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Meaning behind Machine Gun Kelly's bold new half body tattoo

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Published 14:16 21 Feb 2024 GMT

Meaning behind Machine Gun Kelly's bold new half body tattoo

The rapper and Megan Fox's other half has gone for a drastic change which has shocked a lot of fans.

Olivia Burke

Olivia Burke

Machine Gun Kelly has debuted his controversial new tattoo which has taken over half of his upper body and people have a lot to say about it.

The rapper, 33, was already inked up, but he's now taken his body art obsession to a whole new level.

MGK, real name Colson Baker, has used his torso as a canvas for colourful creations plenty of times over the years, and has acquired a few memorable inkings - such as his birth year, an angel and a devil woman, a black raven and his daughter's name.

But a few of these beloved tattoos have now effectively vanished, as the music star revealed on Tuesday (20 February) that he has replaced them with a huge blackout tattoo.

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The centre of the intricate piece is shaped in the silhouette of a cross, with his regular tattoo artist Roxx utilising small parts of his bare skin to emphasise the outline, while the dark ink appears to come to a stop at the nape of his neck.

His arms are also now adorned in black ink, besides a few bits of line work which give people a glimpse of the tattoos he has now covered up.

MGK, seen with Megan Fox in 2020, has now covered up his torso tatts.
Emma McIntyre /AMA2020/Getty Images

The design on his limbs are vaguely similar to the outlines of the Fox River pipework that Michael Scofield had in Prison Break, to be honest.

But MGK doesn't have a brother on death row who he needs to break out of jail, so what on earth is the reason for it?

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A lot of fans have been left wondering what inspired him to make the incredibly bold move, as even though he already had a lot of ink, he has now take it to an an entirely different degree.

The musician, who is currently in a relationship with Transformers star Megan Fox, shared a snap flaunting his new look on Instagram alongside the caption: "For spiritual purposes only. Thank you @roxx_____."

He also posted a few pictures on his story while asking fans: 'So...what do u think.'

MGK's cryptic caption got a lot of people thinking about the motivation for his blackout tattoo, especially after the rapper revealed it had required '44 needles' to complete. Who on earth could sit through that?

The rapper's blackout inking has stunned a lot of people.
Instagram/@machinegunkelly

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Anyway, it turns out that the 33-year-old came to the decision to completely overhaul his look after doing a lot of soul searching and even taking part in a 'spiritual consultation' with his ink artist Roxx.

She told TMZ that he now considers his previous tattoos as 'too chaotic' for him now and suggested that they did not 'resonate' with his current mindset.

So, while he's getting his house in order in terms of his life, he thought he may as well crack on with covering up his old artwork too.

Roxx explained that she got started at sometime in the middle of December 2023 at her private studio in LA, explaining that MGK sat for 13 six-hour sessions... but it's still not fully complete yet.

She boasted that it was one of the biggest projects she has ever had the pleasure of doing in such a short time frame, adding that the rapper was 'the toughest client she's ever had'.

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@machinegunkelly

Topics: Celebrity, Machine Gun Kelly, Instagram, Social Media

Olivia Burke
Olivia Burke

Olivia is a journalist at LADbible Group with more than five years of experience and has worked for a number of top publishers, including News UK. She also enjoys writing food reviews (as well as the eating part). She is a stereotypical reality TV addict, but still finds time for a serious documentary.

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