Musician Machine Gun Kelly, 34, recently shared poignant details about his late father’s traumatic childhood on the August 5 episode of Bunnie Xo’s “Dumb Blonde” podcast.
The artist, known for his hit song “I Think I’m OKAY,” revealed that his father, who died in July 2019, had a horrific experience as a child when he was on trial for the murder of his own father at the age of 9.
MGK, whose real name is Colson Baker, remembers the tragic event: “I was always told that her father dropped the gun and his head was practically blown off.”
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“It all happened in my father’s room when I was nine years old. He and my grandmother were charged with murder. They were both acquitted.”
During the podcast, the rapper and rocker spoke about his strained relationship with his father, admitting that he was often frustrated by his father’s reactions to loud noises or sudden disturbances. “I would get so mad at him because he would freak out whenever he heard a loud noise or a bang,” MGK said.
“I thought to myself, ‘You’re supposed to be a man, dude. Why are you acting like that?’ and I just hated him. And then you sit there and think about a boy who was on trial for the murder of his father at the age of nine… I had a very interesting conversation with him on his deathbed about that moment.”
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MGK also expressed sympathy for his father’s struggles, acknowledging that this traumatic childhood had profoundly affected his ability to cope as a father.
“In my situation with my father, he was so tormented by the worst crap I think a child can go through that he had to deal with it, but at the same time, almost every possible bad circumstance was against him.”
Speaking about the wider impact of their relationship, MGK said: “It’s almost like the expectations are too high. We think they know everything because we looked at them as kids. But we’re all just lost and trying to figure it out.”
