In mid-May, actor Brian Austin Green (46) confirmed the separation of fellow actor and wife Megan Fox (34, "Transformers"). This was shown up now with rapper machine gun Kelly (30) in Los Angeles. The two were photographed holding hands as they left a bar. Before they drive away in the car, there is said to have been a kiss, as shown by photos that are available, among other things, from the British "Daily Mail". Machine Gun Kelly tweeted also last Monday: "I call you my girlfriend, damn it. In this case, life imitated art." The background: Fox had made the video for the current single "Bloody Valentine" with the singer. The musician was previously only known to loyal rap fans.
Machine Gun Kelly, real name Colson Baker, was born on April 22, 1990 in Houston, Texas. The musician took off his first name Richard. Through his parents' missionary work, Machine Gun Kelly lived as a child in various US cities as well as in Germany and Egypt. As a student he was enthusiastic about the music of DMX or Ludacris. In 2009 he successfully participated in a talent competition and appeared on MTV2. In 2011 he was discovered by Sean Combs aka P. Diddy (50) during an appearance in Austin, the rapper signed the newcomer. In the same year his single "Wild Boy" was released, in 2012 his debut album "Lace Up" landed at number four on the US album charts.
Machine Gun Kelly released his fourth studio album "Hotel Diablo" in 2019, whose stage name is supposed to indicate his fast rap singing and which also appeared at times as MGK. The rapper doesn't just pursue a musical career: in 2014 he was seen in the film drama "Beyond the Lights". In 2016 he played in the thriller "Nerve". In 2018, he got a role in the Netflix horror "Bird Box – Close your eyes" alongside Sandra Bullock (55). In "The Dirt – They wanted Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll", the Netflix band biography about Mötley Crüe, he played Tommy Lee (57) in 2019.