
Lace Up
2012 · Debut
The introduction. Rage rap and Cleveland pride.
colson baker · cleveland's finest · pop-punk king · platinum nightmare
Richard Colson Baker — born in Houston, raised in Cleveland — became Machine Gun Kelly: a rapper-turned-rockstar who rewrote his own genre live on stage.
From rapid-fire flows on Lace Up (2012) to the pop-punk earthquake that was Tickets to My Downfall (2020), MGK has done what most artists never dare: burn the rulebook and start again. Multi-platinum. Number-one albums. Headlining arena tours. And now an entire new era with Lost Americana (2025).
This is a fan-made tribute — built by people who've been there since the rage, through the downfall, and out the other side. Lace up. Stay up.
A decade of evolution — from Cleveland street rap to stadium pop-punk.

2012 · Debut
The introduction. Rage rap and Cleveland pride.

2015
Storytelling. Lower tempos, deeper cuts.

2017
"At My Best" + "Bad Things" — radio breakthrough.

2019
The bridge. Genre-blurring rap-rock chaos.
PIVOT2020 · #1 Billboard 200
The pop-punk reinvention. Travis Barker on every drum.

2022
Doubling down on the punk era. Twin flames.
NEW2025 · Latest
Pop-punk meets dusty Americana. Cleveland kid goes road-trip.
EP2012 · EP
Pre-Lace Up, Bad Boy Records era. The come-up captured.
MIXTAPE2013 · Mixtape
Free download, raw bars, Cleveland anthems. Underground gold.
EP2018 · EP
"Rap Devil" included. The Eminem-feud chapter.
EP2024 · EP w/ Trippie Redd
Collab tape with Trippie Redd. Vulnerable, blurry-eyed, real.

2016 · with Camila Cabello

2018 · the diss track

2019 · feat. YUNGBLUD
2019 · cover w/ YUNGBLUD

2020 · Tickets to My Downfall

2020 · feat. blackbear

2022 · feat. WILLOW

2022 · for Megan

2024 · with Jelly Roll
NEW2025 · Lost Americana
2025 · Lost Americana
If you're new — these are the doors in.
The pop-punk reawakening. The song that changed everything.
Feat. blackbear. Three minutes of pure hook.
Halsey duet. Yelling the chorus is mandatory.
Loud, fast, a fan favourite from day one.
For Megan Fox. Lay your head on these acoustic chords.
Feat. WILLOW. Black-eyeliner anthem.
I just wanted to be the loudest. The angriest. The one nobody could ignore.
Turns out the loudest thing is your truth.
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