He was raised by his father, Richard Post, and Jodie, his stepmother. Richard was a DJ when he was a young man and introduced Malone to several genres of music, including hip hop, country, and rock.
He initially started playing the guitar after playing Guitar Hero and, in 2010, auditioned for the American band Crown the Empire. However, he was rejected after his guitar strings broke mid-audition.
Malone's first foray into professional music came when he was in a heavy metal band. Not long after, he transitioned to softer rock and hip hop before starting to play around with the digital audio workstation FL Studio.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Post Malone has a net worth of around $45 million. That puts him on par with Kendall Jenner, Uma Thurman, Billy Bob Thornton, and Fergie.
He's sold a whopping 13 million albums in the United States and 95 million digital singles, which makes him the eighth best-selling digital artist of all time. As a result of his success, Malone was ranked by Billboard as the tenth top artist of the 2010s. His only mixtape, August26, was released in 2016 to critical acclaim.
In 2016 his first one, Stoney, reached number four on the Billboard 200. His second and third, 2018's Beerbongs & Bentleys and 2019's Hollywood's Bleeding, reached number one. His fourth, Twelve Carat Toothache, hit the number four spot in 2022.