MACHINE GUN KELLY
http://www.machinegunkelly.com/

with

KING LOS
https://www.facebook.com/iamkinglos

Sunday, September 6th

at the VOGUE THEATRE
918 Granville St
All Ages | 19+ Bar with ID | Doors 7PM

Tickets on sale Friday at 10am
Hardcopies | Red Cat, Zulu, Beatstreet and DIPT

MGK, or Machine Gun Kelly, is a Cleveland rapper born Richard Colson Baker. Taking his stage name from the notorious mobster and applying it to himself for his rapid-fire lyrical flow, MGK started rapping while still in high school and quickly gained a large local following through the release of several mixtapes, 2006’s Stamp of Approval, 2008’s Homecoming, and 100 Words and Running and Lace Up, both released in 2010. In 2011 the MC appeared on the track “Inhale” by Three 6 Mafia’s Juicy J, and in its video, which also featured Steve O from television’s Jackass. Later that year, after a performance at the South by Southwest Music Conference, Kelly was approached by Bad Boy CEO Sean “Diddy” Combs and eventually inked a deal with Bad Boy/Interscope. In March of 2012 he released the Half Naked & Almost Famous EP, followed in October of the same year by his proper debut, Lace Up. In this time he also signed a deal with Young and Restless to work on a clothing line.

In early 2012, MGK announced that he would be releasing a new mixtape. Pusha T and Meek Mill were the first artists to be featured on the mixtape, both appearing on the track “Pe$o”. MGK also announced that Wiz Khalifa will be featured on the mixtape. On February 18, 2013, MGK announced the name of the mixtape as Black Flag and revealed the cover. He also released a music video for “Champions” which features Diddy and samples The Diplomats song “We are the Champions”, as the music video release served as a promotional video for Black Flag. On June 26, MGK released Black Flag without prior announcement. The mixtape also featured guest appearances from French Montana, Kellin Quinn, Dub-O, Sean McGee and Tezo.

Following the release of Black Flag, rumors surfaced that MGK had begun working on his second studio album. In January 2014, he confirmed that he was in the early stages of working on the album, with 2015 being the scheduled year of release. On January 5, 2015, MGK released the song “Till I Die”, which was accompanied with a music video on his VEVO account. Months later, a remix of “Till I Die” with hometown fellow hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony was confirmed and released on June 5, 2015. The song aired via WorldStarHipHop and featured French Montana, Yo Gotti and Ray Cash.