Machine Gun Kelly travelled the world with his missionary parents till mom left him with his short-tempered father. He grew up in Denver and later Cleveland and was bullied in school with few friends, at 10 he became obsessed with ras and began putting together his own mix tapes. After a scuffle with his drunken father MGK was out on the streets for some time – on the brink of being homeless he gambled hard and signed up for Apollo’s Theatre Amateur Night competition where he came in first place,
from there he started making moves as the next big white kid of rap.