone
Malone performing in May 2015
Background information
Birth name	Austin Richard Post
Born	(1995-07-04) July 4, 1995 (age 29) Syracuse, New York. U.S.
Origin	Grapevine, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop R&B
Occupation	Memer for h3h3
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Republic
Website	postmalone.com

Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), better known by his stage name Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He first gained major recognition in February 2015, after the release of his debut single "White Iverson". In August 2015, Malone landed a record deal with Republic Records. On December 9, 2016, he released his debut studio album Stoney.

Early life

Malone was born in Syracuse, New York. When he was 10 years old, he and his family moved to Grapevine, Texas. He enjoyed playing basketball and watching sports. His father was the Dallas Cowboys' assistant director of food and beverage, so Malone was able to get free food and tickets to their games. Malone began to play the guitar and auditioned for the band Crown the Empire in 2010, but was rejected after his guitar strings broke during the audition. He credited his initial interest in learning guitar to the popular video game Guitar Hero.

Malone first began learning how to produce music through FL Studio. When he was 16 years old, he started working on his first mixtape. He showed it to some of his classmates at Grapevine High School, garnering him notoriety at the school. He credited his love for music to his father, who exposed him to music making for all genres, including country music. He enrolled in Tarrant County College, attending for only a few months. While at Tarrant, Post was an excellent volleyball player. In his first 3 months he was named to the D-IV All Defensive Team.

Musical career

After leaving college, Malone moved to Los Angeles, California, with his longtime friend Jason Stokes. He created his stage name, which would later be rumoured to be a reference to the professional basketball player Karl Malone, but Malone later explained in an interview with The Breakfast Club that "'Post' is last name, and just made 'Malone' up". He met 1st and Rich from FKi Music, and Rex Kudo who did production work on several of Malone's tracks, one of which was titled "White Iverson". Malone recorded the song two days after he wrote it. "White Iverson" is in part, a reference to the professional basketball player Allen Iverson. In February 2015, upon completion, it was uploaded to Post's SoundCloud account. On July 19, 2015, Malone released a music video for "White Iverson", which has received over 240 million views since its release. After the initial hype of "White Iverson", Post released several other popular singles through his SoundCloud, including "Too Young", "What's Up" "Patient"and "Tear$", all of which experienced similar levels of popularity.

After hitting one million views within a month of releasing "White Iverson", Post quickly garnered attention from record labels. In August 2015, he signed a recording contract with Republic Records. Since his breakthrough hit song, Malone has worked with a number of prominent rappers such as 50 Cent, Young Thug, and Kanye West, among others. Malone began his friendship with Canadian singer and songwriter Justin Bieber, which led to Malone being an opening act for Bieber's Purpose World Tour. On April 20, 2016, Malone premiered his new single, "Go Flex" on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show. On May 12, 2016, he released his first full-length project, a mixtape, titled August 26th. On June 9, 2016, Malone made his national television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, performing "Go Flex".

In June 2016, XXL editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten revealed Post Malone was considered for XXL's "2016 Freshmen Class" magazine cover, however she was "told by his camp that he wasn't paying attention to hip hop so much. He was going in more of a rock/pop/country direction." However, Malone denied these claims, saying, "My love of music should never be questioned. I shouldn't be chastised in whichever way I see fit." He then went on to explain that his latest mixtape as well as his upcoming album are both hip-hop: "I have a hip-hop album coming out in August. I made a HIP HOP mixtape promoting my HIP HOP album." The title of his debut mixtape August 26th was a reference to the scheduled release date of his debut studio album Stoney. On August 27, 2016, Post Malone issued an apology for the album being late. It was available for pre-order on November 4, and was finally released on December 9.

Discography

Studio albums

• Stoney (2016)

Mixtapes

• August 26th (2016)

References

1. ^ Blackburn, H. Drew (June 23, 2015). "Post Malone's Homecoming". Pigeons & Planes. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
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3. Figman, Adam (April 30, 2015). "The New 3". SLAMonline. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
4. ^ "Post Malone at The Breakfast Club | Talks White Iverson, Is He A Culture Vulture & More (8/24/2015)". YouTube. TheBreakFastClub. August 24, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
5. ^ Golden, Zara (May 14, 2015). "How Post Malone Became The Most Random Success In Rap". The FADER. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
6. ^ Markman, Rob (July 18, 2015). "Video Premiere: Watch Post Malone's 'White Iverson'". MTV. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
7. ^ Jeffries, David. "Post Malone – Biography". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
8. "White Iverson by Post Malone". SoundCloud. Post Malone. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
9. Schwartz, Danny (August 14, 2015). "Post Malone Signs With Republic Records". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
10. Suarez, Gary. "Post Malone Scores With 'White Iverson'". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
11. Akubuilo, Nneoma (February 12, 2016). "Yeezy Season 3". Retrieved February 18, 2016.
12. "Rapper Post Malone on Collaborating With Kanye West: 'It Was the Scariest Experience Ever'". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
13. "Justin Bieber at the Palace". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
14. Mikael Wood (16 December 2016). "Why Post Malone has been called 'the Donald Trump of hip-hop'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
15. Simmons, Ted (April 21, 2016) http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2016/04/post-malone-go-flex-single/ Retrieved April 23, 2016
16. Walker, Angus. "Post Malone's "August 26" Reportedly Dropping Today At Noon'". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
17. "Post Malone Performs 'Go Flex' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'". Retrieved 1 July 2016.
18. "Post Malone Going In "Rock/Pop/Country Direction"". Retrieved 1 July 2016.
19. "Post Malone Responds To XXL Claiming He's Not Focused On Hip-Hop". Retrieved 1 July 2016.
20. Smith, Trevor. "Post Malone Apologizes For Delay Of His Debut Album "Stoney"". Hot New Hip-Hop.

• 1995 births
• Living people
• Rappers from Dallas
• Republic Records artists
• American hip hop singers
• Southern hip hop musicians
• People from Grapevine, Texas