Post Malone is going through one of the best phases of his life. The always-kind rapper is set to become a father for the first time, releasing his new album, "Twelve Carat Toothache" on June 3, and, if you believe what he said to Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show," he has taken on an unexpected virtual friendship with Bob Dylan.
Jimmy Fallon noted that the 26-year-old rapper started uploading videos online at the age of 16 under his real name, the Austin Richard Post, and was posting audio adaptations of Bob Dylan songs.
Of course Jimmy Fallon showed viewers an old video where Post Malone sang Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" and noticed that MC had a tattoo of the legendary folk-rock artist on his arm.
"I have not met Bob Dylan," the Post Malone commented. "But we have… I do not know how much I can say. But we have chatted. "We've been chatting," he continued enigmatically, saying that Bob Dylan was "always" on his mind.
When Jimmy Fallon wondered if the 80-year-old bard had texted the rapper on social media, Post Malone shrugged and said, "Yeah, he kind of texted me!"
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Referring to the style of his upcoming album "Twelve Carat Toothache", Post Malone explained that "for a long time I had lost my passion for creating music", until there came a moment when he fell in love again with what excited him about music.
"Because three years have passed," he noted about the time since his last album, "Hollywood's Bleeding" in 2019.
"And at one point I said, 'Do you know anything?' That's why I'm here. And this is what I want to do. "That was what I was meant to do… To create mediocre music for people to enjoy," he added.
The Post Malone recently revealed that he is expecting his first child with his longtime partner, so of course Jimmy Fallon asked him if he reads all parenting books.
Posty admitted that "books are difficult… in general", but said that he tries and has in mind the most important virtue he wants to have as a father: "Kindness is the most important thing for me", he stressed.
