Machine Gun Kelly has been flexing his skills outside the realms of rap lately, from acting in upcoming films like Big Time Adolescence alongside Pete Davidson and action-western flick The Last Son Of Isaac LeMay to plans of dropping a punk pop album. However, the papaya-loving emcee assures us all that he will not be abandoning hip-hop or the music industry anytime soon.
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The self-prcolaimed "blonde don" took to Twitter yesterday (March 11) to give his million-plus followers an update on his current career moves. "Just because i’m acting doesn’t mean i stop making music," he wrote, following with another line that read, "just because i’m making a pop punk album doesn’t mean i stop rapping." A move from hardcore hip-hop into the indie/alternative scene might be scary for some artists, but MGK says that doesn't apply to him by also adding, "just because ‘you’ fear something new doesn’t mean i’m going to." He concluded his message with one final line that read, "a creative’s job is to break the barriers not stay inside them," ending things with the simple statement "i’m bored of normal." Wheter or not his rapper-turned-actor status or the Tickets To My Downfall album prove to be missteps in the long run, we just commend the dude for following his own path as an artist.
Read Machine Gun Kelly's original tweet below and let us know if you agree with his overall message:
Machine Gun Kelly To Star In "The Last Son Of Isaac LeMay"
Machine Gun Kelly is set to star opposite Sam Worthington in the action-western film, “The Last Son Of Isaac LeMay.”
Machine Gun Kelly continues to further his acting career, starring alongside British actor Sam Worthington in the upcoming action-western, The Last Son Of Isaac LeMay. After his successful stint playing Tommy Lee in the Motley Crüe biopic, The Dirt, last year, MGK, known in the acting world by his real name, Colson Baker, is ready to go darker for his next role. The film, directed by David Von Ancken from the Black List script by Greg Johnson, is set to start production next month in Montana, and follows the story of the title character, an aging outlaw played by Worthington. Isaac LeMay decides to go on a journey to kill off his offspring after becoming convinced that there’s evil in his genes, which leads him to find his son, Cal, played by MGK. Cal is “a peculiar hot-blooded leader of a gang of young outlaws who can transition from loving and thoughtful to a cold blooded killer on the flip of a dime.” When his father finds him, Cal is on a murderous rampage, and Isaac must try to find a way to stop his son.
MGK will also be starring alongside his real life best buddy, Pete Davidson, in the upcoming comedy, Big Time Adolescent, which will be released on Hulu on March 20th. On the music front, he just dropped the visuals for his pop-punk infused banger, “Why Are You Here.”