Everything You Need to Know About Post Malone

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Post Malone was born Austin Richard Post. He was named after his father, Rich, who is also a singer-songwriter.

He was born on July 4, 1995, making him 23 years old of this writing.

Post was born in Syracuse, New York, where he lived until he was 10 years old. He then moved with his parents to Grapevine, Texas, after his father accepted a job working for the Dallas Cowboys. His parents still reside in Grapevine, and Post frequently claims it as his true hometown.

Post Malone has resisted the use of a single term to describe his music, thought it very clearly has origins in hip-hop. “It should just be music, you know?” Post told GQ in January. “Because I’ve met so many people that’ll say, ‘I listen to everything except for this, or this,’ you know? And I think that’s stupid. If you like it, you should listen to it.”

Post Malone’s rise can be traced to the release of what would become his first hit song, “White Iverson,” in 2015. Recorded shortly after Malone moved to Los Angeles from Texas (and met his current manager, Dre London), the song exploded on SoundCloud, which led to Malone signing with Republic Records.

Post has been dating 22-year-old promoter Ashlen Diaz on and off for over three years—the two reportedly met after she booked him for a show in Texas. He first mentioned her on Twitter in 2015, then again during an interview with The Breakfast Club soon after. Though the two rarely post pictures together on social media, they were spotted on a yacht together in St. Tropez in the middle of August.

In response to a question from a fan on Twitter asking about his height in 2016, Post stated that he is 6-foot-2.

One of Malone’s most recent tattoos is of the words “always” and “tired” under each of his eyes. He told Tim Westwood that the face tattoo represents “always grinding, always working, always tired, but we staying up, anyway.” He also said he chose “always tired” because the two words have nearly the same number of letters, keeping the ink symmetrical.

On August 21, Post Malone was a passenger aboard a jet leaving a New Jersey airport that blew two tires upon takeoff. Post was en route to London, where he was schedule to perform at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. The jet, however, was forced to make an emergency landing at Stewart International Airport, just under two hours north of New York City. No one was injured.

“i landed guys.” Malone tweeted. “thank you for your prayers. can’t believe how many people wished death on me on this website. fuck you. but not today.”

Post credits the video game Guitar Hero with inspiring him to want to play the actual guitar. His mother bought him his very own Washburn Lyon for Christmas one year, and Malone taught himself to play using a slew of YouTube videos and ultimate-guitar.com.

“It took a long time, because I used to suck. I was really bad,” Post told The Huffington Post. “You gotta start somewhere. You just gotta stick with it, because a lot of people wanna give up whenever they first start something.”

There’s no confirmed date, but in early June, just a month after he released Beerbongs & Bentleys, the rapper tweeted, “i am writing for the next album. thank u to everyone that is listening. let’s kick some dick. i love u. good morning.” 

There’s been no update since, but it sounds like Post already has material in the works.