Age, Biography, and Wiki
Post Malone, born Austin Richard Post on July 4, 1995, in Syracuse, New York, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His early life involved a brief stint in a heavy metal band before transitioning to hip-hop and rap. He began his professional music career at a young age, releasing his first mixtape, Young And After Them Riches, when he was just 16. Post Malone's rise to fame included moving to Los Angeles to pursue music and eventually signing with Republic Records. His debut album achieved triple-platinum certification, while his second album debuted at number one on the Billboard album chart. He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and has won numerous accolades.
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| Date of Birth | 4 July 1995 |
| Age | 30 Years |
| Birth Place | Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Post Malone stands at approximately 6 feet 1 inch (1.87 m). His height contributes to his commanding stage presence, which is often noted in both live performances and public appearances. However, there is some variation in reported heights, with some sources listing him at 6 feet (1.83 m).
Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His music blends various genres including hip-hop, pop, R&B, trap, and country. His stage name was created when he put his birth name into a rap name generator.
Malone has expressed his affinity for alternative rock music, and appeared for a DJ set at Emo Nite in Los Angeles, California, in June 2017, playing songs by American alt-rock band My Chemical Romance at the event. According to Malone, his first foray into professional music began when he was in a heavy metal band. He says soon afterwards he transitioned to softer rock as well as hip-hop, before beginning to experiment on FL Studio.
In June 2016, XXL editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten revealed Malone was considered for XXL's "2016 Freshman Class" magazine cover, but she was "told by his camp that he wasn't paying attention to hip hop so much. He was going in more of a rock/pop/country direction." However, Malone denied these claims, explaining that his latest mixtape as well as his upcoming album were both hip-hop. In August 2016, Malone issued an apology for his album, Stoney, being late. It was available for pre-order on November 4, and was finally released on December 13. Malone later went on to call the album "mediocre", despite the success of the single "Congratulations" (featuring Quavo), Malone's first top-ten song on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight. Stoney also featured the top 100 hits "I Fall Apart", and "Deja Vu" (featuring Bieber), with the album later being certified double platinum by the RIAA in October 2017.
In August, Malone broke Michael Jackson's 34-year-old record for most weeks on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with Stoney reaching its 77th week on the ranking compared to the 76 weeks that Thriller (1983) spent. A collaboration album with rapper Mac Miller was also teased in August 2018. During his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, he previewed his song "Sunflower", a collaboration with Swae Lee, from the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In November 2018, it was confirmed Malone was recording his third album in his Utah home.
Malone's music is hip-hop, pop, R&B, pop rap, trap, pop rock, country, indie pop, rap rock, and cloud rap. Malone's music has been described as a "melting pot of the country, grunge and hip hop" and Malone himself has been described as versatile. His vocal style has been described as "laconic". Jon Caramanica of The New York Times described Malone as "an artist who toes the line between singing and rapping, and hip-hop and spooky electric folk". Malone himself has called his music "genre-less".
In a November 2017 interview with Polish media outlet Newonce, Malone said that modern hip-hop music lacks "people talking about real shit" and added that "if you're looking to think about life, don't listen to hip-hop." He was criticized for his comments, including by fellow rappers Lil B and Vince Staples. Malone later appeared in a video on Twitter, saying that the reason for his comments was that it was a "beer-tasting" interview, and going on to say that he loves hip-hop. Newonce, however, denied that claim, stating that Malone barely drank at all during the interview. In the follow-up Malone went on to say, "What I was saying was that when I wanna sit down and cry, I sit down and I listen to Bob Dylan and his guitar. Just like everyone else, no matter how hard you are, no matter where you're from, you're gonna have times where you sit back and reflect on your life and you listen to what you wanna listen to. For me, that's Bob Dylan."
Malone 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." In December 2016, Malone stated that if asked to perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump he would not have been opposed, though he stated that neither Trump nor Hillary Clinton were fit for president of the United States and expressed his support for Bernie Sanders during the election cycle.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Post Malone has kept his personal life relatively private, but he has been linked to several partners over the years. However, specific details about his current relationship status are not widely reported in recent media.
He was raised by his father, Richard Post, and his stepmother, Jodie. His father had been a DJ in his youth and introduced Malone to many different genres of music including hip-hop, country, and rock. When Malone was nine years old, he and his family moved to Grapevine, Texas, after his father became the manager of concessions for the Dallas Cowboys football team. Malone began to play the guitar and auditioned for the American band Crown the Empire in 2010, but was rejected after his guitar strings broke during the audition. He credited his initial interest in learning guitar to the video game Guitar Hero.
Malone was in a three-year-long relationship with Ashlen Diaz, ending in November 2018. In May 2022, Malone announced that he was expecting his first child with his current girlfriend. In June, during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Malone revealed that he and his girlfriend are engaged and had welcomed a daughter. Malone has the initials of his child, "DDP", tattooed on his forehead. The song "Yours" on his album F-1 Trillion is inspired by his daughter as he envisions her getting married when she is older. In March 2025, it was revealed that he and his fiancée had quietly split at the end of 2024. His ex-fiancée, later identified as Hee Sung "Jamie" Park, filed documents in Los Angeles in April 2025 asking the court to award her primary physical custody of their daughter. In those documents, Park checked boxes indicating that she is okay with sharing custody (if not awarded full custody) and allowing Malone to have visitations, also known as "parenting time." In the documents, Park also said that their daughter has been living with her since November 2024, and also wants Malone to cover her legal fees. Malone has since been seen in public in the company of a new woman, Christy Lee, a Parsons School of Design student.
In March 2020, a video surfaced that showed Malone falling and behaving oddly on stage to his song, "I Fall Apart", which made fans worry about his well-being and health. Malone later said that he was "not on drugs and I feel the best I've ever fucking felt in my life". His manager Dre London likewise claimed there was no need to worry and that Malone's behavior was part of the "act". Malone's father Richard Post also commented on the artist's behavior, stating that he does not "want to come across as dismissive to those of you who have expressed concern about Austin. Your sincerity and kindness regarding him is certainly heartwarming and appreciated."
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Net Worth
As of the latest available data, Post Malone's net worth is estimated to be over $100 million, largely due to his successful music career, touring, merchandise sales, and various business ventures.
Social Network
Post Malone is active on social media platforms, including Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, where he engages with his fans and shares updates about his music and personal life.
"Sunflower" was also included on his third album, Hollywood's Bleeding (2019), which became his second to peak atop the Billboard 200 and received his second nomination for Album of the Year at the 63rd Grammy Awards. It spawned the single "Circles", which became his fourth number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and spent 61 weeks on the chart, becoming his biggest hit single to date. His fourth and fifth albums, Twelve Carat Toothache (2022) and Austin (2023), both peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and saw continued success; the former spawned the top ten singles "I Like You (A Happier Song)" (featuring Doja Cat) and "One Right Now" (with the Weeknd), while the latter explored pop rock and spawned the top 15 single, "Chemical". Two of his 2024 singles debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100: his guest appearance on Taylor Swift's "Fortnight", and his first country pop song, "I Had Some Help", with the country singer Morgan Wallen). The latter served as the lead single of his sixth album, F-1 Trillion (2024), which further experimented with the genre and became his third non-consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200.
According to Malone, he chose "Post Malone" as his stage name when he was "14 or 15". The name was rumored to be a reference to the professional basketball player Karl Malone, but Malone later explained that "Post" is his last name, and he used a "rap name generator" to get "Malone". At the age of 16, using audio editor Audacity, Malone released his first mixtape, Y.A.T.R., also known as Young and After Them Riches, in 2014. He showed it to some of his classmates at Grapevine High School. He was voted "Most Likely to Become Famous" by his classmates as a senior in high school. He worked at a Chicken Express as a teenager.
In an interview with Billboard in May 2018, Malone's manager announced that Malone was planning to start his own record label and film production company and Malone later won Top Rap Song at the Billboard Music Awards for "Rockstar". Malone confirmed in June 2018 that he was writing his third album, and confirmed that a festival would be taking place, organized by him, titled "Posty Fest", in Dallas, Texas on October 28. Malone promised a "blockbuster" lineup with headliners like rapper Travis Scott.
Malone was nominated for 4 awards at the 61st Grammy Awards for his album Beerbongs & Bentleys. Among the nominations were Album of the Year and Record of the Year. He performed with the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the awards show on February 10, 2019. In July 2019, Malone released the single "Goodbyes" (featuring Young Thug), and also announced the Runaway Tour with Swae Lee as the opener. On August 5, Malone shared a snippet of an unreleased track "Circles" on YouTube. He then performed the song at his second annual Bud Light: Dive Bar concert and confirmed that the official song would be released the following week. That same day and on July 25, 2019, at Cheyenne Frontier Days he announced the album was finished. He released the song on August 30, 2019. He confirmed that his upcoming third studio album will be released on September 6, 2019. On August 26, 2019, Malone announced on Twitter that his third album is called Hollywood's Bleeding and would be released on September 6, 2019. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 489,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Hollywood's Bleeding would also go on to be nominated for Album of the Year at the 63rd Grammys.
On July 9, 2021, Malone released the single "Motley Crew" with an accompanying music video, featuring several guest stars, past collaborators and friends including Tommy Lee, Tyga, Tyla Yaweh and his manager Dre London. The music video was directed by Cole Bennett of Lyrical Lemonade. On November 5, Malone released "One Right Now" with the Weeknd, as the lead single from his upcoming fourth studio album. On January 26, 2022, during his cover story will Billboard, Malone revealed that his fourth studio album would be titled Twelve Carat Toothache. In April 2022, Republic Records relaunched Mercury Records with a new roster that includes Post Malone. On April 27, 2022, Post revealed that Twelve Carat Toothache would be released June 3, 2022. Malone released the album's second single, "Cooped Up" with Roddy Ricch, on May 12, 2022.
On February 11, 2024, Malone performed "America the Beautiful" at the Super Bowl LVIII. On February 5, the tracklist for Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, was revealed via her social media accounts, featuring Malone on the first track "Fortnight". He later made a post on his social media supporting this. The album was released on April 19, 2024, with "Fortnight" being chosen as the lead single and the music video being released later that day. On the day of its release, "Fortnight" set the single-day streaming record for any song on Spotify, surpassing the all-time peak previously held by Mariah Carey's song "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1994).
For the 50th anniversary celebrations for Saturday Night Live on February 14, 2025, Malone reunited with Nirvana members to perform "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
On April 13, during Coachella 2025 festival Malone announced that a new album was in progress. On April 15, Morgan Wallen announced his next single "I Ain't Comin' Back" with Post Malone to release on April 18. This was their second collaboration in less than a year following "I Had Some Help".
Malone has been called a "culture vulture" multiple times by different publications and on social media for appropriating African-American culture. California rapper Lil B wrote on Twitter in October 2017: "Post Malone is slowly turning into a white dude! Lol he's pushing it, give it a few years he gon be full country and hate blacks lol", with Malone replying in an interview, claiming that his white skin has been "used against him". In January 2018, Malone went on an intoxicated rant against people who describe him as a culture vulture. In an interview with GQ several days later, Malone said "there's a struggle being a white rapper."
Since 2018, he has released several collaborations with footwear company Crocs. The fifth and latest collaboration was released in December 2020. In May 2020, he launched his own line of French rosé wine, Maison No. 9, named after his favourite tarot card, the Nine of Swords. It sold out in two days upon being made available for sale. In August 2020, Post Malone invested in Envy Gaming. He became a co-owner of the organization.
An enthusiast of the collectible trading card game Magic: The Gathering, in 2022 he collaborated with publisher Wizards of the Coast to create two special supplemental sets: "Secret Lair x Post Malone: Backstage Pass", with cards featuring himself in the title and art, and "Secret Lair x Post Malone: The Lands", with cards featuring his tattoos in the art and flavor texts written by him. He also owns the unique One Ring card, which he purchased for more than $2 million.
Education
Before pursuing music full-time, Post Malone attended Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas, where his family had moved when he was a child. However, he did not attend college, instead focusing on building his music career from a young age.
In summary, Post Malone is a multifaceted artist known for his music, performances, and distinctive persona. His career has been marked by significant achievements in the music industry, and he continues to be a prominent figure in contemporary entertainment.
At age 17, Malone released a parody synth-pop ballad song called "Why Don't You Love Me" under the alias Leon DeChino, intended for a school project. The song reappeared online in 2016. Malone later referenced the DeChino alias on his song "Psycho".
Malone later enrolled in Tarrant County College, but dropped out. After leaving college, Malone moved to Los Angeles with his longtime friend Jason Probst, a professional game streamer.
