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Why Is Machine Gun Kelly a Thing?

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The rapper-turned-actor-turned-rocker is everywhere lately, popping up in bad movies, on red carpets with Megan Fox, and being booed off the stages of metal fests. But why?

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A common refrain among the non-white, non-male among us is the desire for the unwarranted gall of a mediocre white man in any industry, much less the realm of entertainment.

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