Machine Gun Kelly (MGK), was born as Colson Baker who is an American singer/rapper, songwriter and actor. He was born on the 22nd of April, 1990 and in 2015 his age is 25 years old. He was born on Houston, Texas, United States of America but moved around in different parts of the world. His parents were missionaries of the Christian community, who were always moving around in different places like Ohio, Texas, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Denver etc. as well as countries like: Germany and Egypt. Kelly lived his first four years of life in Egypt, and spoke good Arabic but had communication problems in English.
After his mother walked out on the family, he and his father moved and settled in Denver with his aunty, but soon his father went into depression and things got worse. Kelly was a constant victim of bullying in his neighborhood as well as his school Hamilton Middle School. He started listening to artists like Ludacris and DMX from grade 7, and soon became a fan of the RNB and Rap music. Then, he started to write his own stories and started to rap the words in order, like his idols did. Meanwhile his father went to work in the army of Kuwait, and left him to live at the basement of his neighbors. He also changed schools and studied at the Thomas Jefferson High School, but with no proper parental guidance he started to use drugs and in that time also recorded his first tape of rapping. An American by nationality, he belongs to white ethnicity and doesn’t seem to follow any religion.
MGK is a tall person, who measures about a 193 cm tall, which is about 6 feet and 4 inches. With a towering height, he is a lean man who doesn’t have a very muscular body. With his dancing talents and agility, he looks very fit. He hasn’t put on much weight in any part of his life, and says that it is those drugs he used that made him so lean. He has got a lot of shirtless pictures on the media, where he has revealed his tattoos that have covered his body. He has got tattoos on his chest, arms, waist, back and other parts and they all symbolize and represent something to him. He has his date of birth marked on his chest, a Pac Man symbol on his left elbow. He also has MGK, engraved in flames design on his back and also a “Want Change?” on the lower left side of his belly.
Not much is known regarding her personal life, as he doesn’t like to discuss his relationships to the media. Either that, or he doesn’t have as many girlfriends as people think he has. He hasn’t been married or divorced till now, and doesn’t have a wife or children. He was believed to be dating singer Amber Rose, but it looks like the couple have split already, some time ago. In their short-lived romance, they didn’t have any kids together and although many people accused him of being sexually gay, it is not true. He has been very popular through his music, which deals and explains about his life, struggles and problems. His songs explain a different and new story and his fans say that they can all related to what he tries to say. As a result, he has got a massive fan following around the world.
To know about his upcoming tour dates and events, you can visit his official website where you can also know more about him. Or, you can read his biography that is available online in sites like IMDB and Wikipedia. To stay updated with his recent activities, you can follow him on his official Twitter or Instagram accounts. By 2015, his estimated net worth is about $1.2 million US dollars.