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.
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