Machine Gun Kelly clears air on whether he has 'departed' rap music

Machine Gun Kelly is done with being misunderstood.

The 32-year-old multi-hyphenate star has cleared the air on whether he has switched his music genre from rap to pop.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Kelly shared: “I’m talented as [expletive] and I added on to my catalog of four great rap albums. So what I did was I added on — never departed, left or switched.”

He continued: “Because in the same year I was the most-viewed YouTube video putter-outer with all rap, which was my lockdown sessions, which gained more views than almost any of my other videos. And it was hundreds of millions of views of me rapping.”

The Papercuts singer called out the outlets who try to spread misinformation, subsequently discrediting his achievements in the rap world.

“When you conveniently leave that out, that when quarantine happened and everyone was stuck in the house with no new entertainment, and I picked up my cell phone and put this thing on and wrote my [expletive] off and rapped my [expletive] off weekly … then you watch it and you’re like, ‘Damn, he’s actually saying some [expletive].’ I was rapping.

“And then later on we dropped a [Billboard 200] No. 1 album that was a pop-punk album. So when they say ‘departed’ or when they say, ‘Oh, man, you switched.’ [expletive], are you dumb?!”

The Good Mourning actor also revealed that he’s “so sick of” being asked questions that “don’t make me think or that don’t make me feel.”

“I stopped doing interviews because I’m so sick of being asked questions that don’t make me think or that don’t make me feel. I’ve just sat there and heard this, ‘Oh, he departed, oh, he switched, oh, he’ — Do you know how long? How much that kills me every day?” he retorted.

“That if I died tomorrow, I know every single person would be like, ‘Legend, dude, this [expletive] did this and did this.’ And while I’m alive my flowers can’t be brought to me. … I don’t give a [expletive] about actual money. I’ve never once in my life looked at my bank account. I could care less. I care about real human interaction. That’s the [expletive] to me.”