Machine Gun Kelly (rapper)

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Machine Gun Kelly (2017)

Machine Gun Kelly , also MGK (born April 22, 1990 in Houston , Texas ; real name Colson Baker ) is an American musician and actor from Cleveland , Ohio . He is signed to Sean Combs ' label Bad Boy Entertainment and is known for mixing hip-hop with rock and metal elements .

Live and act

Life

Baker was born Richard Colson Baker on April 22, 1990 in Houston , Texas . He later changed his name to Colson Baker. His parents are missionaries , which is why he had to move several times when he was a child. He grew up for some time in Germany , Egypt , as well as in Denver , Chicago , Los Angeles and Cleveland . Due to the fact that he grew up in Egypt during the first four years of his life, he learned to speak Arabic . When the family moved back to the States, he attended sixth and seventh grades of Hamilton Middle School in Denver. At this point he first came into contact with hip-hop and rap through the music of DMX and Ludacris . At the age of 14, Baker moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended Shaker Heights High School. In July 2020, Baker and Meghan Fox announced they were a couple.

Career

In 2009, Baker entered a talent competition that he won twice. He first gained fame through an appearance on MTV2 when he was part of the Sucker Free Freestyle show . In February 2010 the first mixtape 100 Words and Running was released . He made his national debut with the single Alice in Wonderland , which appeared on a Midwest Block Starz compilation on the Block Starz Music label. In November of the same year, the second mixtape followed with Lace Up . This includes the song Cleveland , which was played for some time at home games of the Cleveland Cavaliers . As a thank you, he received a Championship Ring from the Cavaliers in 2016.

In 2011 he was featured in XXL . In March 2011 he played at SXSW in Austin , Texas where he was discovered by Sean Combs . He signed him to his Bad Boy Records label . In November 2011, the single Wild Boy was released with Waka Flocka Flame as a guest rapper. In February 2012, Baker, who now calls himself Machine Gun Kelly , announced that he wanted to release an EP under the name Half Naked and Almost Famous . This was released in March 2012. In October 2012, the debut album, Lace Up, followed , which promptly reached number 4 in the US album charts . Machine Gun Kelly temporarily acted as MGK , but changed its name again. In June 2013, another mixtape was released with Black Flag , including Kellin Quinn from Sleeping with Sirens , French Montana , Dub-O, Sean McGee and Tezo. The collaboration with Kellin Quinn came about because Machine Gun Kelly was already working with his band in the same year on the song Alone from the album Feel .

In early 2014, it was said that Machine Gun Kelly would start work on his second album. In 2014 he appeared as an actor in Beyond the Lights . In 2015 he played Wesley "Wes" Mason in the Showtime series Roadies . His second studio album General Admission was released on October 16, 2015 . To promote the album, he released the two singles Till I Die and A Little More . In 2016 he appeared as an actor in Nerve . There he plays Tyler, who fights for victory with Ian and performs daring stunts. Also in 2016 a single called Bad Things was released in collaboration with Camila Cabello . In 2017 his third album Bloom was released . This stayed in Germany in 43rd place on the charts for a week. In 2018, two weeks after his single Rap Devil, the corresponding EP Binge was released. In the same year he played alongside Sandra Bullock and Trevante Rhodes as Felix in Bird Box - Close your eyes with. In The Dirt - They wanted Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll , the Netflix film adaptation of the biography of the same name about Mötley Crüe , he played Tommy Lee in 2019 .

At the beginning of July 2019, Machine Gun Kelly released his fourth studio album Hotel Diablo , which reached number 75 in the German charts. In May 2020 the single Bloody Valentine was released . American actress Megan Fox can be seen in the accompanying music video . His new album Tickets to My Downfall , on which Travis Barker was also involved, is expected to be released in the course of 2020 .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2012 Lace Up - - - - US4th
gold
gold

(12 weeks)US
First published: October 9, 2012
Sales: + 500,000
2015 General Admission DE94 (1 week)
DE 		- CH72 (1 week)
CH 		- US4th
gold
gold

(5 weeks)US
First published: October 16, 2015
Sales: + 500,000
2017 Bloom DE43 (1 week)
DE 		AT36 (1 week)
AT 		CH28 (1 week)
CH 		UK37 (1 week)
UK 		US8th
gold
gold

(18 weeks)US
First published: May 12, 2017
Sales: + 500,000
2019 Hotel Diablo DE75 (1 week)
DE 		AT37 (1 week)
AT 		CH36 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK43 (2 weeks)
UK 		US5 (20 weeks)
US
First published: July 5, 2019

EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2012 Half Naked & Almost Famous - - - - US46 (3 weeks)
US
First published: March 20, 2012
2018 Binge - - - - US24 (2 weeks)
US
First published: September 21, 2018

Mix tapes

year title Remarks
2007 Stamp of Approval First published: October 12, 2007
2009 Homecoming First published: April 1, 2009
2010 100 words and running First published: February 11, 2010
Lace Up First published: November 18, 2010
2011 Rage pack First published: October 14, 2011
2012 EST 4 Life First published: August 13th, 2012
with Dub-O
2013 Black Flag First published: June 26, 2013
2015 Fuck it First published: July 23, 2015

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2011 Wild Boy
Lace Up 		- - - - US98
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(1 week)US
First published: September 27, 2011
feat. Waka Flocka Flame ; Sales: + 2,000,000
2016 Bad Things
Bloom 		DE58 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT48 (7 weeks)
AT 		CH43 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK16
gold
gold

(12 weeks)UK 		US4th
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(23 weeks)US
First published: October 14, 2016
with Camila Cabello ; Sales: + 4,510,000
2017 At My Best
Bloom 		- AT71 (1 week)
AT 		- - US60
platinum
platinum

(8 weeks)US
First published: March 17th, 2017
feat. Hailee Steinfeld ; Sales: + 1,000,000
Home
Bright: The Album 		DE27 (19 weeks)
DE 		AT32 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH39 (21 weeks)
CH 		UK64
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US90
gold
gold

(5 weeks)US
First published: November 17th, 2017
with X Ambassadors & Bebe Rexha ; Sales: + 700,000
2018 Rap Devil
Binge 		- - - UK15 (5 weeks)
UK 		US13
gold
gold

(4 weeks)US
First published: September 8, 2018
Sales: + 500,000
2019 I think I'm okay
Hotel Diablo 		- - - UK90
silver
silver

(3 weeks)UK 		US-
platinum
platinum
US
First published: June 7, 2019
with Yungblud & Travis Barker ; Sales: + 1,200,000
2020 Bloody Valentine - - - UK79 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 1, 2020
My Ex's Best Friend DE- 1DE - - UK66 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020UK 		US82 (1 week)
US
Initial release: August 7th, 2020
with Blackbear
1 My Ex's Best Friend could not be placed in the official German single charts, but reached number seven in the single trend charts (August 14, 2020).

More singles

  • 2010: Alice in Wonderland
  • 2011: Invincible (feat. Ester Dean , US:goldgold)
  • 2012: Hold On (Shut Up) (feat. Young Jeezy )
  • 2012: Wild Boy (Remix) (feat. Meek Mill , 2 Chainz , French Montana , Mystikal , Steve-O & Yo Gotti )
  • 2013: Breaking News
  • 2014: Sail
  • 2015: Till I Die (US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2015: A Little More (feat.Victoria Monet)
  • 2016: Young Man ( feat.Chief Keef )
  • 2017: Let You Go (US:goldgold)
  • 2017: Trap Paris (US:goldgold)
  • 2017: Go for Broke (feat.James Arthur )
  • 2017: Habits
  • 2018: Alpha Omega (US:goldgold)
  • 2018: Bad Mother F * cker (US:goldgold)
  • 2018: The Break Up (US:goldgold)
  • 2018: 27
  • 2018: Loco
  • 2018: Lately
  • 2019: Hollywood Whore
  • 2019: El diablo
  • 2019: Glass House (feat.Naomi Wild)
  • 2019: Sorry Mama (with Phem)
  • 2019: Why Are You Here
  • 2019: Candy (feat. Trippie Redd , US:goldgold)
  • 2020: Bullets with Names ( feat.Young Thug , RJmrLA & Lil Duke)
  • 2020: Misery Business (with Travis Barker)
  • 2020: Concert for Aliens

Guest Posts

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • BelgiumBelgium Belgium
    • 2017: for the single Bad Things
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2017: for the single Bad Things
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2019: for the single I Think I'm Okay

Platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2017: for the single Bad Things

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 70,000 aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 15,000 ultratop.be
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 fimi.it
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 40,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 12 × gold12 Platinum record icon.svg 9 × platinum9 15,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 800,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg 16 × gold16 Platinum record icon.svg 10 × platinum10

Filmography

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  1. ↑ a b XXL Mag April 2011; "Show & Prove" (Machine Gun Kelly)
  2. ↑ a b c d Cleveland’s own Machine Gun Kelly is riding a wave of 'raging' rap , cleveland.com, accessed August 24, 2011
  3. ↑ “Who Can Get Busy”: XXL's Feature On the Growing Trend of White Rappers [April 2011 Magazine Excerpt . Xxlmag.Com. Retrieved August 24, 2011
  4. ↑ Video: Machine Gun Kelly - Naked & Almost Famous (Ep.1) ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . The Source (March 20, 2011). Retrieved August 24, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thesource.com
  5. ↑ Keith Caulfield: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Score Top Billboard 200 Debut, Mumford Still No. 1 . In: Billboard . Nielsen Business Media . October 17, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ Machine Gun Kelly 'Black Flag' (Artwork & Tracklist) - XXL . Xxlmag.com. June 11, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.27193/title.mgk-says-he-s-scared-to-listen-to-eminem-s-mmlp2-
  8. ↑ Machine Gun Kelly & Travis Barker cover Rage Against The Machines "Killing In The Name". Musikexpress.de, June 5, 2020, accessed on June 18, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2
  10. ↑ Official single trending charts. mtv.de, August 14, 2020, accessed on August 15, 2020 .

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SURNAME Machine Gun Kelly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baker, Richard Colson (real name); MKG
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas