Early Exposure to Music
From a young age, Malone was exposed to various genres of music because his fad was a DJ in his youth. Richard would play hip-hop, country, and rock for Malone. However, Malone credits the video game Guitar Hero for his initial interest in learning to play the guitar.
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Malone worked hard on his guitar skills, which became more important to him than his schoolwork. While studying at Grapevine High School, Malone started writing songs and making music, but he wasn’t interested in taking his classes seriously. Still, he got average grades and graduated high school in 2013.