This Day, That Year – July 4

This day in history we feature Austin Richard Post. Known professionally as Post Malone, he is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor born on this day in 1995.

Trivia – Austin Richard Post

Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. According to Post, 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 Post later explained that while ‘Post’ is his last name, he used a “rap name generator” to get “Malone”.

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Known for his variegated vocal styles. Malone began his music career in 2011 and gained recognition with his 2015 debut single “White Iverson”, which peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Malone signed a recording contract with Republic Records and released his debut studio album Stoney (2016); it contained the diamond single “Congratulations” and set the record for most weeks (77) on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Source – Wikipedia / IMDB

This day in history – Austin Richard Post