TikTok swirling through pop, cloud rap, hip hop, country, R&B and rock, Syracuse, NY-born Austin Richard Post moved to Texas at nine when his father became the concessions manager for the Dallas Cowboys. Using a rap-name generator to land on the name Malone, the budding musician moved to L.A. and released the basketball-tribute hit White Iverson in 2015, getting millions of views and leasing to collabs with 50 Cent, Young Thug, Ye and others.