Why did Post Malone get tattoos of Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce autographs?

Post Malone has the same initials as Patrick Mahomes. The rapper also has the autograph of the Chiefs’ quarterback and tight end Travis Kelce’s tattooed on himself because of losing a bet at beer pong.

Mahomes is the subject of a GQ cover story and he explained how all transpired at a show in KC the night of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade:

The rapper invited the quarterback to swing by for a quick hello before the show. The courteous Mahomes brought along a jersey “as a thank-you for having us out.” As Mahomes and his teammate Travis Kelce sized up the scene backstage, Post challenged the two to a friendly game of beer pong. …

 After nine or ten games, Post is interrupted by his manager. It’s time, he’s told, to take the stage. But Post waves him off. He needs to win a game. Finally, around the 14th or 15th game, Post decides he needs to up the stakes. He hands a piece of paper to Mahomes and Kelce, and he asks them to write their signatures, and he promises to tattoo the autographs onto his body—you know, like, permanently—if they can beat him again. Dilly dilly!

Surely you know how this ends: Post loses. “He has a tattoo artist literally in the room,” recalls Mahomes, who sounds alarmed even in retrospect. “I’m like, ‘Dude, you do not actually have to get a tattoo of our autographs.’ ” And certainly, by now, you know this too: Post Malone is a man of his word, and gets his new tattoo done backstage, immediately after the show, inking onto himself a squiggly Patrick Mahomes autograph …

Check the tattoo out here.