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Malone performing in 2021
Born
Austin Richard Post

(1995-07-04) July 4, 1995 (age 28) [1]
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • actor
Years active2011–present
Works
Home town Grapevine, Texas, U.S.
Children1
Awards Full list
Musical career
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Labels
Formerly ofLove In Colors
Website postmalone.com
Signature
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Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), [1] known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. [2] [3] Malone has gained distinction and acclaim for his blending of various genres including hip hop, pop, R&B, and trap. His stage name was derived from inputting his birth name into a rap name generator. [4]

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Malone began his musical career in 2011, and gained recognition with his 2015 debut single "White Iverson", [5] which peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100. He signed with Republic Records [6] to release his debut studio album Stoney (2016), which peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and spawned the diamond-certified single "Congratulations" (featuring Quavo). [7] His second album, Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018) debuted atop the Billboard 200 and set numerous streaming records. [7] It contained the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Rockstar" (featuring 21 Savage) and "Psycho" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign), and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 61st Grammy Awards.

His third number one single, "Sunflower" (with Swae Lee) was released for the accompanying soundtrack to the 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ; it became the highest-certified song in RIAA history as the first to receive double diamond (20-times platinum) certification. "Sunflower" was included on Malone's third album Hollywood's Bleeding (2019), which became his second to peak the Billboard 200. [8] [9] It spawned the single "Circles", which was his fourth number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 61 weeks on the chart. [10] His fourth album, Twelve Carat Toothache (2022) was supported by the top-ten singles "I Like You (A Happier Song)" (featuring Doja Cat) and "One Right Now" (with the Weeknd). His eponymous fifth album (2023) explored pop rock and reached similar success, supported by the lead single "Chemical".

Malone is among the best-selling music artists with over 80 million records sold. [11] His numerous accolades include ten Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Award, and nine Grammy Award nominations. [12] He holds several Billboard chart records: He is the first solo lead artist to top both the Rap Airplay and Adult Contemporary charts, while "Circles" set the record for longest climb to number one (41 weeks) on the Adult Contemporary chart by a solo artist. [13] As of 2024, Malone holds the record for the artist with the most diamond-certified songs, with eight to his name. [14]

Early life

Austin Richard Post was born on July 4, 1995, [1] in Syracuse, New York. [15] [16] 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. [17] When Malone was nine years old, [18] he and his family moved to Grapevine, Texas, after his father became the manager of concessions for the Dallas Cowboys football team. [19] [20] 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 . [21]

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. [22] According to Malone, his first foray into professional music began when he was in a heavy metal band. [23] He says soon afterwards he transitioned to softer rock as well as hip hop, before beginning to experiment on FL Studio. [24]

Career

2011–2016: Career beginnings and Stoney

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Malone performing in 2015

According to Malone, he chose "Post Malone" as his stage name when he was "14 or 15". [25] The name was rumored to be a reference to the professional basketball player Karl Malone, [26] but Malone later explained that "Post" is his last name, and he used a "rap name generator" to get "Malone". [4] At the age of 16, using audio editor Audacity, Malone created his first mixtape, Young and After Them Riches. [27] He showed it to some of his classmates at Grapevine High School. [21] [28] 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. [21]

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". [29] [30]

Malone later enrolled in Tarrant County College, but dropped out. [31] After leaving college, Malone moved to Los Angeles with his longtime friend Jason Probst, a professional game streamer. [32] [33] [34]

After moving to Los Angeles, Malone, Probst, and several other producers and artists formed the music group BLCKVRD and recorded music together. [35] Several members of the group, including Malone, moved into a house in the San Fernando Valley together. While living in the San Fernando Valley, Malone met record producers FKi 1st and Sauce Lord Rich, who formed the production team FKi, as well as Rex Kudo, who produced several of Malone's tracks, including "White Iverson". [15] Malone recorded the song two days after writing it. [28] The lyrics of "White Iverson" allude to Basketball Hall of Fame player Allen Iverson. [36] [37] [26] In February 2015, upon completion, it was uploaded to Malone's SoundCloud account. [38] On July 19, 2015, Malone released a music video for "White Iverson". The single received praise from Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa. [21] [39] [40] However the song was mocked by Earl Sweatshirt. [41] [42] [43]

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Malone at the VELD Music Festival in Canada in 2016

After hitting one million views within a month of releasing "White Iverson", Malone quickly garnered attention from record labels. [37] In August 2015, he signed a recording contract with Republic Records. [44] [45] Malone went on to work with a number of prominent rappers including 50 Cent, Young Thug, Kanye West and others. [46] [47] In August 2015, he performed at Kylie Jenner's 18th birthday party, [48] where he met Kanye West, who enjoyed his music, leading to him collaborating with Malone on his single "Fade" from his album The Life of Pablo (2016). [49] Malone later began a friendship with Canadian singer Justin Bieber leading to Malone being an opening act for Bieber's Purpose World Tour (2016–17). [50] [51] On April 20, 2016, Malone premiered his new single, "Go Flex" on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show. [52]

On May 12, 2016, he released his first full-length project, a mixtape, titled August 26th , [53] the title of which was a reference to the release date of his debut album. On June 9, 2016, Malone made his national television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , performing "Go Flex". [54]

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." [55] However, Malone denied these claims, explaining that his latest mixtape as well as his upcoming album were both hip hop. [56] In August 2016, Malone issued an apology for his album, Stoney , being late. [57] It was available for pre-order on November 4, and was finally released on December 9. Malone later went on to call the album "mediocre", [19] despite the success of the single "Congratulations" (featuring Quavo), Malone's first top-ten song on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight. [58] [59] 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. [60]

2017–2019: Beerbongs & Bentleys and Hollywood's Bleeding

In February 2017, Malone revealed the title of his next project, Beerbongs & Bentleys , [61] and was set to be released in December, before eventually being pushed back to 2018. [62] In September, Malone released the first single from the album, "Rockstar" (featuring 21 Savage). The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and held the spot for eight consecutive weeks [63] prompting Rolling Stone in 2017 to say he is "one of the most popular musicians in the country". In November of the same year, Malone released the official music video for "Rockstar", directed by Emil Nava. [64] [65] [66] [67]

On February 20, 2018, Malone previewed his new song with Ty Dolla Sign titled "Psycho". [68] "Psycho" was released on February 23, 2018, [69] and a tour with 21 Savage was announced. [70] The song debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Malone's third entry in the top 10; it would later top the charts in June of that year, becoming Malone's second number one. [71] On April 5, 2018, Malone stated that Beerbongs & Bentleys will be released on April 27, 2018. [72] The same day, he also premiered the song "Stay" during the Bud Lite Dive Bar show in Nashville. [73] Upon release, Beerbongs & Bentleys broke the first day streaming records on Spotify, with 78.7 million streams worldwide. [74] It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 moving 461,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, with 153,000 coming from pure sales. The album was also certified platinum by the RIAA after four days [75] and spawned three top 10 songs and six top 20 songs. [76]

Malone performing on the main stage at Stavernfestivalen in Stavern, Norway in 2018 Post Malone Stavernfestivalen 2018 (202128).jpg
Malone performing on the main stage at Stavernfestivalen in Stavern, Norway in 2018

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 [77] and Malone later won Top Rap Song at the Billboard Music Awards for "Rockstar". [78] Malone confirmed in June 2018 that he was writing his third album, [79] 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. [80]

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. [7] A collaboration album with rapper Mac Miller was also teased in August 2018. [81] 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 . [82] [83] In November 2018, it was confirmed Malone was recording his third album in his Utah home. [84]

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. [85] [86] In July 2019, Malone released the single "Goodbyes" (featuring Young Thug), and also announced the Runaway Tour with Swae Lee as the opener. [87] 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. [88] That same day and on July 25, 2019, at Cheyenne Frontier Days he announced the album was finished. [89] He released the song on August 30, 2019. [90] He confirmed that his upcoming third studio album will be released on September 6, 2019. [91] [92] 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. [93] [90] The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 489,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. [94] Hollywood's Bleeding would also go on to be nominated for Album of the Year at the 63rd Grammys.

2020–2022: Collaborations, hiatus, and Twelve Carat Toothache

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Malone performing in Rosemont, Illinois in February 2020

On March 12, 2020, Malone's concert at Denver's Pepsi Center proceeded as scheduled, drawing a sellout-crowd of 20,000, likely the last large-scale enclosed gathering in the U.S. before COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. [95] Malone received backlash for not cancelling his sold-out arena show amid rising concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. [96] [97] Reportedly, future U.S. tour dates in March were postponed by Live Nation on March 12, 2020. [98] [99]

On April 24, 2020, Malone announced that a new album was in progress during a livestream performance. [100] [101] In late April 2020, Malone performed a live-streamed set consisting entirely of Nirvana covers from his home. [102] Malone sang lead vocals and provided rhythm guitar for the set. He was accompanied by drummer Travis Barker, bassist Brian Lee and lead guitarist Nick Mac. The performance raised over US$5 million for the World Health Organization's COVID-19 relief fund. [103] The performance also received praise from Nirvana's surviving members Krist Novoselic [102] and Dave Grohl, [104] as well as Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love. [105]

In June 2020, Malone featured on Tyla Yaweh's single, "Tommy Lee". The single was followed up with a remix, released July 10, 2020, featuring drums from Tommy Lee himself, as well as a re-recorded guitar instrumental. [106] A second remix to the song, featuring rapper Saint Jhn, was released subsequently. [107] On April 30, 2021, Malone was featured on DJ Khaled's twelfth studio album Khaled Khaled on the song "I Did It" also featuring DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, and Lil Baby.

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. [108] On January 26, 2022, during his cover story will Billboard, Malone revealed that his fourth studio album would be titled Twelve Carat Toothache . [109] In April 2022, Republic Records relaunched Mercury Records with a new roster that includes Post Malone. [110] On April 27, 2022, Post revealed that Twelve Carat Toothache would be released June 3, 2022. [111] Malone released the album's second single, "Cooped Up" with Roddy Ricch, on May 12, 2022. [112]

On May 14, 2022, he appeared as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live and performed "Cooped Up" with Ricch, as well as an unreleased song titled "Love/Hate Letter to Alcohol", in which he was joined by Fleet Foxes. Malone had previously confirmed that he had worked with Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold on a song for the album. [113]

For the 2022 film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers , Malone covered the theme song from the 1989 television series of the same name, originally performed by Jeff Pescetto in the series and by The Jets in album releases.

On August 12, 2022, the documentary film Runaway premiered on the Amazon Prime Video channel Freevee. It showed behind the scenes moments from the first leg of the Runaway Tour in 2019, as well as performances from some of the highlighted dates, such as New York City, Chicago, and the 2019 Posty Fest in Arlington. [114]

2023–present: The Diamond Collection and Austin

In April 2023, Malone announced that he was working on a new album. On April 14, Malone released "Chemical", as the lead single from his upcoming fifth studio album. [115] [116] [117] On April 21, 2023, Malone released The Diamond Collection , a nine-song compilation of his record-breaking eight RIAA Diamond-certified singles, along with the single "Chemical". [118] On April 21, 2023, alongside The Kid Laroi, Malone appeared on "What You Say", the twenty-fourth cut of YoungBoy Never Broke Again's sixth full-length studio album, Don't Try This At Home . [119]

On May 16, 2023, Malone announced that his fifth studio album, Austin , would be released on July 28, 2023. On May 19, "Mourning" was released as the second single from the album. [120] On July 14, the third single, "Overdrive", was released. [121] On September 8, the fourth single "Enough Is Enough" was released. [122]

On July 17, 2023, Malone collaborated with Noah Kahan on a re-released version of Kahan's single "Dial Drunk" featuring a new vocal from Malone. The song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 reaching a peak of number 25. [123]

On February 5, 2024, the tracklist for Taylor Swift's 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department (2024), 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. [124] The album is scheduled for release on April 19, 2024.

On February 11, 2024, Malone performed "America the Beautiful" at the Super Bowl LVIII. [125] [126]

Musical style

Malone's music is hip hop, [127] pop-rap, [128] pop, [129] trap, [130] rap rock, [131] and cloud rap. [132] Malone's music has been described as a "melting pot of the country, grunge and hip hop" [133] and Malone himself has been described as versatile. [134] His vocal style has been described as "laconic". [135] 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". [136] Malone himself has called his music "genre-less".

Malone cites Bob Dylan, in whom he became interested around the age of 15, as an influence on his music, calling him "a genius" and "a god" though his music has been called "about as far away from Rock n' Roll as you can get". [137] He called "Subterranean Homesick Blues" the "first rap song". He has a tattoo of Dylan as well. [19] Malone has cited Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash as key influences too. [138] Malone has also cited 50 Cent, whom he called a legend, [139] Kanye West and Key! as influences. [140]

Relationship with the hip hop community

Malone has been called a "culture vulture" multiple times by different publications and on social media [141] [142] for appropriating African-American culture. [143] [144] [145] 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". [146] In January 2018, Malone went on an intoxicated rant against people who describe him as a culture vulture. [147] [148] In an interview with GQ several days later, Malone said "there's a struggle being a white rapper." [149]

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." [140] [150] He was criticized for his comments, including by fellow rappers Lil B and Vince Staples. [151] [152] Malone later appeared in a video on Twitter, saying that the reason for his comments was that it was a "beer-tasting" interview, [153] and going on to say that he loves hip-hop. [154] [155] Newonce, however, denied that claim, stating that Malone barely drank at all during the interview. [156] 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." [156]

Other ventures

During Malone's Runaway Tour in 2019, he released special-edition Bud Light beer cans at local stores in 15 cities. [157] He also released multiple lines of sunglasses in collaboration with Arnette. [158]

Since 2018, he has released several collaborations with footwear company Crocs. [159] [160] [161] 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. [162] In August 2020, Post Malone invested in Envy Gaming. He became a co-owner of the organization. [163] [164]

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. [165] He also owns the unique One Ring card, which he purchased for more than $2 million. [166]

In April 2023, Malone designed the exterior of a Raising Cane's restaurant location in Midvale, Utah. [167]

Malone will appear in the professional wrestling video game WWE 2K24 as a downloadable superstar as part of the game's Season Pass. He also would curate the game's soundtrack. [168]

Personal life

Malone currently lives in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, where he has a multimillion-dollar 12,700-square-foot (1,180 m2) home. [169] His former home in San Fernando Valley, California, was burgled on September 1, 2018. [170] Malone was in a three-year-long relationship with Ashlen Diaz, ending in November 2018. [84]

On August 21, 2018, Malone boarded a plane leaving Teterboro Airport and was scheduled to land at London Luton Airport. At 10:50 am, the tires blew out on takeoff and the plane was rerouted to Stewart International Airport for an emergency landing. [171] The plane landed safely at 3:50 pm. [172] Once the plane had landed, Malone tweeted about the incident, writing "i landed guys. thank you for your prayers. can't believe how many people wished death on me on this website. fuck you. but not today." [173] Malone was involved in a car crash on September 8, 2018. Malone's white Rolls-Royce Wraith was driving through Santa Monica in the early morning when it collided with another car at 3:30 am. Although no one was severely injured in the incident, several people were treated for minor injuries. [174] [175]

In May 2022, Malone announced that he was expecting his first child with his girlfriend. [176] In June, during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show , Malone revealed that he and his girlfriend are engaged and have welcomed a daughter. [177] [178]

Health

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. [179] [180] 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." [181] [182] [183]

During his 2022 interview with Howard Stern, Malone revealed he has long struggled with alcoholism, but has recovered with the help of his fiancée. [184]

Tattoos

The tattoo under Post Malone's chin reads "STONEY", namesake of his debut album. Post Malone Stavernfestivalen 2018 (203031).jpg
The tattoo under Post Malone's chin reads "STONEY", namesake of his debut album.

Malone has a number of tattoos that he inked himself and has also inked tattoos on several friends and acquaintances. [185] As of early 2021, he has at least 78 tattoos. [186]

Political views

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." [187] In December 2016, Malone stated that if asked to perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump he would not have been opposed, [188] 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. [188]

Malone later expressed a dislike for Trump in a November 2017 interview for Rolling Stone. In the same interview, he revealed that he has a large collection of guns and believes it is an American right to own and operate guns. Malone also expressed a strong interest in conspiracy theories when he said, "There's crazy shit that goes on that we can't explain." [21] During a trip to Canada in 2018, Malone was interviewed and when asked what the "biggest lie is", he replied "The biggest lie in the world is the U.S. government. It's a fucking reality show and I think there's gonna be a lot of weird shit that happens within our generation that really changes the way of the world." [189]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Brooklyn Bystander (voice) Cameo
2020 Spenser Confidential SqueebCredited as Austin Post
2021 Wrath of Man Robber #6
2022RunawaySelf
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Brooklyn Bystander (voice)Uncredited cameo; archive recording from Into the Spider-Verse.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Ray Fillet (voice)Credited as Austin Post
2024 This Is Me...Now: A Love Story [190] Leo
Kids Are Growing Up: A Story About a Kid Named LAROISelf Documentary
Road House CarterCredited as Austin Post
Dear Santa TBAPost-production
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2017–19 FishCenter Live Self2 appearances
Musical guest [191] [192]
2018 Ghost Adventures Self"The Slaughter House"
2022 Saturday Night Live Musical guest Season 47, episode 20: "Selena Gomez/Post Malone" [193]
2023 Impractical Jokers SelfEpisode: "Post Malone"

Discography

Tours

Headlining

Opening act

Awards and nominations

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<i>Stoney</i> (album) Album by Post Malone

Stoney is the debut studio album by American rapper and singer Post Malone. It was released on December 9, 2016, by Republic Records. The album features guest appearances from Justin Bieber, Kehlani, and Quavo. The deluxe edition was released on the same day. It features an additional guest appearance from 2 Chainz. The production on the album was handled by Malone himself, Mustard, Metro Boomin, Vinylz, Frank Dukes, Illangelo, Charlie Handsome, Rex Kudo, Foreign Teck, and Pharrell Williams, among others. Malone generally sing-raps on the album, which is noted for its woozy, contemporary R&B-hip hop production. The album also features influence from country and outlaw country music.

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"I Fall Apart" is a song by American rapper and singer Post Malone. It was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio through Republic Records on October 17, 2017, as the sixth and final single from his debut studio album, Stoney (2016). Malone wrote the song with producer Illangelo alongside Billy Walsh. A viral performance was released on social media.

<i>Beerbongs & Bentleys</i> 2018 album by Post Malone

Beerbongs & Bentleys is the second studio album by American rapper and singer Post Malone, released by Republic Records on April 27, 2018. The album features guest appearances from Swae Lee, 21 Savage, Ty Dolla Sign, Nicki Minaj, G-Eazy, and YG. It includes production from frequent collaborators Louis Bell and Frank Dukes, alongside London on da Track, Andrew Watt, Tank God, Twice as Nice, Teddy Walton, Scott Storch, and PartyNextDoor, among others.

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<i>Hollywoods Bleeding</i> 2019 studio album by Post Malone

Hollywood's Bleeding is the third studio album by American rapper and singer Post Malone. It was released on September 6, 2019, by Republic Records. The album features guest appearances from DaBaby, Future, Halsey, Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott, SZA, Swae Lee, and Young Thug. The production was handled mainly by Louis Bell, with contributions by Andrew Watt, BloodPop, Brian Lee, Carter Lang, DJ Dahi, Emile Haynie, Frank Dukes, and Malone himself, among others.

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