Line #7 Music/MachineGunKelly


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mgk.png]]
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3	->''Watch me take a good thing and fuck it all up in one night\
4	Catch me, I'm the one on the run away from the headlights\
5	No sleep, up all week wasting time with people I don't like\
6	I think that something's fucking wrong with me''
7	-->-- '''"I Think I'm Okay"''', featuring Music/{{YUNGBLUD}} and Music/TravisBarker
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9	Colson Baker (born April 22, 1990), better known as Machine Gun Kelly or MGK, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor from {{UsefulNotes/Cleveland}}, {{UsefulNotes/Ohio}}.
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11	Getting his name from his fast, rapid-fire lyrics (alongside [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Gun_Kelly the Prohibition-era gangster of the same name]]), he released his first mixtape in 2006. In 2009, he became the first rapper to win at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, boosting his rise to popularity.
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13	In 2011, while at SXSW, he caught the attention of Music/SeanCombs, who signed him on to his record label, Bad Boy Records. His first EP, ''Half Naked & Almost Famous'', dropped in 2012, with his debut album, ''Lace Up'', arriving later that same year, which met with success. Since then, he has been nominated for a number of award categories, while his music continues to chart.
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15	Beginning in 2019, he started to [[GenreShift move away]] from hip-hop towards PopPunk, forming a strong collaborative relationship with Music/TravisBarker of Music/Blink182 fame that resulted in far greater commercial success than he'd previously seen, with him being credited for initiating a mainstream revival and new wave of interest for the genre come TheNewTwenties.
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17	Due to a certain beef he was involved in, Machine Gun Kelly makes appearances in Music/{{Eminem}}'s Slim Shady mythology. Tropes to do with his [[TakeThat unflattering]] characterisation under his rival's pen belong on Characters/EminemBeefs.
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19	!!Discography:
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21	[[AC:Mixtapes]]
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23	* ''Stamp of Approval'' (2007)
24	* ''Homecoming'' (2009)
25	* ''100 Words and Running'' (2010)
26	* ''Lace Up: The Mixtape'' (2010)
27	* ''Rage Pack'' (2011)
28	* ''EST 4 Life'' (with Dub-O) (2012)
29	* ''Black Flag'' (2013)
30	* ''Fuck It'' (2015)
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32	[[AC:Extended Plays]]
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34	* ''Half Naked & Almost Famous'' (2012)
35	* ''Binge'' (2018)
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37	[[AC:Albums]]
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39	* ''Lace Up'' (2012)
40	* ''General Admission'' (2015)
41	* ''Bloom'' (2017)
42	* ''Hotel Diablo'' (2019)
43	* ''Music/TicketsToMyDownfall'' (2020)
44	* ''Mainstream Sellout'' (2022)
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47	!! Selected filmography:
48	* ''Film/BeyondTheLights'' (2014) as Kid Culprit
49	* ''{{Film/Nerve}}'' (2016) as Ty
50	* ''{{Film/Viral}}'' (2016) as CJ
51	* ''Film/BirdBox'' (2018) as Felix
52	* ''Film/BigTimeAdolescence'' (2019) as Nick
53	* ''Film/CaptiveState'' (2019) as Jurgis
54	* ''Film/TheDirt'' (2019) as [[Music/MotleyCrue Tommy Lee]]
55	* ''Film/TheKingOfStatenIsland'' (2020) as Tattoo Shop Owner
56	* ''Film/ProjectPower'' (2020) as Newt
57	* ''[[Music/TicketsToMyDownfall Downfalls High]]'' (2021) (director)
58	* ''Midnight in the Switchgrass'' (2021) as Calvin
59	* ''[[{{Series/Jackass}} Jackass Forever]]'' (2022) as [[AsHimself himself]] (guest appearance)
60	* ''Good Mourning'' (2022) as London (also director with Music/ModSun)
61	* ''Series/{{Dave}}'' (2023) as [[AsHimself himself]] (1 episode)
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63	! Trope Examples
64	* TheCameo: Creator/PeteDavidson appears on interlude tracks from ''Hotel Diablo'', ''Tickets To My Downfall'' and ''Mainstream Sellout'', and plays a convenience store cashier in the music video for "Candy".
65	* CirclingBirdies: Stars and hearts spin around his head when he's struck by a knock-out dart in the "Emo Girl" music video.
66	* CoverVersion: In wake of George Floyd's death, he recorded a cover of Music/RageAgainstTheMachine's "[[ProtestSong Killing in the Name]]" with Music/Blink182's Travis Barker.
67	** He also covered "Misery Business" by {{Music/Paramore}} and "Love on the Brain" by {{Music/Rihanna}} as part of his "Lockdown Sessions" during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic lockdown. They both became bonus tracks on the deluxe edition of ''Tickets to My Downfall''.
68	* EmoTeen: "Emo Girl" has him and singer [[Creator/WillowSmith Willow]] describing their love of these type of women, although not obviously teenagers.
69	* LargeHam: Particularly in his acting career, as he tends to take exaggerated roles.
70	* MotiveMisidentification: Accused Music/{{Eminem}} of dissing him and blackballing him from his radio station because of an old tweet he made in which he gushed about how Eminem's daughter was hot (she was underage at the time). In Eminem's DissTrack "Killshot", he reveals the real reason he dissed him is because "''I just don't like you, prick''".
71	* NewSoundAlbum: His fifth album ''Tickets to My Downfall'' is a straightforward PopPunk album in comparison to his past four albums, which are rooted in HipHop with the latter ''Hotel Diablo'' incorporating RapRock.
72	* PersonaNonGrata: He has repeatedly said that his feud with Eminem got him banned from the [=SiriusXM=] hip hop channel "Shade 45". Eminem has repeatedly denied this.
73	* PowerBallad: "Bad Things", a song about abusive love, is noticeably slower than most of his work, possibly in an attempt to appeal to more Top-40-friendly audience; it even features pop star Music/CamilaCabello singing the hook.
74	* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Early in his career, when he was making hip-hop music, he wore clothes associated with famous rappers and tried to act "gangsta" in his songs (a good example of this being "Warning Shot"). Later, he started dressing in an androgynous punk style similar to the only recently departed Music/LilPeep.
75	* ProducePelting: Depicted happening to him on the cover of ''Mainstream Sellout''.
76	* RapRock: ''Hotel Diablo'' adds some more rock elements to his usual HipHop sound. Taken even further with ''Tickets to My Downfall'' which has been described as a pop-punk album.
77	* RecordProducer: Since ''Tickets To My Downfall'', his has mostly been Music/TravisBarker.
78	* {{Sampling}}: "Bad Things" interpolates the hook from Fastball's "Out Of My Head", while "All I Know" does the same to "Knowledge" by Operation Ivy.
79	* SequelSong: "[=WW4=]" on ''Mainstream Sellout'' is the sequel to "[=WWIII=]" on ''Tickets To My Downfall''.
80	* TheStoner: As he told Creator/MeganFox, "[[IAmTheNoun I am weed.]]"
81	* TakeThat: "Rap Devil" is this to Music/{{Eminem}}'s diss track "Not Alike", which was a jab towards him and Eminem in turn would return in response with "Killshot".
82	* VerbalTic: Early on in his career, his were "Lace up" and "Kells".

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