Proof Machine Gun Kelly Is Changing His Stage Name

Machine Gun Kelly is kiss, kissing his stage title goodbye.

The “Bloody Valentine” singer, whose beginning title is Colson Baker, modified his skilled moniker to mgk greater than a decade after his musical debut.

As of Feb. 29, his artist profiles on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and YouTube learn mgk to replicate the change. Likewise, his title on X—previously generally known as Twitter—was switched to the initials MGK, although his @machinegunkelly handle remained the identical.

The title change comes greater than a yr after comedy act Chad and JT petitioned to have “machine gun” from the musician’s alias as to not “glorify machine weapons.” As seen in a September 2022 YouTube video, the duo requested MGK to make the change at a live performance utilizing a big signal, prompting him to ask the viewers, “What do you assume?”

Although separate fan footage confirmed MGK—who shares the Machine Gun Kelly nickname with famed Prohibition period gangster George Kelly Barnes—shrugging off the request on the time, the 33-year-old seemingly modified his tune final November. Whereas attending the 2023 GQ Men of the Year event together with his fiancée Megan Fox, MGK requested attendees to name him by a brand new title.