Post Malone’s parents, American rapper and singer Austin Richard Post, were born on July 4, 1995, in Syracuse, New York.

He was raised by his father, Richard Post, and stepmother, Jodie. His father was a DJ and introduced Malone to many different genres of music, including hip-hop, country, and rock.

After Malone’s father was named concessions manager for the Dallas Cowboys, the family moved to Grapevine, Texas, when Malone was nine years old.

In 2010, Malone began learning guitar. He showed up for an audition with American band Crown the Empire, but was turned away when the strings on his instrument broke. He credits the video game “Guitar Hero” with sparking his initial interest in learning the guitar.

In June 2017, Malone made a DJ appearance at Emo Nite in Los Angeles, California, where he performed songs by American alternative rock band My Chemical Romance. Malone has always loved alternative rock music.

Malone says he got his start in the music industry by playing in a heavy metal band. He says he quickly moved on to softer rock and hip-hop before starting to make new music with FL Studio.

Career after Malone

Malone is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Known for his diverse vocal range, Malone has been praised for merging the genres and subgenres of hip-hop, pop, R&B and trap. His stage name was created using a rap name generator and his birth name.

Malone started his music career in 2011 and in 2015, his debut single “White Iverson”, which charted at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, helped him gain popularity.

In 2016, Malone’s debut album Stoney was released, which included the platinum hit “Congratulations” (featuring Quavo). He set a record for the most weeks (77) spent atop the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Beerbongs & Bentleys, his second album, reached the top of the US Billboard 200 in 2018 and broke numerous streaming records.

It was nominated for Album of the Year at the 61st Grammy Awards and contained the US number one singles “Rockstar” (featuring 21 Savage) and “Psycho” (featuring Ty Dolla Sign).

Malone’s third album, Hollywood’s Bleeding (2019), was his third number-one album and the album was his second number-one album.

The song “Sunflower” (co-written by Malone and Swae Lee) served as the lead single and promotional track for the soundtrack of the 2018 film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Its second single, “Circles”, broke the previous record for most weeks (39) spent in the top ten of the Hot 100, reaching number one.

Her fourth album, Twelve Carat Toothache, was released in June 2022. The singles “I Like You (A Happier Song)” (featuring Doja Cat) and “One Right Now” (featuring The Weeknd) both reached the US top ten .

With over 80 million albums sold, Malone is one of the world’s best-selling musicians. He has won ten Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, and nine Grammy Award nominations.

He is the first solo artist to top the Rap Airplay and Adult Contemporary charts, and “Circles” set a record for the longest solo artist stay at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart (41 weeks). He also holds several other records on the Billboard charts.

Who are Post Malone’s parents?

Malone was raised by his father, Richard Post, and stepmother, Jodie. His father, Rich Post, was a DJ when he was young and introduced Malone to many different genres of music as a teenager, including hip-hop, country, and rock.