Over the past year and a half, Ohio up-and-comer Machine Gun Kelly has been making a splash in the world of Hip Hop, scoring a deal with Diddy’s Bad Boy imprint and a hit single with Waka Flocka Flame. Now, MGK gets his latest honor covering the upcoming issue of Inked Magazine.
In the same issue of the tattoo-theme mag, MGK opens up about his ink and the first tattoo he ever got. He explained that when he was younger, his dad gave him the option of getting either a tattoo or a car for his 16th birthday, so to anger his pops, he opted to get his forearm inked up.
“When I was little, my dad said, ‘Son, you have a choice on your 16th birthday—to either get a car or a tattoo,’” he said. “I knew he was testing me, so I said tattoo to piss him off…I told [the artist] I wanted it on my forearm. They said that if they put it on my forearm it would be tough for me to get a job. I told them I would be a famous rapper someday, so I won’t need a job.”
Check out the full interview over at Inked to read about MGK’s turbulent family life and high school life.
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I want tattoo of Louis Farrakhan on my arm.
Tattoo’s are for strippers and gangsters. I’m neither, so fuck ’em.
DID U SAY STRIPPERS???? I LUUUUUUUUV ME SUM STRIPPERS!!!!!
That’s right kids…tat ur whole body up so the rest of us have more jobs to choose from.
i think you just solved the economic crisis
Lol ^^^
hope this kid grows up and learns its not cool to be haaarrrd. he looks silly as fuck-tryin so hard to look hard. hard as fuck hard for his mom. fuck you machine gun kelly you fuckin mind controlled status seeking big shot wannabee indoctrinated try hard simple mindeded conformist sheep fuckin dork- you symbolize the descent of hip hop and diddy is an elitist conspirator zombie
oh man hes such a rebel! anarchy i tell ya
what kind of a moron is gonna turn down a car for some shitty tattoo
Shitty tattoo? The tattoo he got was in honor of his grandmother that had passed away. It said her name “Betty Arnold” with accents around. Go do research before you criticize people’s choices that you know nothing about, dickweed.
tattoo’s are poison and the nwo what the youth to the tatted up so they will slowly kill theirself.
same for drugs and alcohol,,
hahaha
Tattoos are a form of self expression. While they’re not for everyone, they look good on MGK. Lace Up!