In his 2004 memoir Chronicles Vol. 1, Bob Dylan described his love of rap music circa 1989, and his predictions for its future. "Somebody different was bound to come along sooner or later who knew that world, been born and raised with it...be all of it and more.
Someone with a chopped topped head and a power in the community. He’d be able to balance himself on one leg on a tightrope that stretched across the universe and you’d know him when he came—there’d be only one like him." Dylan may have found that person, and his name is MGK (better known as Machine Gun Kelly), whose 2016 performance in a record store Dylan shared on his Instagram on Wednesday (February 26).
The video of Kelly's "Blue Skies" performance appears to have been shot at Park Ave CDs in Orlando, Florida. The post does not come with a caption, though Dylan's page is full of clips of other musicians, meaning that this is more likely a sincere appreciation than a shitpost.
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