Machine Gun Kelly raps about Megan Fox's miscarriage, shocking blackout tattoo

Machine Gun Kelly has revealed new music after surprising fans with his new look.

The rapper, 33, debuted song "Don't Let Me Go" and its music video, with references to having thoughts that are "eating me alive" and his partner Megan Fox's miscarriage.

"How do I live with the fact that my hand wasn't on her stomach when we lost the baby / I don't got no one to turn to 'cause everyone's dead in my life that was tryin' to raise me," he raps.

Fox first revealed the miscarriage in an interview with "Good Morning America" in November, and a poetry book released that same month.

The musician also references his recently unveiled body art, rapping, "I had a breakdown and tatted my entire body except one line."

Kelly took to Instagram Monday to debut a large blackout tattoo covering almost his entire upper body and arms. "For spiritual purposes only," he captioned the photo.

Kelly said that 44 needles were used to accomplish the tattoo. "Been wearing a turtleneck for 3 months, taking the shirt off tomorrow," he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Kelly credited the tattoo artist Roxx, who also posted about the design on Instagram. "Never met a tougher one," Roxx posted.

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Kelly asked fans on Instagram what they thought of the look, and many were brutally honest with their feedback. "Stupidest (expletive) thing I've ever seen," read one comment that received over 14,000 likes. Other fans were dismayed that Kelly had covered up his previous ink.

"I had an emotional attachment to those tats," one follower wrote, while another agreed, "I like your old tattoos they were like your history and so iconic."

Mod Sun, though, was supportive of the look, commenting on Instagram, "Proud of u brother, the change has been beautiful to watch." The tattoo debut came as Kelly also teased the release of new music.

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In a 2013 interview with Untitled Magazine, Kelly said he started getting tattoos when he was 14 years old.

"Last year, I gave myself my first tattoo ever in Humbled County, when someone gave us a free bag of weed and I woke up the next morning, and I was like, 'Holy (expletive), I gave myself a tattoo yesterday. What an idiot,'" he said at the time. "It was the most punk rock thing I could ever do to myself. Now, I look at tattoos on my body and I kind of regret because it became really accepted in popular culture."

He added that when he "saw Adam Levine getting it," he wanted to "shoot myself."

Kelly's other tattoos include a Salvador Dalí painting on his back, which he told GQ he received in a "really gross hotel." In 2021, Kelly and Travis Barker revealed they received matching tattoos with the name of their new album, only for Kelly to decide to change that album's title. "My bad," he said.

Contributing: Taijuan Moorman

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