This September, the first annual Ohio Hip-Hop Awards will be held in Columbus, Ohio. The nominees have been announced and Machine Gun Kelly received nods in 5 categories.
MGK is nominated for Best Mixtape Artist, Best Mixtape ("Lace Up"), Best Male Artist, Single of the Year ("Cleveland" featuring Dubo) and Best Live Performance. You can vote once per day on their website.
Apparel company Young & Reckless has released a pair of Machine Gun Kelly/Lace Up t-shirts, priced at $24 each. Lace Up Baseball, inspired by the look of the Lace Up baseball jersey that MGK has been wearing, is currently sold out. But, more are on the way, according to the product page.
Last week, Machine Gun Kelly performed at the Red Bulletin/X GAMES Athlete After Party. Before the show, he was given a Lace Up baseball jersey by skateboarder Ryan Sheckler. Check out the clips below.
ThisIs50 has an interview with Machine Gun Kelly, focusing on his upcoming releases and his signing with Bad Boy. In the clip, he reveals that the deal is worth over a million dollars.
Interesting, he talks about the belief that Diddy has mistreated artists and says that Diddy told him that his legacy is "in a f***** up place right now." Would he try to change MGK? "I never told The Lox to put on the shiny suits," he apparently said.
In an interview with DJBooth, Machine Gun Kelly revealed that, this fall, he plans to release a CD/DVD package called "RagePack." The CD will include 5-8 songs while the DVD will be titled "Half Naked and Almost Famous." In addition, he said that his album is 98% done.
In an interview with TheMaskedGorilla, Machine Gun Kelly revealed some of the collaborations on his upcoming debut album. He has been in the studio with punk rock band Good Charlotte, singer Mike Posner and rapper Lil' B.
He described the Good Charlotte record as "electro, kind of dubstep," and also talked about his background and the label bidding war for his services. The clip, which you can watch below, appears to have been recorded before he officially signed with Bad Boy.
XXLmag.com asked Machine Gun Kelly about usage of the N word and whether or not it'd ever come out of his mouth. The question was asked specifically in reference to V-Nasty, a white female rapper who is affiliated with Kreayshawn, who does use the word and has defended her use of it.
"It's a wrap on me using that word," he said. "Not where I'm from. F*** that. I love my hood stripes. I wear my hood stripes proud. I don't want them taken from me. Only N word I�m using is ninja. Ninjas and ... napalm... and nasal spray... and narcissist... nipples. Those are the only N words I�m using. Nipple is my favorite N word."
"Good question," he continued. "That's a very good question. That's a constroversial question. That's such a sketchy question. I feel odd even saying the word, 'the N word,' on camera. 'Cause it's so f****** touchy. That's crazy. F*** that. I mean, my daughter's black, too. My whole team, with the exception of my manager, or one of my managers, is black. It's a subject you just kinda grow up and respect. I wouldn't really touch it. You know, I can joke all I want to. I wouldn't touch that s***, though.�
