Machine Gun Kelly believes the stigma he faces as a white rapper comes from a certain audience.
In a new episode of Logan Paul’s Impulsive In the podcast uploaded on Tuesday, August 27, the 34-year-old talked about what it means to be called a “white rapper.”
“I’m not going to deny that there’s a subconscious stigma – being white in hip-hop,” MGK said at 37:46 in the video linked above. “To me, it’s so funny because the streets hit me so hard. Honestly, it’s the other white people that give me the most trouble.”
“The crazy thing is that there was only one person who did it. There was only one person who did it and crossed the line of acceptance,” he added.
Co-host Mike Majlak interrupted MGK and joked that Vanilla Ice was gaining mainstream acceptance in hip-hop. Although he didn’t get a chance to mention his name, Kelly appears to be referring to 55-year-old Eminem, with whom he once feuded several years ago.
No word on what they think about other white rappers like Jack Harlow, Mac Miller, Macklemore, G-Eazy and Paul Wall.
MGK recently made his first foray into the country music scene with “Lonely Road,” his collaborative single with Jelly Roll. Before the song’s release, however, he had one concern. It turned out that another white rapper, Post Malone, had entered the genre.
“For the last two years, when I was doing ‘Lonely Road,’ Post was doing this and the whole time I was thinking, ‘F***ing people are going to think I’m only following this,'” MGK said. “I had to sit there humbly while I was working on this song for years and knowing I had something to fight against here.”
In May, Malone released “I Had Some Help” featuring Morgan Wallen, which topped the Hot 100 chart for six weeks. Billboard.
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