On the one hand the guy that seems to care too much what people think, on the other the guy that doesn’t give a crap; the gambler making us hate our own lives and the musician enjoying the hell out of his. It’s the battle between our two hedonism heroes, internet personality and all-round show-off Dan Bilzerian and singer, songwriter, producer and rapper Post Malone.
CLAIM TO FAME
DAN BILZERIAN Sure, he’s made a lot of cash playing poker in the past few years, but let’s be honest – that’s not why he’s famous. It’s his ridiculous, uncensored, unrestrained and entirely unbelievable Instagram posts that have shot him to stardom. Think cats with handguns, naked women and shooting stuff until it explodes.
POST MALONE He’s one of those success stories that every stoner musician saying ‘I just do what I love, man’ points to. The difference is, Malone’s own music is genuinely innovative, blending genres with introspective songwriting and great vocals. He took off when White Iverson hit one million views and has been ascendant ever since.
CAREER HIGHLIGHT
DAN BILZERIAN It’s hard to pin down what’s true and what’s sheer bravado with Bilzerian. Apparently – and there’s a big ‘if’ hidden in that word – he made $12.8m in one day’s worth of poker. Possible? Sure. Probable? Well… he has to pay women to be in his Instagram shots somehow.
POST MALONE He single-handedly broke Spotify-streaming records with 78.7 million streams worldwide when he released his latest album, Beerbongs & Bentleys. If that wasn’t enough, his previous album Stoney broke Michael Jackson’s 34-year record of 76 weeks on Billboard’s Hip-Hop Album Chart. The King is dead, all hail the King.
INSTAGRAM INSANITY
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DAN BILZERIAN Where to start? We have tanks crushing cars, Dan blowing up a truck, more semi-naked women in the desert than a Piz Buin commercial and an NRA cardholding cat. Our favourite though is a goat standing on Dan’s bed because… just WTF?
POST MALONE Most of his account seems dedicated to moody photos like an art school student. The others just make us want to party with the guy, with him smashing guitars on stage and hanging out with Nas. Our top pick is a post with his lightsaber. It’s good to know that inside every rapper is a 10-year-old Star Wars geek.
SHEER EXTRAVAGANCE
DAN BILZERIAN Aside from an armoury worthy of a small dictatorship, there’s the massive Mercedes G 6×6 that stars in many of his shots, his $4.5m private jet (it’s only diddy), a $2.5m yacht, a $3m mansion and a $2.1m helicopter. It all makes his Lamborghini Aventador look like a drop in the ocean. AN OCEAN OF MONEY.
POST MALONE As a rapper you can expect the usual array of guns, jewellery (including diamond-encrusted Hello Kitty pendants) and his insane golden grill, but he’s a guitarist too and his collection includes a Louis Vuitton number he beat Bruno Mars to. Oh, and he also has a personal beer bong manager. How the hell do you apply for that?
THE WATCHES
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Packed for Art Basel, say what you will about my shitty clothes, my accessories are fashionable
DAN BILZERIAN When your cheapest watch is £40K, where do you go from there? To Audemars Piguet, Hublot and Richard Mille, obviously. He switches between them so often it’s hard to keep track, but as well as a seriously cool AP concept tourbillon, Bilzerian has a Richard Mille worth a cool $800,000.
POST MALONE “The Rolex with the diamonds keep me shining”, and thanks to a gift from collaborator 21 Savage, “Damn, my AP goin’ psycho.” The top of his bejewelled pyramid of diamonds, though, is his encrusted Patek Philippe Nautilus.
