{"id":28033,"date":"2025-04-17T17:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/28033\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:01:14","slug":"machine-gun-kelly-hits-back-at-blasphemy-of-white-rapper-mount-rushmore-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/28033\/","title":{"rendered":"Machine Gun Kelly hits back at &#8220;blasphemy&#8221; of &#8216;White Rapper Mount Rushmore&#8217; snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/machine-gun-kelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Machine Gun Kelly<\/a> has hit out after not being included on a fake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI<\/a> mock up of a \u201cWhite Rapper Mount Rushmore\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The image, which featured stone renderings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/eminem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eminem<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/mac-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mac Miller<\/a>, Paul Wall and Russ, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shawnvspeak\/posts\/pfbid0UQzMXRiHRx4z3ZMMvujQCBLnvHBh9kiGzmZZD8gPqYYT1Tmv3BMYmXQqRyvgRQ4Kl?rdid=jnEujLpPEEfWhpCq#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went viral after it was recently posted on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The real-life monument\u2019s line-up in South Dakota features former United States presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>When MGK saw that he wasn\u2019t among the four rappers in the mock up, he wrote: \u201cMe not on the white rapper mt rushmore is blasphemy,\u201d alongside a retweet of a video of him freestyling alongside Gillie Tha Kid and Wallo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White rapper Mount Rushmore is going viral \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MpOoT7LB5v\">pic.twitter.com\/MpOoT7LB5v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyLoud\/status\/1911168304846164009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">me not on the white rapper mt rushmore is blasphemy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pe5GLcJnTi\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pe5GLcJnTi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 mgk (@machinegunkelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/machinegunkelly\/status\/1911579802064261281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although he has delved into various genres during his career, MGK started his career as a rapper on his 2012 debut \u2018Lace Up\u2019 and follow up \u2018General Admission\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2020\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/travis-barker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Barker<\/a> produced \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/machine-gun-kelly-tickets-to-my-downfall-review-2763375#:~:text=Boisterous%2C%20full%20of%20sincerity%20and,important%20to%20offer%20the%20world.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets To My Downfall<\/a>\u2018, however, the musician has been more focused on pop-punk and rock.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, MGK recently joined\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/three-6-mafia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three 6 Mafia<\/a> with Barker on drums, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fans-say-three-6-mafia-killed-their-set-at-coachella-but-the-lacklustre-crowd-were-not-cultured-enough-to-recognize-the-greatness-3854214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for a rendition of \u2018Hit a Muthafucka\u2019<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/festivals\/coachella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coachella 2025<\/a> over the weekend. Many fans felt that the Memphis rap group \u201ckilled\u201d their guest heavy set and criticised the audience at the California festival for failing to \u201crecognise the greatness\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>MGK also recently shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/machine-gun-kelly-responds-to-the-onion-joke-article-about-megan-fox-and-new-baby-parenting-him-3853537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a response to an article by The Onion <\/a>which related to him recently having a baby with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/megan-fox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megan Fox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet published <a href=\"https:\/\/theonion.com\/megan-fox-confirms-she-and-new-baby-will-co-parent-machine-gun-kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report<\/a> jokingly stating that Fox had confirmed that \u201cshe and the new baby will co-parent Machine Gun Kelly\u201d. It led to MGK commenting on a screenshot of the headline on Instagram, with a series of crying-laughing emojis.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Eminem also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/eminem-now-a-grandad-as-daughter-hailie-jade-welcomes-first-child-with-initials-emm-3852215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">become a grandfather after his daughter Hailie Jade welcomed a baby boy named Elliot Marshall McClintock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His middle name Marshall pays tribute to his grandfather, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, while some onlookers noted that his initials could also be read as \u201cEM&amp;M\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Machine Gun Kelly has hit out after not being included on a fake AI mock up of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[323,77,269,16902,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-28033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-rap","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114354381353110778","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}