Īfter moving to Los Angeles, Malone, Probst, and several other producers and artists formed the music group BLCKVRD and recorded music together.
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After leaving college, Malone moved to Los Angeles with his longtime friend Jason Probst, a professional game streamer. Malone later enrolled in Tarrant County College, but dropped out. He worked at a Chicken Express as a teenager. He was voted "Most Likely to Become Famous" by his classmates as a senior in high school.
He showed it to some of his classmates at Grapevine High School. At 16, using audio editor Audacity, Malone created his first mixtape, Young and After Them Riches.
The name was rumored to be a reference to the professional basketball player Karl Malone, but Malone later explained that "Post" is his last name, and he used a "rap name generator" to get "Malone". Career 2011–2016: Career beginnings and Stoney Malone performing in 2015Īccording to Malone, he chose "Post Malone" as his stage name when he was 14 or 15. He says soon afterwards he transitioned to softer rock as well as hip hop, before beginning to experiment on FL Studio. According to Malone, his first foray into professional music began when he was in a heavy metal band. 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. He credited his initial interest in learning guitar to the video game Guitar Hero. 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. When Malone was nine years old, he and his family moved to Grapevine, Texas, after his father became the manager of concessions for the Dallas Cowboys. His father had been a DJ in his youth and introduced Malone to many different genres of music including hip hop, country, and rock. He was raised by his father, Richard Post, and his stepmother, Jodie. Early lifeĪustin Richard Post was born on July 4, 1995, in Syracuse, New York. He holds several Billboard chart records: he 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 (41 weeks) on the Adult Contemporary chart by a solo artist. His fourth album, Twelve Carat Toothache, was released in June 2022, spearheaded by the US top-ten singles " I Like You (A Happier Song)" (featuring Doja Cat) and " One Right Now" (with The Weeknd).Īmong the best-selling music artists with over 80 million records sold, Malone has won 10 Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, and one MTV Video Music Award, and received nine Grammy Award nominations. Its second single, " Circles", reached number one and set the record for most weeks (39) in the top ten on the Hot 100.
His third number one, " Sunflower" (with Swae Lee), was the promotional and lead single to the soundtrack for the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), and was included on Malone's third album, Hollywood's Bleeding (2019) the album was his second number one, and "Sunflower" became the highest-certified song in RIAA history at 17x platinum. It also contained the US number-one singles " Rockstar" (featuring 21 Savage) and " Psycho" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 61st Grammy Awards. His second album, Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018), debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and set several streaming records. Malone signed a recording contract with Republic Records and released his debut album Stoney (2016) it contained the diamond single " Congratulations" (featuring Quavo) and set the record for most weeks (77) on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. 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. His stage name was derived from inputting his birth name into a rap name generator. Known for his variegated vocals, Malone has gained acclaim for blending genres and subgenres of hip hop, pop, R&B, and trap. Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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