49 Fun Facts About Post Malone

What is Post Malone's real first name?

Austin Richard Post; he later titled his fifth album Austin.

On which US holiday was Post Malone born?

Post Malone was born on July 4, 1995, so his birthday falls on Independence Day; he was raised in Texas from childhood after the family left New York.

Post Malone grew up in Grapevine, Texas, after his father took a concessions job with which team?

His father, Rich Post, became assistant director of food and beverage for the Dallas Cowboys, which moved the family from New York to Grapevine when Post Malone was a child.

Where did the 'Malone' half of his stage moniker come from?

He has said he typed 'Post' into an online rap-name generator at about 14 and it spat out 'Post Malone'; the Karl Malone story was a rumour he denied.

Which video game series does Post Malone credit with getting him to pick up his first instrument?

Post Malone has said playing Guitar Hero made him want a real guitar; he learned at around 14 and went on to play in a local metalcore band as a teenager.

Which Texas metalcore band rejected Post Malone at a 2010 guitar audition after his strings broke?

Crown the Empire, a Dallas-area metalcore band, turned him down at a 2010 audition after one of his guitar strings broke mid-tryout; his classmates later voted him Most Likely to Become Famous.

Post Malone's breakout single title alludes to which basketball star?

'White Iverson' nods to Allen Iverson: Post Malone got his hair braided, decided he looked like a white version of the Hall of Fame guard, and wrote the song around it.

On which platform did Post Malone first upload his breakout single in February 2015?

He posted the song to SoundCloud in February 2015; it passed a million plays within about a month, and record labels came calling before the year was out.

Which label signed Post Malone in August 2015?

Republic later relaunched Mercury Records in 2022 with him on the roster.

Where did 'White Iverson' peak on the Billboard Hot 100?

Modest by his later standards, though the song eventually went Diamond.

Post Malone opened on which pop star's Purpose World Tour in 2016?

The two became friends and Bieber later guested on 'Deja Vu' after freestyling in the studio.

What is the title of Post Malone's debut studio album, released in December 2016?

He publicly apologised for it being late, and later called the record 'mediocre'.

Which rapper features on Post Malone's 2016 single 'Congratulations'?

Quavo of Migos features on 'Congratulations', which became Post Malone's first top-ten hit on the Hot 100, peaking at number eight in 2017.

Which producer has been Post Malone's main studio collaborator, co-writing 'Circles' and 'Sunflower'?

Louis Bell produced or co-produced most of Post Malone's catalogue, including 'Circles' and 'Sunflower', and shares writing credits on nearly all of his number-one singles.

Which Michael Jackson album's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart record did Post Malone's debut break in 2018?

Thriller had held the record with 76 weeks in the top 10 of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart; Post Malone's debut logged a 77th week there in 2018.

Which rapper features on 'Rockstar', Post Malone's first chart-topping single?

21 Savage raps the second verse of 'Rockstar', which debuted at number two behind Cardi B's 'Bodak Yellow' and then held number one for eight straight weeks in late 2017.

The 'Rockstar' music video shows Post Malone fighting a gang armed with what?

In the Emil Nava-directed video, Post Malone fights off a gang wielding samurai swords, cutting them down and ending the clip soaked in blood; the video arrived in November 2017.

Which singer features on 'Psycho', Post Malone's second chart-topper?

Ty Dolla Sign sings the second verse of 'Psycho', which debuted at number two on the Hot 100 in March 2018 and reached number one that June.

What is the title of Post Malone's second album, released in April 2018?

Beerbongs & Bentleys debuted at number one with 461,000 units in its first week and set a first-day Spotify record of 78.7 million streams.

How many songs did his second album land in the Hot 100's top 20 at once, a record at the time?

Nine tracks from his second album sat in the Hot 100's top 20 in the same week in May 2018, beating the Beatles' 1964 record of eight.

'Sunflower', with Swae Lee, was recorded for the soundtrack of which film?

'Sunflower' was written for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), where Miles Morales sings along to it; it became Post Malone's third Hot 100 number one in January 2019.

'Sunflower' was the first song ever to receive what RIAA certification?

Double Diamond means 20 million certified units; 'Sunflower' was the first single the RIAA ever certified at that level, making it the highest-certified song in the organisation's history at the time.

How many weeks did 'Circles' spend on the Billboard Hot 100?

'Circles' logged 61 weeks on the Hot 100, topping it for three weeks in late 2019 as his first number one without a featured artist.

Which heavy-metal legend features with Travis Scott on 'Take What You Want' from Hollywood's Bleeding?

Ozzy Osbourne sings the hook on 'Take What You Want', giving the Black Sabbath frontman his first Hot 100 top-ten hit in 30 years; Travis Scott raps the second verse.

How many first-week album-equivalent units did Hollywood's Bleeding sell to debut at number one?

Hollywood's Bleeding opened with 489,000 album-equivalent units in September 2019, his second straight number-one debut, and earned his second Album of the Year Grammy nomination.

During lockdown in April 2020, Post Malone livestreamed a full set of covers by which band?

His April 2020 livestream was an all-Nirvana set, with Travis Barker on drums, that raised money for COVID-19 relief; Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Courtney Love all praised it.

Which artist joined Post Malone on the 2021 single 'One Right Now'?

The Weeknd shares vocals on 'One Right Now', released in November 2021 as the lead single from Post Malone's fourth album, which went on to peak at number two.

What is the title of Post Malone's fourth studio album, released in June 2022?

Twelve Carat Toothache came out on June 3, 2022; Post Malone revealed the title in a Billboard cover story, and 'Cooped Up' with Roddy Ricch was its second single.

Which song did Post Malone perform at Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024?

Post Malone sang 'America the Beautiful' with an acoustic guitar before Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, where the Chiefs beat the 49ers; Reba McEntire sang the national anthem.

'Fortnight', Post Malone's collaboration with Taylor Swift, opens which of her albums?

'Fortnight' is track one on The Tortured Poets Department (2024); on release day it set a Spotify single-day streaming record, passing Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'.

Which country star features on 'I Had Some Help'?

Morgan Wallen duets on 'I Had Some Help', which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 2024 and was the lead single from Post Malone's first country album.

What is the title of Post Malone's 2024 country album?

F-1 Trillion, released in August 2024, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200; an extended edition subtitled Long Bed followed within hours, stretching the 18-track album to 27.

Which country icon duets with Post Malone on 'Have the Heart' from his 2024 country album?

Dolly Parton duets on 'Have the Heart'; the album's guest list also includes Hank Williams Jr., Tim McGraw, Chris Stapleton and Billy Strings.

Who features on 'Pour Me a Drink', the second single from Post Malone's 2024 country album?

Blake Shelton features on 'Pour Me a Drink', released in June 2024 as the album's second single; 'Guy for That' with Luke Combs followed as the third.

With which footwear brand has Post Malone released collaborations since 2018?

He has also put out Bud Light cans and designed the exterior of a Raising Cane's in Midvale, Utah.

Post Malone worked with Wizards of the Coast in 2022 on special sets for which game?

Magic: The Gathering's Secret Lair line released two Post Malone drops in 2022, one putting him on the cards and one turning his tattoos into card art; in 2023 he bought the one-of-one The One Ring card.

In which state did Post Malone settle, in a 12,700-square-foot home in Cottonwood Heights?

Post Malone moved to Utah in 2018, buying the 12,700-square-foot Cottonwood Heights house outside Salt Lake City; he recorded much of Hollywood's Bleeding in its home studio.

Which musician does Post Malone call 'a genius' and 'a god', and has tattooed on himself?

He got into Dylan around age 15 and says it is what he listens to when he wants to cry.

What name did Post Malone give his own music festival, first held in Dallas in 2018?

Posty Fest debuted in October 2018 at Dallas's Dos Equis Pavilion and moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington for its 2019 edition.

What are the initials Post Malone has tattooed on his forehead?

DDP are the initials of his daughter, born in 2022; he got the forehead tattoo that year, and the 2024 song 'Yours' imagines walking her down the aisle.

In which New York city was Post Malone born in 1995?

Post Malone was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1995 and lived there until his father's job moved the family to Grapevine, Texas, while he was a child.

Post Malone moved to Los Angeles with longtime friend Jason Probst, who had what profession?

Jason Probst was a professional game streamer; Post Malone moved into his Los Angeles house after dropping out of Tarrant County College in Texas.

Which rock band did Post Malone perform with at the 61st Grammy Awards in February 2019?

Post Malone performed 'Stay' and 'Rockstar' before the Red Hot Chili Peppers joined him for 'Dark Necessities' at the 61st Grammys, where he was nominated for four awards.

Post Malone's 2022 documentary Runaway premiered on which streaming channel?

Post Malone: Runaway premiered on Amazon's free, ad-supported Freevee service in August 2022, following the 2019 Runaway Tour from backstage and on the bus.

Which song was released in April 2023 as the lead single from Post Malone's fifth album?

'Chemical' arrived in April 2023 as the first single from Post Malone's fifth album, followed by 'Mourning' in May and 'Overdrive' in July.

On which Noah Kahan single did Post Malone add a new vocal for a 2023 re-release?

'Dial Drunk' was re-released with a new Post Malone verse in July 2023; the duet version climbed to number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Which Beyoncé album features Post Malone on the track 'Levii's Jeans'?

'Levii's Jeans' appears on Cowboy Carter (2024), Beyoncé's country album; the pair performed it live for the first time at her Christmas Day 2024 NFL halftime show in Houston.

Who joined Jelly Roll as an opener on the tour Post Malone announced in November 2024?

Sierra Ferrell and Jelly Roll were the openers for the Big Ass Stadium Tour, announced in November 2024 and played through US stadiums in 2025.

Which airport was Post Malone's plane diverted to after its tyres blew on takeoff in August 2018?

The jet circled for hours burning fuel before landing safely at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, New York; it had left Teterboro for London Luton, and Post Malone later tweeted at those who 'wished death' on him.