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Post Malone wasn’t born in Texas — he came into the world as Austin Richard Post in Syracuse, New York — but Grapevine is where he became who he is. His family moved here when he was 9, after his father Richard “Rich” Post became the Dallas Cowboys’ manager of concessions, a job that would keep him working stadium suites and concourses for the Cowboys organization for the next 14 years, first at Texas Stadium and then at AT&T Stadium.
Post enrolled at Grapevine High School, home of the Mustangs, where classmates voted him “Most Likely to Become Famous.” As a 17-year-old, he shot his first music video, “Why Don’t You Love Me,” as a class art project under the alter ego Leon DeChino — a deliberately ridiculous synth-pop send-up that earned him an A and, years later, went viral all over again once the world knew who was hiding behind the character. He taught himself guitar on a Washburn Lyon his mother bought him, picking up chords from Ultimate-Guitar.com and YouTube rather than formal lessons.
As the story is told around Grapevine, at 19 Post was sleeping in a garage in town, still grinding on demos, when a high school guitar teacher quietly co-signed a loan so he could buy the equipment to record them. When “White Iverson” broke in 2015 and changed his life, he’s said to have gone back and paid the teacher’s house off — the kind of hometown loyalty that shows up again and again in how Grapevine talks about him.
He’s never really left. In December 2020, after his Post Malone x Crocs collaboration sold out within hours, he quietly arranged for every student and every faculty member at Grapevine High to get a free pair — principal Alex Fingers confirmed the gift, telling students “your fellow Grapevine HS Mustangs are so proud of your success.” In May 2025, ahead of his hometown stop at AT&T Stadium, the Grapevine High Mustang Band learned arrangements of his songs to play a pregame tailgate set, and radio station Mix 102.9 kicked in 120 tickets and a $4,000 donation to the band booster club. He’s also been known to drop into Grapevine sports bars during Cowboys games — reportedly leaving a $1,000 tip during one such visit.
