Post Malone Took Being Called a ‘Culture Vulture’ Very Personally

Post Malone opened up about the criticism he faced early in his career for being labeled a “culture vulture” following the release of his hit track “White Iverson.”

WATCH: Post Malone admits he drank alcohol to deal with being called a culture vulture.

“It sucked. I was a kid.”

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The singer admitted that the accusations hurt him deeply, but he continued writing songs despite the backlash.  He said,

It sucked, I was a kid.

He also revealed that he dealt with it by drinking profusely. During a 2018 performance, Malone addressed the critics, urging people to live their best lives and not let negativity affect them.

Said Malone,

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 and I always say, congratu-fu__ing-lations, man,

Which artist do you think is a “culture vulture?”