<P> When Post was 9 years old, he and his family moved to Grapevine, Texas after his father became the manager of concessions for the Dallas Cowboys . Post began to play the guitar and auditioned for the 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 popular video game Guitar Hero . Post has always had a love for emo music, and appeared for a DJ set at Emo Nite in Los Angeles in June 2017, playing My Chemical Romance at the event . According to Post, his very first foray into professional music began when he was in a heavy metal band . Soon after, he says he transitioned to softer rock as well as hip - hop, before beginning to experiment on FL Studio . At 16, using Audacity, Post created his first mixtape, Young and After Them Riches . 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 . </P> <P> He enrolled in Tarrant County College but dropped out . After leaving college, Post moved to Los Angeles, California, with his longtime friend Jason Probst, a professional game streamer . </P> <P> 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". </P> <P> After moving to LA, Post, Probst, and several other producers and artists formed the music group BLCKVRD and recorded music together . Several members of the group, including Post, moved into a house in San Fernando Valley together . While living in San Fernando Valley, Austin met 1st Down of FKi . He met 1st and Rich from FKi and Rex Kudo who produced several of Post's tracks, including "White Iverson". Post recorded the song two days after writing it . "White Iverson" is, in part, a reference to the professional basketball player Allen Iverson . In February 2015, upon completion, it was uploaded to Post's SoundCloud account . On July 19, 2015, Post released a music video for "White Iverson". The single received praise from Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa . However, the song was notoriously mocked by Earl Sweatshirt . </P>

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