Does Zayn Malik smoke?: Yes.Does Zayn Malik drink alcohol?: Yes.The word Zayn comes from Arabic origin and means beautiful and Malik means king.Zayn was a contestant in the music competition X-Factor, where he was called back after being eliminated as a solo artist. There were four other eliminations that were brought back and Zayn, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson formed the band One Direction.Zayn left the band in March 2015 and signed up a contract with RCA Records and released his solo album Life of Mine on 25 March 2016.He is the first British artist who made a debut topping both the US and UK charts. PillowTalk was the number one song in several countries.Zayn sang on stage for the first time when singer Jay Sean visited his school. He used to write rap in school and did boxing for two years.He said that he left the band due to creative differences. His style is more of an R&B singer, where as the band produces mainly Pop Rock style.Besides R&B, Zayn experiments with electro R&B, hip-hop, neo-soul, reggae and Qawalli Ghazal genres too and has included all of these in his songs.Malik has a Tenor voice with great versatility and is known for his belting notes and falsetto. He was the strongest vocalist in the One Direction band.