Post Malone

Post Malone

Post Malone performing in May 2015.
Background information
Birth name Austin Post
Born (1995-07-04) July 4, 1995
Syracuse, New York
Origin Dallas, Texas United States
Genres Hip hop, R&B
Occupation(s)
Years active 2014–present
Labels Republic

Austin Post (born July 4, 1995),[1] better known by his stage name Post Malone, is an American recording artist and songwriter from Dallas, Texas. He first gained major recognition for his single "White Iverson" after releasing it on SoundCloud in February 2015. He is currently signed with Republic Records.

Early life

Austin Post was born on July 4, 1995, in Syracuse, New York.[1] When he was 10-years old, he and his family moved to Dallas, Texas. He enjoyed playing basketball and watching sports. His father was the Dallas Cowboys' assistant director of food and beverage, and this meant that he was able to get free food and tickets to Dallas Cowboy games.[2][3]

Post then taught himself on how to play the saxophone, and then he became a member of the heavy metal band in high school. He credited his initial interest in learning guitar to the popular video game Guitar Hero. He first learned how to produce music through FL Studio. When he was 16-years old, he's been started working on his first mixtape. He showed it to some of his classmates and it gained some popularity at his school.[4] He credits his love for music to his father, who exposed him to many genres, including country music, while growing up and also his cousin Raj who exposed him to rap music at a young age. He often mentions his cousin who he used to watch basketball with from a young age but has lost touch with because of his new found fame.[1]

Post attended and graduated from Grapevine High School. He then enrolled in Tarrant County College but only attended for a few months.[1]

Career

After leaving college, Post moved from Dallas to Los Angeles, California, with long time friend Jason Stokes (also known as Minecraft Universe), and lived with the popular YouTube gaming group TeamCrafted, and appeared in many of their YouTube videos, though several videos he participated in were later removed from the site. During that time is when he made the video "Why Don't You Love Me?" with Jason Stokes. He later participated in a music group known as BLKCVRD, which consisted of Billie Gvtes, Jason Stokes, Post Malone and several more artists. He also met 1st and Rich of FKi Music, who helped him produce "White Iverson" and other songs.[1] Post recorded the song two days after he wrote it.[4]

He thought of the name after getting braids in his hair, thinking he looked like a "White Iverson", a reference to the professional basketball player, Allen Iverson.[3][5][6] Upon completion in February 2015, it was uploaded to Post's SoundCloud account.[7] Post Malone released the video for "White Iverson" on July 19, 2015, which has received over 109 million views since its initial release. After the initial hype of "White Iverson", Post released several other popular singles to his SoundCloud including "Too Young", "What's Up", and "Tear$" which all saw a similar level of popularity to the breakout hit. This group of songs quickly brought him attention from record labels, gaining over a million plays the month it was uploaded.[5] In August 2015, he decided to sign with Republic Records.[8] Since his breakthrough hit, Post has been working with a number of big name rappers such as 50 Cent, Young Thug, and having a song featuring himself play during Kanye West's fashion show Yeezy Season 2, which also featured Ty Dolla Sign.

Stage name

Although it is suggested that Post's stage name is a reference to the professional basketball player, Karl Malone,[6] he has said otherwise. In an interview with The Breakfast Club, he explains "Well Post is my last name, and I just made Malone up."[3]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
 US R&B
 CAN
"White Iverson" 2015 14 5 41 TBA
"Too Young"
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Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Fade" 2016 Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign The Life of Pablo

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Blackburn, H. Drew (June 23, 2015). "Post Malone's Homecoming". Pigeons & Planes. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ Figman, Adam (April 30, 2015). "The New 3". SLAMonline. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "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.
  4. 1 2 Golden, Zara (May 14, 2015). "How Post Malone Became The Most Random Success In Rap". The FADER. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Jeffries, David. "Post Malone – Biography". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Markman, Rob (July 18, 2015). "Video Premiere: Watch Post Malone’s ‘White Iverson’". MTV. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ "White Iverson by Post Malone". SoundCloud. Post Malone. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  8. ↑ Schwartz, Danny (August 14, 2015). "Post Malone Signs With Republic Records". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/garysuarez/2016/01/25/post-malone-goes-platinum-with-white-iverson/
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