Machine Gun Kelly spoke openly about his late father’s difficult childhood, which he believes was a major factor in their strained relationship.

The 34-year-old rapper revealed during his recent appearance on the “Dumb Blonde” podcast that his father, who died in July 2019, had to watch his own father die from an accidental gunshot wound.

At the age of nine, the superstar’s father, along with his mother, stood trial for the death of his father and her husband.

“The story I was always told was that her father dropped the gun and his head basically blew off,” explained the hitmaker, whose real name is Colson Baker.

“It all happened in my father’s room when I was nine years old. He and my grandmother were charged with murder,” he added. “They were both acquitted.”

Machine Gun Kelly spoke openly about his late father’s difficult childhood, which he believes was a major factor in their strained relationship; (seen in 2019)

The 34-year-old rapper revealed during his recent appearance on the Dumb Blonde podcast that his father, who died in July 2019, had to watch his own father die from an accidental gunshot wound

It was only when the musician grew older that he began to understand how much these traumatic events had affected his father and strained their relationship.

“I remember being so angry with him as a kid because if I scared him or he heard a loud bang or a loud noise, he would freak out, really freak out,” he recalls.

“And I thought to myself, ‘You’re supposed to be a man, dude, why are you acting like that?’ And that made me just hate him.

“But then you sit there and think about a boy who, at the age of nine, was on trial for the murder of his father.”

He added: “My father’s childhood journey definitely shaped my own.”

MGK admitted that he portrayed himself as someone who could handle the pressures of fame, criticism and negativity.

“Because I fought back against all that trauma by becoming what I always wanted my father to be, which was to be tough, to shake it all off, and to just fight anyone who comes at you.”

MGK admitted that his past choices were unsustainable and that he is now working on himself as he has realized that he no longer has the energy for his old image.

“The story I was always told was that their father dropped the gun and his head basically got blown off,” the God Save Me Bunnie artist said in the episode released on August 5, adding, “It all happened in my dad’s room when he was 9 years old. So he and my grandmother were charged with murder.”

It was only as the musician grew older that MGK (seen as a teenager) began to understand how these traumatic events had affected his father and strained their relationship

Machine Gun Kelly introduced his estranged mother – who left his father for another man when he was nine – to the world, a year after they reunited thanks to his fans

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly to attend the 65th GRAMMY Awards in February 2023

The Emo Girl singer has previously addressed his family’s difficult history, including in a conversation with his now 15-year-old daughter Casie Baker in his 2022 documentary “Life in Pink.”

“It’s crazy because they actually put my father on trial when he was nine years old,” he says in the documentary while reading a newspaper article about the events of 1968. “Because he never had a chance to heal and all that stuff came out in me as I grew up.”

The conversation changed Casie’s view of her father significantly. She said, “I can understand why my father was so depressed because it was like it was passed down from generation to generation.”

The hitmaker, who is dating Megan Fox, introduced his estranged mother, whose name was not revealed to the public, on Instagram in 2022. a year after he announced that the two had gotten back together thanks to his fans.

He shared a snapshot with the platform of them sitting cross-legged and leaning against each other, smiling broadly at the camera.

In the caption he wrote: “Introducing… my mother.”