Post Malone gives $20,000 tip to single mom working at bar on Christmas Eve

HOUSTON, Texas (WKRC) - Post Malone gave a generous $20,000 tip to a single mom working at a bar on Christmas Eve.

According to Music Mayhem, Post Malone, born Austin Richard Post, gifted a struggling single mother $20,000 on Christmas Eve. The mother, 36-year-old Renee Brown, spoke exclusively to Music Mayhem, telling the outlet that she was left speechless and in tears after receiving the gift from Post.

The outlet reported that Brown, who has no living relatives and works two jobs just to make ends meet, was working a late shift at The Railyard, a small neighborhood bar frequented by Houston locals. She told the outlet that she had been struggling with the reality of having to leave her nine-year-old daughter Iliana for the holiday when Post, a native of Grapevine, Texas, unexpectedly turned up at the establishment, accompanied by "Let It Burn" singer, Shaboozey.

“Going into work Christmas Eve, I was so sad I had to leave my baby girl to go to work. Oblivious that God would send me a Christmas miracle,” Brown told the outlet. “This is hands down the most humble, personable celebrity I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. He changed my life on Christmas (expletive) Eve, and will forever be grateful. Thank you so much, Austin.”

Brown told the outlet that Post and his entourage of friends "lifted the spirits of the entire bar."

"It was amazing to see everyone so happy and seeing how kind he was to all the people that spend their days with me on the regular,” she told Music Mayhem.

Around closing time, Post requested his check, and was surprised to learn that his friends and some of the regulars had covered his bill. That's when the "Sunflower" singer requested that she charge him for something, even just a penny, so that he could leave a tip.

"He asked me to ring him up for a penny or anything, so I did. I continued my close and collected all my checks and started to enter my tips. Then I got to his. It was a tip for 20,000 dollars,” Brown told the outlet.

The Houston bartender called Post's gift "life-changing" when speaking to Music Mayhem.

“I work two jobs and home school my daughter. I’m constantly exhausted. We’ve been without a car for two years. And recently moved after losing everything and starting over from scratch in August of 2024,” Brown explained to Music Mayhem. “This put me in a position to at least be able to get a way back and forth to work and pay up on rent and save a bit. I’m trying to save up to start a business, so I don’t have to continue working two jobs and be able to spend more time with my daughter."