Biographic - Sunday January 20, 2019 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Born Austin Richard Post in Syracuse, New York on July 4th, 1995, Post-Malone was raised in Grapevine Texas after playing in a heavy metal rock band, he began to create his own music, blending softer rock and hip - hop, making his first mixtape at the age of 16. He and longtime friend Jason Probst a professional game streamer moved to Los Angeles and teamed up with other artists and producers in a group called BLCKVRD. He recorded the song "White Iverson" Just two days after writing and uploaded it to his SoundCloud account in February 2015. The track was a viral sensation and Post was soon signed to Republic Records, the song was re-released and hit No. 14 on the Billboard charts, It was also included on his debut album "Stoney" as were the hit singles "congratulations: and I fall apart" The album went triple platinum reaching NO. 4 on the US album chart it subsequently broke the record of 76 weeks that Michael Jacksons 'Thriller' spent in the top 10- of the R& B and hip hop albums chart. Post Malone In late 2017, his single ‘rockstar” featuring 21 savage spent eight weeks at the top of the charts, The following summer “psycho Featuring TY Dollasign also topped the charts, In April 2018 his second album topped the charts. In April 2018 His second album “Beerbongs and Bentleys: Debuted at the top of the album charts, Breaking records with an astonishing 78.7 million streams worldwide on the first day of release! Every track was a top 100 hit and post broke a 54-year-old record set by the Beatles by having 9 singles in the top 20 at one time!

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