The rapper also began a friendship with Justin Bieber and was invited to open for him during his Purpose World Tour. The rappers worked together to record Post’s new singled ‘Fade’. He was also quickly invited to perform at Kylie Jenner’s birthday party which was where he was first introduced to Kanye West. White Iverson hit a million views within a month of its release and gained the rapper a lot of attention from reord labels, he was signed in August of that year to Republic Records which provided him access to a number of well-known rappers including 50 Cent, Kanye West and Young Thug. Post Malone, The Come Up Show from Canada, Wikimedia Commons
The single caught the attention of Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa. The tracks that the rapper recorded with 1 st from FKi were uploaded to Post’s Soundcloud account in 2015 and a music video was released a few months later. The group began living together in a home in San Fernando Valley and became acquainted with 1 st Down of FKi who helped to produce a number of Post’s songs including ‘White Iverson’ which is about the basketball player Allen Iverson. It was apparently chosen when he was a teenager and some fans suggest that he chose the name as a homage to the basketball player Karl Malone but the rapper has come out himself to suggest that the name is his last name and a name that he got from a ‘rap name generator’.Īfter his move to Los Angeles, Post Malone formed a music group with a number of other musical producers and artists and began to record music with them. There are conflicting reports on how he got the stage name ‘Post Malone’.
He then enrolled at Tarrant County College but later dropped out before he decided to move to LA with his friend, the professional gaming streamer Jason Probst. He worked at job at Chicken Express when he was a teenager. Post Malone created his first mixtape when he was sixteen and he was subsequently voted the ‘Most Likely To Become Famous’ by his classmates at Grapevine High School. Post Malone at the 2018 American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Octoin Los Angeles, CA As a teenager he enjoyed emo music and he was in a heavy metal band when he was younger before he began to delve into softer rock and hip hop music. He started to learn guitar and attended an audition for the band Crown the Empire in 2010 but was rejected because his guitar strings snapped whilst he was auditioning. Post Malone and his family relocated to Grapevine, Texas when he was nine years old and his father took a job as the manager of concessions for the Dallas Cowboys. His father worked as a DJ when he was a child which helped introduce the rapper to a variety of different music genres including hip hop, country and rock. He is the son of Rich Post and was raised by his father and his step-mother Jodie. Post Malone was born on the 4 th July, 1995 in Syracuse, New York. Post Malone at the 2018 American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Octoin Los Angeles, CA. He has also received six Grammy Award nominations over the course of his career. He has won a number of awards including three American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award and a MTV Video Music Award. Post Malone has sold more than 60 million records in the United States and has achieved a Diamond Certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for his single ‘Congratulations’. He is well-known for his unique vocal style, blending of a range of musical genres including, trap, pop, hip hop, folk and rock and for his song writing style which focuses on introspection. Austin Richard Post or Post Malone as he is known in his professional career is famous for being an American singer, rapper and songwriter.