Post Malone announced as co-owner of Envy Gaming Envy Gaming[jwplayer RDIo8tSY]Chart topping singer Post Malone has bought an equity stake in Envy Gaming. The popular artist is now a co-owner of Call of Duty team Dallas Empire, and Overwatch League\u2019s Dallas Fuel. For many, Post Malone has been the face of popular music over the last five years. The star has won numerous Grammys and sells out stadiums around the world. On August 28, it was announced that the singer is now dipping his toes into esports by becoming a co-owner of Envy Gaming. The 25-year-old has a long history with video games. Post Malone becomes co-owner of Envy Gaming Malone has never been shy of his love of gaming \u2013 the star was an avid fan of battle royale PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds, and even professed his admiration for former Counter-Strike pro Michael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek on social media. On August 28, the star acquired an \u201cundisclosed\u201d equity stake in Envy Gaming which owns Team Envy, Dallas Empire, and Dallas Fuel. In a press release, the organization revealed that he had \u201cjoined the ownership group.\u201d \u201cI grew up in Texas and I\u2019ve been gaming my whole life, so this just really felt right,\u201d Post said. \u201cI have always wanted to be a part of bringing gaming into the professional sports world so to be involved with what Envy is doing in my hometown feels like such a perfect fit.\u201d The announcement comes just before the Call of Duty League Championship Weekend on August 29-30. On Twitter, the star commented on his new partnership, exclaiming, \u201cHappy to announce i\u2019m now part owner of Dallas Empire. Let\u2019s take this throne and win these playoffs :)\u201d Dallas Empire player James \u2018Clayster\u2019 Eubanks was pumped by the announcement, and welcomed the singer on Twitter. \u201cLet\u2019s go!!!! Hyped for this! Now just gotta win this weekend to already get him a world championship under his belt.\u201d CEO of Envy Gaming, Adam Rymer, praised the artist, calling him a \u201ccultural icon,\u201d while the org\u2019s owner and Chief Gaming Officer Mike \u2018hastr0\u2019 Rufail revealed he had met him last November at Posty Fest in Texas. Whether he\u2019s making a chart-topping album or streaming on Twitch, the singer\u2019s new deal brings him closer to his love of gaming. His new venture is sure to bring in a new audience into esports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Post Malone announced as co-owner of Envy Gaming Envy Gaming[jwplayer RDIo8tSY]Chart topping singer Post Malone has bought an equity stake in Envy Gaming. The popular artist is now a co-owner of Call of Duty team Dallas Empire, and Overwatch League\u2019s Dallas Fuel. For many, Post Malone has been the face of popular music over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}