MACHINE GUN KELLY reveals his father was on trial at age 9 for his grandfather's murder

Thursday, August 15, 2024 - Machine Gun Kelly, 34, has opened up about his father's dark childhood.

The musician spoke during the August 5 episode of Bunnie Xo's Dumb Blonde podcast, recalling how his father, who died in July 2019, once had to stand trial at age 9 for the murder of his own father.

"The story that was always told to me was that their dad dropped the gun, and his head essentially blew off," MGK, whose real name is Colson Baker, shared.

"All happened in the room with my dad at 9 years old. So him and my grandmother were tried for the murder. They were both acquitted."

During the podcast, the rapper admitted that he would always "get so mad" at his father growing up because he'd "freak out" if he heard a "loud noise" or "boom."

"I would be like, 'You’re supposed to be a man, dude. Why are you acting like this?' and it just made me hate him," MGK said. "And then, you sit there, and you think about a kid who was on trial at 9 years old for the murder of his father... I had a very interesting talk with him on his deathbed about that moment."

The "Lonely Road" artist extended some grace to his father for navigating a rough childhood and parenthood journey, saying, "In my situation with my father, he was so tormented from some of the most insane s*** that I can imagine a kid can go through that he had to figure it out, but with almost every possible bad circumstance going against him, too."

"It's almost like the expectations are too high," he continued. "Because we think that they know everything because we grew up looking up at them. But we're all just lost and trying to figure it out."

MGK first opened up about the gruesome details of his grandfather's death in his 2022 Life in Pink documentary after noting that he watched his dad "suffer a lot" growing up.