Machine Gun Kelly

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Machine Gun Kelly started his music career as a rapper, but it was his latest #1 punk album Tickets to My Downfall that launched the hard-edged musician to superstardom. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist gets together with the artist to talk about that move to punk after four successful hip-hop albums and his discomfort with the spotlight at the top of the music world.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.
0:06.0	My thanks is always for clicking and listening along.
0:09.1	Got something special for you today.
0:10.7	My interview with Machine Gun Kelly.
0:14.0	He's got the number one platinum-selling album, Tickets to My Downfall.
0:18.1	He's in the middle of a sold-out tour across the country.
0:21.6	He was a well-known popular hip-hop artist through his first four albums.
0:26.8	He grew up in suburban Cleveland, turned into an unlikely hip-hop star.
0:32.0	Got signed by Diddy to Bad Boy Records at the age of 21 and was well-known, well-received
0:38.9	in that world.
0:40.0	And then a year ago, he puts out tickets to my downfall, which is a punk album, Pop Punk.
0:45.8	He's tattooed from head to toe.
0:47.9	He plays a pink guitar.
0:49.2	He sings very talented musician.
0:52.4	But flipped a switch, went from hip-hop to punk, and just his career and life completely exploded
0:58.2	from there in ways good and bad.
1:00.5	You may know he's dating the actress, Megan Foxx.
1:03.4	They've been very visible.
1:05.3	And let's say romantic on the red carpets at the many events that they've been to.
1:10.1	She actually was in the room for a big part of our interview.
1:12.7	I should give you some backstory.
1:14.4	So we went to see his show.
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