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Colson Baker, or Machine Gun Kelly, is well-known for his distinctive style of rapping. Baker was born April 22, 1990 at Houston Texas U.S. to the family of English Scottish and German ancestry, is renowned for his unique method of singing. His parents were missionaries and in his early years, they traveled extensively together. James Colson Baker battled depression and unemployment, and his mother Sonia Alane dumped him at age 9. Baker and his dad moved to Denver and lived in the home of his father's Aunt. Other kids in the area were bullies Baker for being poor. When he was in sixth grade, he began listening to rap. Colson Kelly Baker was born 22 April 1990 in Texas in the United States. The music he creates blends modern hip-hop and alternative, as well as rock. Baker produced four mixtapes before joining Bad Boy Records between 2007-2010. With lyrics that were faster than bullet trains the Cleveland artist saw an explosive rise to fame in 2011. The rapper went from releasing self-released tapes before signing with labels. The fame of this Cleveland rapper soared after the release of his first mixtape at the end of 2011.