Post Malone’s Origin Story: How He Chose His Rap Name

For rapper Post Malone, his rap persona was inspired by his birth-given name, Austin Richard Post. In a 2018 interview on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the “White Iverson” rapper explained how he used his name to influence his rap name. At 14, he needed a name for his mixtape and ran it through a random rap name generator, which is how he ended up with Post Malone. His song “Sunflower” has since hit over 2 billion plays on Spotify! Other rappers have also used name generators to come up with their pen names, such as Childish Gambino, who used a Wu-Tang Clan-inspired generator to get his nickname.