Rap is, like many crafts, one that requires practice and dedication. With four studio albums (soon to be five) under his belt, Machine Gun Kelly has certainly put in his ten thousand hours. Yet there comes a time when an artist might veer toward a different genre, which in turn requires a different set of skills– in MGK’s case, the detion toward pop-punk required he not only pick up a guitar, but git gud, as the gamers say. And thanks to this unprecedented period of self-imposed isolation, it would appear that Gunner has all the time in the world to do it.

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Following an impromptu jam session of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” which found MGK holding it down with Cobain’s iconic yet beginner-friendly solo, it would appear he’s stepped it up for chapter two. This time linking up with a few musically-inclined friends, Gunner picked up the ax for a rendition of Childish Gambino‘s “Redbone,” and a solid one at that.

It’s uncertain for how long they practiced this one, or whether proper social distancing etiquette was kept throughout, but the results certainly speak for themselves. All it’s missing is Gambino’s impeccable falsetto. Check it out for yourself below, and show some love to the Gunner for stepping up the multi-instrumentalist game. Plus, he’s officially opened the floor for requests. 

Machine Gun Kelly is on day two of his coronavirus pandemic-induced quarantine, but he’s making sure to occupy himself with a jam session of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on guitar. The COVID-19 pandemic has plenty of folks around the world practicing social distancing by self-quarantining in an attempt to spread the rapid spread of the deadly virus, and MGK has come up with a great way to keep us and himself entertained while we’re all stuck inside. The rock-rapper, who’s been expanding more and more into a pop punk sound as of late, has vowed to play a new song on IG every day for the rest of the week. On Tuesday, he shared a clip of himself and his friend, Omer Fedi, performing Paramore’s “Misery Business,” and on Wednesday, he tackled Nirvana’s 1991 hit, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” solo.

“Don’t play it perfect, just play it like u mean it,” he wrote on the “quarantine jam day 2,” before asking his followers which song he should play next. Along with posting a new jam session daily, MGK also serviced the public by providing some some sex tips to follow during the coronavirus pandemic.

What a horrible week the world just had. It feels like a whole year played out in the span of just a couple of days. It all started when Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz was diagnosed with the Coronavirus. This started a whole ripple effect in which the NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, and even autoracing was completely shutdown. Entire countries are going on lockdown so that they can stop the spread of COVID-19 and get back to everyday life, sooner rather than later.

With the lockdown in place, some NBA players appear to be bored out of their minds and don't know what to do with themselves. One of those players is none other than Giannis Antetokounmpo on the Milwaukee Bucks. Over the weekend, his significant other posted a video of him playing a horrible rendition of "Smoke On The Water" on acoustic guitar. Based on the caption, she is ready for the NBA to come back.

It looks like A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie was trying to get Chicago rapper Juice Wrld on his song “Me & My Guitar” off his Artist 2.0 project. In a new interview with Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins, the NYC spitter revealed he specifically made his guitar song for Juice Wrld.

“To be honest, I made that song for Juice Wrld to get on. I was in LA and I was talking to Bibby… Juice Wrld never picked up his phone mind you. He lost his phone every other day literally. Rest in Peace to the bro though,” A Boogie says in the clip.

A Boogie continues: “Yeah I was tryna send it to him but it happened like a week later I think. I feel like nobody else could even master up to that. If I put anybody else on that song it never would made no sense so. Even though people will look like it’s not my style to drop a rockstar song like that, and they’ll be like ‘yeah thats some Juice Wrld shit,’ I made it for Juice Wrld.” he adds. (swipe right to watch clip)

While we didn’t get to hear Juice on “Me & My Guitar,” the two did previously link up on the track “Demons & Angels,” off A Boogie’s 2018 tape Hoodie SZN.

Check out the full 30-minute interview with A Boogie & Jinx (below) and stream Artist 2.0 right here if you haven’t already.