Post Malone Dishes On Being Called A “Culture Vulture” After The Success Of “White Iverson”

Post Malone is comfortably in the country era of his music career, but he got his breakthrough doing Hip-Hop records. The 29-year-old artist recently revealed his initial feelings toward being called a “culture vulture” after the success of his seminal 2015 track “ White Iverson .”

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This past weekend (Aug. 11), he spoke with Anthony Mason of CBS News Sunday Morning about his career and how country music fans have embraced him while Hip-Hop fans initially rejected him. “It sucked,” he said of people writing him off as a “culture vulture” or “one-hit wonder,” the latter of which would be quickly proven false. “I was a kid.”

Posty claimed that he responded to the hate he received by drinking a lot. When asked if he took it personally, he said, “Absolutely. It’s hard not to.” Despite the vitriol, the 10-time Grammy nominee continued to push forward making the music he wanted to make at the time. “It’s not for the people who hate you,” he said. “It’s for the people who love you, and for yourself, you know what I mean?”

Post Malone’s resilience yielded smash hits like “Congratulations” featuring Quavo, “Rockstar” featuring 21 Savage, “Psycho” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, and the 20-time Platinum-certified “ Sunflower ” with Swae Lee. Over the last few years, he has fully transitioned into a pop and country act. Country sensations like Luke Combs jumped at the opportunity to appear on his forthcoming album F-1 Trillion .

“I heard he was gonna be working on this thing and I just wanted to be part of it,” Combs said. “Big times for country music!” Malone raved about his experience in the genre, saying, “Everyone here was so accepting and kind.” While Anthony Mason tried to credit that to the Los Angeles artist and his mettle, saying, “That’s a testament to you,” Malone felt otherwise. “I disagree,” he said. “I think that’s a testament to them.” This interview wasn’t the first time he has addressed being called a culture vulture. In 2018, he called out his critics while performing at Miami nightclub LIV.

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“There’s a lot of people that wanted to talk down on me, and laugh at me, and call me a ‘culture vulture,’ and say that I don’t appreciate hip-hop, that I don’t do nothing for the culture,” he said. “And I always say, congratu-f**king-lations, man. I guess this is me telling y’all to live your f**king best life, don’t listen to what the f**k nobody has to say about you. Because you are the f**king sh*t, and you can do whatever the f**k you want to do if you believe in your f**king self.”

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