Posted on 06/10/2026 5:12:50 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Machine Gun Kelly has revealed his skin turned yellow after rushing to finish his blackout tattoos.
The rapper, real name Colson Baker, said he decided to get the full blackout tattoo after looking in the mirror and seeing a mishmash of tattoos, some from periods of his life he’d rather forget about.
So, he decided to enlist the help of celebrity tattoo artist ROXX who came up with a ‘dark mode’ tattoo that covers most of his arm, chest, and stomach in solid black ink.
But says he was left feeling unwell after refusing to take it slow and steady when it came to getting inked.
Speaking to Billboard Canada, MGK revealed that ROXX had told him that it’d likely take ‘two years’ to complete the large-scale design, but said he wasn’t willing to wait.
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I think Mr. Baker had been a very good-looking man before getting tattooed to such a degree. I think he threw away this gift by getting all all those tattoos.
Wonder what his wife’s or girlfriend‘s thoughts on this might be…
I guess I'm now considered "cool" because I'm tattoo-free at 73.
I've seen some pretty amazing 3-D ones that if I ever did get one, I'd consider. This late in the game, I won't.
My dad had a “hula girl” tattoo on his forearm. Not a very good one that I can remember. He was in the military so I don’t know the reason. He did have it removed the hard way - the skin was cut away and he had a big scar. Back then, it was frowned upon for an officer to have tattoos.
Ouch - yes I suppose laser removal hasn’t been around very long. “Hula girl” - was he in the Navy and did he drink heavily with his buddies while on shore leave in Hawaii? - That would explain it. Alcohol & peer pressure!
I give a pass to enlisted military members who have them, as long as they’re not an offensive design. Like you said, enlisted members are much more likely to have them.
There are regulations about which ones are allowed, and now they’ve even relaxed the restriction for the academies, such as the AF Academy. I know the academies allow at least some tattoos, such as the kind that look like an armband around the biceps.
Generally speaking, officers don’t have them at all - I’ve never seen an officer who had one, unless maybe they were prior enlisted.
I think he got it in New Orleans while attending Tulane. He joined the ROTC - though he had offers to play professional football. Back then (late 40’s) players got paid per game rather than a salary, per se. He wanted to fly airplanes so he joined the Air Force. I’m guessing he realized officers weren’t supposed to have tattoos. He retired as a Major after 20 years and he flew A1 Skyraiders in Viet Nam and then F4’s once back home. He was an instructor for the F4 Phantom until he retired. I’m proud of his service.
The F-4 was affectionately known as “the Sled” I think. It was extremely loud and left a huge trail of smoke. The enemy Viet Cong (or Russians in N. Vietnamese aircraft) could spot it far off, but it was a lot more capable than the F-100s it replaced, and to some extent the F-105s that were around mostly at the same time.
The Thunderbirds also flew them for a while - the best airplane for sneaking up to the crowd and surprising them with the sudden roar while they were distracted looking in another direction.
In my experience, the guys who retired as majors after 20 years were the officers who just wanted to fly and didn’t care so much about being promoted. Being promoted meant you had to quit or cut back on your flying long enough to fill all the squares with PME (professional military education). Nobody who really loved to fly wanted to do the PME.
Yes- you should be proud of him.
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