{"id":1997128,"date":"2025-09-04T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1997128"},"modified":"2025-09-04T17:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:00:14","slug":"country-rapper-clever-on-how-he-ended-up-playing-beer-pong-with-post-malone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/country-rapper-clever-on-how-he-ended-up-playing-beer-pong-with-post-malone\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Rapper Clever on How He Ended Up Playing Beer Pong With Post Malone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_5cmadd2lcapbsnpfcddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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That helped also put him on the radar of Post Malone, who discovered Clever\u2019s song \u201cStick by My Side\u201d with NLE Choppa, and surprise FaceTimed Clever to tell him how much he liked it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI freaked out for a second,\u201d Clever, who is now launching a country music career, tells <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> during an appearance on the <em>Nashville Now<\/em> podcast. \u201cHe said, \u2018We need to hang out. Your songs are the soundtrack to our tour.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Clever eventually met up with Post on the road and the two bonded. \u201cWe started playing beer pong and doing the Post Malone tour thing,\u201d he recalls. \u201cHe said, \u2018What\u2019s your situation? I want to get you over here with us,\u2019 and I ended up signing with Post.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Unfortunately, the Covid pandemic derailed Clever\u2019s plans with Post\u2019s label \u2014 Posty Co. \u2014 but he remains undeterred as he follows in the footsteps of other rappers turned country singers, including Jelly Roll and Post himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJelly Roll kind of started a wave. You see Beyonc\u00e9 coming through doing her thing. I think it\u2019s great for the genre. But\u2026I\u2019m trying to do my thing to stand out,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/face-tattooed-alabama-rapper-next-145003026.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Clever told Nashville Now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Clever told <em>Nashville Now<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download and subscribe to\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s weekly country-music podcast,\u00a0<em>Nashville Now<\/em>, hosted by senior music editor Joseph Hudak, on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/rolling-stone-nashville-now\/id1826878725\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Apple Podcasts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0or<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0jCfnXfdYhwIM2I4x7SxZx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5klADYUqVyvTtNQaMfoxL1?si=a66f0a74b3c04119\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spotify;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0(or wherever you get your podcasts). 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