Apparel company Young & Reckless has released a pair of Machine Gun Kelly/Lace Up t-shirts, priced at $24 each. Lace Up Baseball, inspired by the look of the Lace Up baseball jersey that MGK has been wearing, is currently sold out. But, more are on the way, according to the product page.
Last week, Machine Gun Kelly performed at the Red Bulletin/X GAMES Athlete After Party. Before the show, he was given a Lace Up baseball jersey by skateboarder Ryan Sheckler. Check out the clips below.
Good*Fella Media has an interview with Red Cafe, talking about his upcoming album and why New York hip-hop isn't dominating like it used to.
He makes an interesting point in saying that, when New York was on top, rappers were being produced. There were great producers producing albums. Now, those producers made money and can command more money and they don't want to work with the new acts as much. Of course, they now have other opportunities and may no longer be able to producer albums due to other endeavors. Diddy being a great example of this.
YouKnowIGotSoul has an interview with Bad Boy producer Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson, discussing some of his previous works and how he came to be represented by Bad Boy.
YKIGS: Talk to me about the Hitmen since you’re a current member with Bad Boy. We’ve had a chance to actually interview a bunch of the original members like Chucky Thompson, Stevie J., J-Dub and others. Tell us your story about you originally became a part of the crew.
Amadeus: When I started, I actually got a chance to meet Deric “D-Dot” Angelette who was one of the original Hitmen and we bonded immediately. He obviously saw something special in me as a producer and kinda mentored me. He always wanted to hear my tracks and what I was doing so he could critique them and give me whatever I needed to know in order to improve what I was doing and what I was creating. So I always had an in. One thing about me is I knew the importance of relationships and I knew the importance and the power of knowing people that are connected. I was always in label meetings and finding ways to find contacts and I wasn’t scared or ashamed to reach out to people and let people know what I did and try to meet up with them. I got into Bad Boy with D-Dot and got a chance to meet Harve Pierre back in the day and Conrad who was the A&R and got to hang around Puff for a little bit. Not too close, but I was in the mix. Everybody was pretty much familiar with who I was since I had always submitted music to them and I was always on their radar. When an opportunity presented itself in regard to me needing producer management, we all sat down and figured it out and everybody was comfortable and happy with it. So I signed on the dotted line and became a Bad Boy Hitmen. So it was just history after that.
ThisIs50 has an interview with Machine Gun Kelly, focusing on his upcoming releases and his signing with Bad Boy. In the clip, he reveals that the deal is worth over a million dollars.
Interesting, he talks about the belief that Diddy has mistreated artists and says that Diddy told him that his legacy is "in a f***** up place right now." Would he try to change MGK? "I never told The Lox to put on the shiny suits," he apparently said.
Late last year, Cassie opened an account on blogging service Tumblr, located at canuhearme.tumblr.com. The first I'd heard of it was on her Twitter stream today. Fair warning, there is some content that is intended for adult audiences.
