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Machine Gun Kelly had harsh words for his detractors and seemed to shatter a microphone at the 2022 American Music Awards to show it.
On Sunday evening, when winning the Favorite Rock Artist award, the 32-year-old rapper-turned-rocker addressed those who disapproved of his creative shifts.
The 6’4″ performer stated, “I’m requesting larger mic stands for the next performance.” “This outfit makes it very difficult to urinate,” he said of his purple suit with spikes, which seems to poke Lionel Richie in the face when they sit next to each other in the crowd.
Some members of the rock community have referred to me as a tourist, but they are incorrect. “I’m a rocket scientist,” he declared.
Kelly’s past two albums, “Tickets To My Downfall” in 2020 and “Mainstream Sellout” this year, were a radical shift from his earlier rap career. Some critical fans and individuals of the business have dubbed him a sellout.
Machine Gun Kelly, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall, criticized the American Music Awards for having a mic stand that was too short.
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“We weren’t born on the moon, but we were fascinated about it, so we apparently traveled there,” he questioned the moon landing.
“These two most recent rock albums were my journey to the moon, and I’m not done exploring the cosmos. I am all genres, I’ll see you…” Kelly was censored after he flung the microphone to the ground and seemed to smash it.
Kelly said that his one-of-a-kind garment was not bathroom-friendly.
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Kelly has not received the greatest reception from the rock scene. Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor infamously criticized the rapper, saying on Loudwire’s Cutter’s Rockcast, “I despise the musicians that failed in one genre and chose to do rock, and I believe he knows who he is.”
When Kelly played at the 2021 Chicago Riot Fest, he replied with his own diss: “You want to know what I’m very glad I’m not doing? Being fifty years old while wearing a bizarre mask on stage.”
The 32-year-old musician declared before smashing the microphone stand to the ground, “I am all genres.”
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However, industry accolades continue to pour in. This week, Kelly was nominated for a Grammy. In an Instagram post, she told her detractors, “Call me whatever you want as long as it begins with ‘Grammy nominated’.”
Megan Fox, the “Transformers” actress who is engaged to Kelly, did not attend the AMAs.
Fans on social media wondered how the “Jawbreaker” singer was able to sit in his suit, which appeared to be too tight.