Machine Gun Kelly mourns death of his father on one year anniversary of Hotel Diablo release: ‘I’ve never felt a pain this deep’
Machine Gun Kelly is mourning the death of his father, who died Sunday morning.
The Houston-born rapper took to Instagram with the news that evening, which was also the one-year anniversary of his fourth studio album Hotel Diablo.
He wrote: ‘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…
RIP: Machine Gun Kelly took to Instagram to mourn the death of his father Sunday, which was also the one-year anniversary of his fourth studio album Hotel Diablo
‘But my father took his last breath this morning, and ive never felt a pain this deep in my life. i’m setting my phone down. love you. thank you guys for everything.’
The 30-year-old later took to his story with a screenshot of Neil Young’s 1972 song Old Man playing on his phone.
He wrote: ‘It was 4:44 PM when I left the hospital the last time I saw my dad. This was the last song we sang together.’
Kelly (whose real name is Colson Baker) did not go into detail on the cause of death, but his father was recently hospitalized in Denver over a non COVID-19-related illness.
In mourning: He wrote: ‘But my father took his last breath this morning, and ive never felt a pain this deep in my life. i’m setting my phone down. love you. thank you guys for everything’ (pictured in March, 2020)
Last song: The 30-year-old later took to his story with a screenshot of Neil Young’s 1972 song Old Man playing on his phone, the last song they sang together
He told The New York Times: ‘It sucks because I really just want to just scream and cry and sit in my room and just wait for someone to come tell me it’s going to be all good.’
The Big Time Adolescence actor added: ‘He’s so stoked that I’m playing guitar now. He called me the other day and told me that he’s really starting to enjoy my music. And he’s super proud of me.’
He and his missionary father recently reconciled, and he’s previously opened up about how his rebellious adolescence led to a 25-year rift between them.
Hospitalized: Kelly (whose real name is Colson Baker) did not go into detail on the cause of death, but his father was recently hospitalized in Denver over a non COVID-19-related illness (pictured in February, 2019)
All good: He told The New York Times: ‘It sucks because I really just want to just scream and cry and sit in my room and just wait for someone to come tell me it’s going to be all good’ (pictured in July, 2019)
Sh***y son: The Bloody Valentine artist told British GQ last July: ‘I’d say sorry to my father. I have such a rule-abiding, amazing daughter and I was such a rule-breaking, sh***y son’
The Bloody Valentine artist told British GQ last July: ‘I’d say sorry to my father. I have such a rule-abiding, amazing daughter and I was such a rule-breaking, sh***y son.
‘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…’
He continued: ‘I don’t know how he did it and I get why it took us 25 years to finally get along.’
Machine Gun Kelly became a father himself back in 2008, when he welcomed daughter Casie Colson, 12, with ex Emma Cannon.
Proud dad: Machine Gun Kelly became a father himself back in 2008, when he welcomed daughter Casie Colson, 12, with ex Emma Cannon (pictured in March, 2019)