The singer’s father stood trial when he was only 9 years old.
Machine Gun Kellyis getting vulnerable about the life experiences that led to his passion for music.
MGK, whose real name is Colson Baker, grew up the son of Christian missionaries.
Machine Gun Kelly the 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue release party.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
“All happened in the room with my dad at nine years old.
So him and my grandmother were tried for the murder.
They were both acquitted.”
“I watched my Dad suffer a lot.
He watched his dad die in front of him,” Baker narrates.
It’s instilled from childhood, and you learn from the people that raise you."
Baker’s most recent album under the Machine Gun Kelly moniker isMainstream Sellout, which released in 2022.
The two met when Baker cast her in the music video for his 2020 song"Bloody Valentine."
