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Machine Gun Kelly took to Instagram on Thursday to introduce his estranged mother, who abandoned him as a child, to the world.
The 32-year-old singer, whose real name is Colson Baker, was born in Houston to missionary parents, but his mom left home when he was age nine for another man.
Now, one year after the entertainer announced that they had reconnected thanks to his fans, he shared a sweet snap with his mom to his nine million followers.
The photo showed them sitting cross-legged and leaning into each other, while flashing big smiles at the camera.
He wrote in the caption: ‘Introducing … my mom.’
Social media: Machine Gun Kelly took to Instagram on Thursday to introduce his mother who abandoned him as a child
MGK, who donned a blue long-sleeve t-shirt, shorts, and pink sneakers, held up two middle fingers in the snap, while his mother, who kept it casual in a turquoise shirt and black pants, gave a peace sign.
Throughout his childhood, the musician moved around a lot – living in Egypt, Germany, and many cities throughout the U.S., including Chicago and Cleveland.
After his mom left, he and his dad, who suffered from depression, then went to live with his aunt in Denver.
‘I hated and resented that situation so much,’ he once told Genius of his mom leaving.
It’s been said that his dad was unemployed and he grew up in poverty, leading to him being bullied by his classmates due to his lack of clothing.
MGK alluded to the childhood trauma in his 2019 song Burning Memories from his fourth studio album Hotel Diablo.
The rap song opens with the lyrics: ‘Yeah, this one’s for the mama that I never knew (never knew), I took acid just to burn all of my memories of you.’
Online introduction: The 32-year-old entertainer, shown last month in New York City, wrote in the caption for his roughly 9.6 million followers: ‘introducing … my mom’
The song later continued: ‘How’d you leave your only child at nine for another dude? Took that pain and punched my father in the stomach ’til he bled.
‘All the years that you ignored me, left me sleepless in the bed, I hope that he got some kids because your only son is dead.’
He also rapped about it in the song Lately on his EP Binge, saying, ‘I’m still dealing with some demons that ain’t really there, grew up a screw up, pierced my ear and dyed my f**king hair.
‘In seventh grade, I didn’t even have a bed, I had a chair. The f**k you think I go so hard for, I got out of there.’
MGK and his mom first reconnected last year, and it was actually his fans that inspired him to get back in contact with her.
‘Wild story but after all these years, the fans are responsible for me and my mom finally reconnecting, I love you,’ he tweeted in June 2021.
He and his father also had a strained relationship for many years, with the star tweeting in 2019, ‘Flew out to see my dad today. Broke down in my daughter’s arms when I saw him.
‘I should’ve told him that I loved him years ago. Breaks my f**king heart that we wasted all this time.’
The rapper announced in July 2020 on social media that his dad died on the one-year anniversary of the release of Hotel Diablo, which he said resulted in him feeling the worst pain of his life.
‘I had plans for the one year anniversary of Hotel Diablo today. That album was everything I wanted to say and I know it’s close to my fans,’ he wrote on social media at the time.
‘But my father took his last breath this morning, and I’ve never felt a pain this deep in my life.’
Engaged couple: Megan Fox and fiance Machine Gun Kelly are shown last month in Las Vegas
The 32-year-old hitmaker, who welcomed a daughter, named Casie Colson Baker, in 2009 with then-girlfriend Emma Cannon, previously opened up about his teen years, and apologized to his dad for being a ‘rule-breaker.’
‘I have such a rule-abiding, amazing daughter and I was such a rule-breaking, s***ty son,’ he told GQ in 2019.
‘The legal fees, the tens of thousands of dollars from the times I got arrested, the finding out your son missed a whole semester of high school because he was waking up and pretending to go but never going.’
MGK recently teamed up with Mod Sun, 35, for the stoner comedy Good Mourning that they co-directed, co-wrote, co-produced, and co-starred in together.
The film was inspired by MGK’s fiancée Megan Fox, 36, who also co-stars in it. Good Mourning was released last month and has been widely panned.
Megan and MGK announced their engagement in January after going public with their relationship in June 2020.
Megan has sons Noah, nine, Bodhi, eight, and five-year-old Journey with ex-husband Brian Austin Green, 48.
Stoner comedy: MGK recently teamed up with Mod Sun, shown together last month in West Hollywood, California, for the stoner comedy Good Mourning that they co-directed, co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred in
On stage: MGK is shown performing last month at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas
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