‘Rockstar’ Post Malone: Career Beginnings and Rise to Fame

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Post Malone is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer who gained popularity through his musical acts. He has won a number of awards, including the MTV Video and Music Awards, Grammy Award nominations, and a Diamond Certification for one of his most popular songs.

 

Malone’s music blends modern hip-hop music, country, R&B, trap, folk, and even rock genres, with hip-hop being the most prominent one.

 

Early Life

Post Malone was born Austin Richard Post on July 4, 1995, in Syracuse, New York. Malone’s father, Richard Post, raised him with Malone’s stepmother. At the age of 14, Malone began to show his musicality when he started playing the guitar because of the video game Guitar Hero.

 

He tried to audition for the band Crown the Empire in 2010. Unfortunately, his guitar strings broke during the audition, so he got rejected. That didn’t stop him, though. Instead, he recorded music and created his own mixtape, which got positive feedback from his classmates.

 

After dropping out of Tarrant County College, Post Malone moved to Los Angeles, where he formed the music group BLCKVRD with other artists and producers. He then moved to San Fernando Valley with several of the members.

 

How Post Malone Gained Popularity

Post Malone’s debut song titled “White Iverson” was released in February 2015. The song debuted at No. 84 on the Billboard Hot 100. It garnered a lot of attention, especially after the official music video got more than one million views. After that, he started to work with many top rappers, including Kanye West and Young Thug.

 

2015 marked the year when Post Malone’s career in professional music began. It was also the year when he signed his first contract with Republic Records.

 

In December 2016, Post Malone released his debut album titled “Stoney,” to which Malone sang lead vocals. About two months after that, he announced that he was preparing another project titled “Beerbongs & Bentleys.”

Furthermore, in September 2017, the first single of the planned album, “Rockstar,” was released. It was the first song of Post Malone that topped the Billboard Hot 100. Later, it won Top Rap Song at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards.

 

Post Malone’s popularity just kept rising after the release of “Rockstar.” Finally, at the 2018 Bud Lite Dive Bar Show in Nashville, he announced the release date of the planned album.

 

In the same year, Post Malone also expressed his interest in creating his own record label and film production company. Furthermore, he confirmed that he was preparing to release his upcoming third studio album. The third album was finally released on September 6, 2019.

 

As for now, Post Malone is signed to two record labels: Republic and Mercury. In April 2023, he released “Chemical,” a song from his upcoming fifth studio album.

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