Machine Gun Kelly’s unique aesthetic is a consequence of his environment growing up. MGK — real name Colson Baker — discusses his upbringing and eventual celebrity in a new interview for the August 2021 issue of GQ.
Kelly’s mother left the family when he was young, and his dad, who passed away in July 2020, struggled with alcohol. A young Kelly turned to pop culture for guidance. “I had to be whatever I was seeing on TV,” the musician says. “I will never forget when I saw ‘American Gangster’ in theatres, with Denzel Washington.
I immediately went to my boss… I borrowed his fur coat and I borrowed his suit… and swore to God that I was Frank Lucas.” “A week later I would see Travis Barker in a music video and I would be in a T-shirt with a
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