Post Malone said culture vulture claims made him drink and people are blasting him

In a recent chat with CBS Sunday Morning, Post Malone talked about being called a culture vulture and how it made him drink. Soon after, many criticized him for those remarks and said he brought on the culture vulture claim himself.

"It sucked," said Malone about the backlash. "I was a kid. [I chose to] drink a lot. It's hard not to [take it personally]."

Malone broke into the music scene with his 2016 song "White Iverson," a clear hip-hop cut. He also sported a hip-hop look, consisting of braids and gold teeth. But eventually, Malone changed his appearance and sound while abandoning rap altogether. In fact, he's set to release his next album F-1 Trillion, a country album, on Friday, August 16. So, in short, Malone is being accused of using hip-hop to get his career going.

"Post Malone crying about being called a culture vulture is so funny cuz he literally came into the game with braids and a grill, made an album, then poopooed on the genre before leaving to make country lmao," one person tweeted.

"I say this all the time Post Malone is a culture vulture," another person wrote. "He used rap music to become famous in a genre where he knew he would standout because he's white, then he used that fame to get to country, rock, and folk."

But others defended the Syracuse, New York native and said he's free to make whatever music he wants. "The fact that people are mad at Post Malone because he doesn’t only make hip-hop is hilarious to me," one of Malone's fans stated. "He’s a culture vulture? Nope yall jus mad bro isn’t confined to your genre or standards."

Some also brought up Malone criticizing rap music in 2017 during an interview with Poland's NewOnce. "If you’re looking for lyrics, if you’re looking to cry, if you’re looking to think about life, don’t listen to hip-hop," said Malone at the 7:22 mark of that interview. "There’s great hip-hop songs where they talk about life and they spit that real s--t, but right now there’s not a lot of people talking about s--t."

"Post Malone is upset he was called a culture vulture but also believe that hip hop was meaningless and has no soul," someone tweeted. "The very same genre he got his start in, release multiple albums in, and made him the artist he is today."

Malone has yet to respond to the backlash, probably because he wants to focus on his album release. Where do you stand on this? Please let us know on our Twitter page.