Machine Gun Kelly Teases A Return To Hip Hop After Pop Punk Era

Machine Gun Kelly released his sixth studio album, “Mainstream Sellout.”

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MGK said his next album would be a rap album.

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He said on the “Audacy Check In” podcast that he wasn’t making the album to prove any point.

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MGK is about to go on the world tour of “Mainstream Sellout.”

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He said he wanted to make people miss his pop-punk sound.

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MGK said he wanted his move to pop-punk to inspire people to follow their dreams.

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He said people in the rock genre have refused to embrace him and acted like he didn’t belong.

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Megan Fox said she and MGK occasionally consumed a few drops of each other’s blood.

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She said she was interested in tarot cards, astrology and metaphysical practices and meditations.

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