Machine Gun Kelly won't take any notice of haters as he chooses 'not to stay contained in a societal box'

Machine Gun Kelly chooses “not to stay contained in a societal box”.

The 35-year-old rapper - whose real name is Colson Baker - has faced criticism for his lyrics and genre-melding music, but MGK has learned to block out the hate.

Speaking to People magazine, he said: “I became so hated for, what has become apparent to me, no reason … just because I artistically express myself, through fashion, music, whatever - because I choose not to stay contained in a societal box.”

MGK has channelled that spirit through his new studio album Lost Americana, in which he moulds pop, punk and hip-hop together while he tries to make sense of his love, loss and fame.

The rapper - who has four-month-daughter Saga with his ex Megan Fox - said of the L.P. and his haters: “Maybe this time, they’ll get to know the man-slash-broken-boy behind the moniker MGK.”

During his younger years, MGK was bullied and had a turbulent relationship with his father, who kicked him out of the house after he finished high school.

So, as a teenager, the At My Best hitmaker used music to cope with his difficult life.

He shared: “I guess I don’t really know what else to do with all those pieces.”