Sunday, Dec. 20: Machine Gun Kelly – General Admission, hometown hero Machine Gun Kelly’s much-anticipated follow-up to his last studio album, 2012’s Lace Up, finally dropped earlier this year and debuted high on the Billboard charts. Prior to its release, the rapper released two singles from it: “Till I Die” and “A Little More.” The former starts with a bit of piano before the slow-motion beats kick in and MGK begins rapping about how he’ll continue to be proud of his Cleveland roots “till I die.” Shot in Northeast Ohio, the video serves as a tribute to the city he calls home. Expect to hear these tracks and more as MGK, one of the city’s best known musical exports, plays the first of two sold out shows at House of Blues. (Niesel, photo by Paige Margulies
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Better known as Machine Gun Kelly, Cleveland-based rapper Richard Colson Baker has had a busy couple of years. Last year, he dropped General Admission, the long-delayed follow-up album to 2012’s Lace Up and played a few special local CD release shows when the album first came out.
The album did well in its first week; it debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, reportedly selling some 50,000 copies in the first week of release.
MGK somehow also found time to nab roles in a few major motion pictures, including the cyber thriller Nerve, in which he holds his own alongside Dave Franco and Emma Roberts,and the Sundance hit The Land.
The popular rapper and actor will play House of Blues on Nov. 21 and 22. Tickets for the shows go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday.
Jeff has been covering the Cleveland music scene for more than 25 years now. On a regular basis, he tries to talk to whatever big acts are coming through town. And if you're in a local band that he needs to hear, email him at jniesel@clevescene.com.
