Post Malone
A tattooed chameleon mixing rock grit with melodic rap to flip genre rules.
Austin Richard Post, known professionally as Post Malone, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His music blends various genres including pop, hip-hop, trap, country, R&B, and rock. He began his musical career in 2011 and earned mainstream recognition with his 2015 debut single "White Iverson." Malone has released six studio albums, including Stoney (2016), Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018), Hollywood's Bleeding (2019), Twelve Carat Toothache (2022), Austin (2023), and F-1 Trillion (2024). He has achieved multiple number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Rockstar" (featuring 21 Savage), "Psycho" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign), "Sunflower" (with Swae Lee), "Fortnight" (with Taylor Swift), and "I Had Some Help" (featuring Morgan Wallen).
- Character
- Austin Richard Post
- Stage Name
- Post Malone
- First Major Collaboration
- The Life of Pablo Era
Verified Timeline
In Their Own Story
In August 2015, Post Malone performed at Kylie Jenner's 18th birthday party. At that event, he met Kanye West, who enjoyed his music. This meeting led to a collaboration on West's single "Fade," which appeared on West's album The Life of Pablo (2016). The source does not provide any additional details about the recording session, the nature of Malone's contribution to the track, or any subsequent interactions between the two artists.
Reader's Guide
Post Malone's connection to Kanye West is documented in the source as a single collaboration: Malone contributed to West's song "Fade" from the 2016 album The Life of Pablo. This collaboration resulted from a meeting at Kylie Jenner's 18th birthday party in August 2015, where West heard Malone's music and enjoyed it.
Did You Know?
- Post Malone chose his stage name when he was '14 or 15' using a 'rap name generator' to get 'Malone'.
- He auditioned as a guitarist for the Texas-based metalcore group Crown the Empire in 2010 but was rejected after his guitar strings broke during the audition.
- Malone was voted 'Most Likely to Become Famous' by his classmates as a senior in high school.
- He recorded his debut single 'White Iverson' two days after writing it and uploaded it to his SoundCloud account in February 2015.
- Malone's single 'Sunflower' (with Swae Lee) became the highest-certified song in RIAA history and the first to receive a 2× Diamond certification.
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