Machine Gun Kelly Mourns Loss of Father: 'I've Never Felt a Pain This Deep in My Life'

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Machine Gun Kelly is mourning the loss of his father. The rapper told fans on Sunday (July 5) that he had been planning to celebrate the one-year anniversary of his Hotel Diablo album when he got the news. "‪That album was everything i wanted to say and i know it’s close to my fans...‬ ‪but my father took his last breath this morning, and ive never felt a pain this deep in my life," he wrote, noting that he was planning to set his phone down to mourn.According to a New York Times profile that ran in Sunday's paper, the MC/actor (born Richard Colson Baker) had recently reconciled with his dad, who was reportedly hospitalized in Denver with an illness unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic. "He’s so stoked that I’m playing guitar now.