Austin Mahone
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Mahone at a Style 360 Fashion Show in 2013.
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April 4, 1996 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Website | austinmahone |
Austin Mahone (/məˈhoʊn/; born April 4, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter. He is currently signed to Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records.
Mahone was born on April 4, 1996 in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Michele Lee (Demyanovich) and Charles Edgar Mahone. His father died when he was a year and a half old, and he was raised by his single mother. He attended Lady Bird Johnson High School.
Mahone began his career by posting videos on YouTube in June 2010. More music videos followed, and by January 2011 he began to build an online following. In October 2011, Mahone posted a video covering Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe". On February 14, 2012, Mahone independently released his first single, "11:11", to iTunes. On June 4, 2012, he released his debut EP, Extended Play, in Japan only, with his second single, "Say Somethin", being released worldwide the following day. On August 28, 2012, Mahone announced that he had been officially signed to Chase/Universal Republic Records. In November 2012, Mahone signed a deal to become the new "Teen Ambassador" for Lil Wayne's Trukfit fashion clothing line. He has filmed commercials for McDonald's and Hot Nuts, a Mexican snack. On December 3, 2012, Mahone released a song titled "Say You're Just a Friend" featuring rapper Flo Rida as a digital download. He later dropped the piano version of the song and revealed why he released the piano rendition of the song, explaining "I knew my fans love the original version, but I saw a lot of comments saying that they couldn't really hear my voice, so I wanted to reassure them that I can sing the song. I thought it'd be cool to not only have the original version but also the piano version and change it up."
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