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Post Malone
Post at the VELD Music Festival in 2016
Post at the VELD Music Festival in 2016
Background information
Birth nameAustin Richard Post
Born (1995-07-04) July 4, 1995 (age 29)[1]
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • singer-songwriter
  • rapper
  • record producer
  • actor
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2013–present[2]
LabelsRepublic
Websitepostmalone.com

Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995),[1] known professionally as Post Malone, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. Known for his introspective songwriting and laconic vocal style, Post has gained acclaim for bending a range of genres including country, grunge, hip hop and R&B. He first attained recognition in 2015 following the release of his debut single "White Iverson".[3] He subsequently signed a recording contract with Republic Records.[4]

Post's debut album Stoney (2016), which was trap and cloud rap focused, was a commercial success and featured the hit single "Congratulations".[5] In 2018, the album broke the record for most weeks on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart after it reached its 77th week on the chart.[6] Post's second album Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and broke several streaming records upon release.[6] Featuring the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Rockstar" and "Psycho", it was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2018 Grammy Awards.

In 2018, Post collaborated with Swae Lee on the song "Sunflower" for the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which reached the top of the Hot 100. He later inaugurated his own festival, Posty Fest, which took place at Dos Equis Pavilion on October 28.[7] His third album Hollywood's Bleeding, released in late 2019, explored more into indie pop.[8] It became his second number-one album on the Billboard 200 and featured the Hot 100 number-one single "Circles".[9]

Post has received a Diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for "Congratulations".[10] His accolades include three American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, and an MTV Video Music Award. Additionally, he has received six Grammy Award nominations during his career.[11]

Personal life

Post currently lives in Los Angeles, California.[12] He also has a multimillion-dollar 13,000-square-foot home in northern Utah.[13] Post's old home in San Fernando Valley, California, was robbed on September 1, 2018.[14] Post was in a three-year-long relationship with Ashlen Diaz, ending in November 2018.[15]

On August 21, 2018, Post boarded a plane leaving Teterboro Airport and was scheduled to land in London Luton Airport. At 10:50 am, the tires blew out on takeoff and the plane was rerouted to Stewart International Airport for an emergency landing.[16] The plane landed safely at 3:50 pm.[17] Once the plane had landed, Post tweeted about the incident, writing "i landed guys. thank you for your prayers. can't believe how many people wished death on me on this website. fuck you. but not today."[18] Post was involved in a car crash on September 8, 2018. Post's white Rolls-Royce was driving through Santa Monica in the early morning when it collided with another car at 3:30 am. Although no one was severely injured in the incident, several people were treated for minor injuries.[19]

Political views

Post has a tattoo of U.S. president John F. Kennedy on his arm, and has said that Kennedy was "the only President to speak out against the crazy corruption stuff that's going on in our government nowadays."[20] In December 2016, Post stated that if asked to perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump he would not have been opposed,[21] though he stated that neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton were fit for President of the United States and expressed his support of Bernie Sanders during the election cycle.[21]

Post later expressed a dislike for Trump in a November 2017 interview for Rolling Stone. In the same interview, he revealed that he has a large collection of guns and believes it is an American right to own and operate guns. Post also expressed a strong interest in conspiracy theories when he said, "There's crazy shit that goes on that we can't explain."[22] During a trip to Canada, Post was interviewed and when asked what the "biggest lie is", he replied "The biggest lie in the world is the U.S. government. It's a fucking reality show and I think there's gonna be a lot of weird shit that happens within our generation that really changes the way of the world."[23]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Herbert, Geoff (October 20, 2017). "Rapper Post Malone's father talks Syracuse roots, musical influences—and haters". syracuse.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bob Dylan Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Cover—Austin Richard". October 6, 2013. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2019 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ "White Iverson by Post Malone". SoundCloud. Post Malone. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ Schwartz, Danny (August 14, 2015). "Post Malone Signs With Republic Records". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (2018-07-25). "What If Post Malone Is Here Forever?". Vulture. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wang, Amy X. (August 18, 2018). "Post Malone Broke a 34-Year-Old Michael Jackson Record. How?". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Post Malone's Posty Fest 2018: Tyler, the Creator and Travis Scott to Perform". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  8. ↑ Editor // @grantlan0145, Grant Lancaster // Digital Managing. "Post Malone Album Brings Indie-Pop Flair, Other Singles Not Quite There". The Arkansas Traveler. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-20. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Post Malone Announces New Album 'Hollywood's Bleeding'". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Post Malone & Quavo's "Congratulations" Certified Diamond". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Post Malone". GRAMMY.com. May 12, 2018. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  12. ↑ "From SoundCloud to Success with Post Malone". Noisey. September 22, 2017. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Post Malone Is Buying a $3 Million Bunker in Utah to do "Cowboy Sh*t"". PigeonsandPlanes. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Post Malone's Old Home Robbed by Armed Suspects Seeking Rapper". XXL Mag. Archived from the original on September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  15. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Us Weekly was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  16. ↑ "Post Malone's Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Tires Blew Out". Time. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  17. ↑ Stedman, Alex (August 21, 2018). "Plane Carrying Post Malone Makes Safe Emergency Landing". Variety. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Beerbongs & Bentleys on Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Post Malone car crash: 'God must hate me'". BBC News. September 8, 2018. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Post Malone Talks JFK Assassination & Trump Inauguration on 'The Breakfast Club'". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Post Malone Isn't Exactly Opposed To Performing At Trump's Inauguration". Uproxx. December 20, 2016. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  22. ↑ Weiner, Jonah. "Post Malone: Confessions of a Hip-Hop Rock Star". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 18, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Post Malone Says "the U.S. Government Is the Biggest Lie"". Highsnobiety. March 1, 2018. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

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