How Post Malone Transcended a One-Hit Wonder and Became Apart of Hip-Hop’s A-List
"I don't even understand how, you know, I got where I am and how I did.
It doesn't make any sense to me." Post Malone, speaking to Paper magazine in 2017, is the first to admit he lacks the prototypical celebrity archetype.
Critics might argue Malone's persona (he rocked a mullet before getting bangs and later tattooing "Always Tired" under his eyes) and cookie-cutter beginnings (he opened for Justin Bieber on tour) would keep the hip-hop world from taking him seriously.
But three years after his debut single "White Iverson" became an instant hit, Post Malone is a far cry from the "one-hit wonder" he once described himself as. The...
