Celebrities often become role models in the tattoo culture, but their decisions are not always safe. Rapper and musician Machine Gun Kelly, whose real name is Colson Baker, recently shared a shocking story about how the rapid application of a large-scale tattoo led to serious health problems. His case served as a stark reminder that haste in this matter can be costly.
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Machine Gun Kelly’s (MGK) New Tattoo: A Touching Dedication to Daughter Saga
Colson Baker, better known to the world by his stage name Machine Gun Kelly (MGK), has once again confirmed his status as one of the boldest and most conceptual collectors of body art in the modern music industry. His body has long been a living diary, where each new chapter is recorded by the needle of a tattoo artist. This time, the 35-year-old artist decided to immortalize the most important event of the past year on his skin – the birth of his second daughter, named Saga.
Pete Davidson and Machine Gun Kelly: Blackwork as a Way to Rebuild Identity
January 30, 2026, marked a grand premiere in the streaming world: the debut episode of the video podcast “The Pete Davidson Show” was released on the Netflix platform. The first guest in the studio, located right in the famous comedian’s garage, was his closest friend – musician Machine Gun Kelly (Colson Baker). During a candid conversation, the 35-year-old MGK and 32-year-old Davidson discussed not only their long-standing “brotherhood,” which began in 2017 on the set of “Wild ‘N Out,” but also deep psychological transformations. The central theme of the discussion was Colson’s radical change in appearance – his monumental blackwork tattoo, completely covering his torso and arms, which the artist himself described as a necessary “torture” for mental rebirth.