Machine Gun Kelly is on the run in the video for his second single “Stereo” featuring Fitts of The Kickdrums. The Bad Boy rapper drives a bus full of female prisoners to jail, while having flashbacks of being pursued by the police. The Colin Tilley-directed clip was shot last year at Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility in Whittier, Calif.

“We shut the whole thing down, moved all the prisoners in one room … it’s pretty crazy,” the Cleveland native told MTV News. “It’s just a bunch of just badass girls, and we’re all just getting shipped to the correctional facility and we’re just having a bad time. It’s like the music comes on and it kinda cheers us up, kinda just excited and ready to do whatever.”

MGK’s debut Lace Up is due October 9 featuring Young Jeezy, DMX, Bun B, Ester Dean, Waka Flocka Flame, and more.

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Machine Gun Kelly unveils the artwork and tracklisting for his debut album Lace Up. Due October 9 via Bad Boy, the 17-track deluxe edition features the singles “Wild Boy” and “Invincible,” with appearances from Bun B, Waka Flocka Flame, Lil Jon, DMX, Tech N9ne, Twista, Ester Dean, Cassie, and Young Jeezy.

“I don’t give a f**k about money with this album,” said the Cleveland rapper. “I don’t give a f**k about anything. We sacrificed so much for this album. I don’t care if we go fu**ing platinum. I don’t give a f**k if we go wood. All I want is for you to go and get this album so you can hear something beautiful. It’s such a good album.”

To show his appreciation to his loyal fans, the album artwork consists of a collage of photos of fans with the album title tattooed on them. Check out the tracklisting below.

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Machine Gun Kelly reveals a softer side with “Her Song,” dedicated to a special girl in his life. The video features footage of the Cleveland rapper on tour. While it may seem like he has it all, he’s still lost without her. He tries to make amends, but when he calls, she doesn’t answer.

You can find the song on MGK’s mixtape EST 4 Life. His Bad Boy debut Lace Up will be released on October 9.

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Prior to the release of his solo debut Lace Up on October 9, Machine Gun Kelly introduces his Cleveland crew with his mixtape EST 4 Life, hosted by DJ Whoo Kid, DJ E-V, and DJ Xplosive. The free project features the single “Hold On (Shut Up)” with Young Jeezy, plus collaborations with EST member Dub-O.

“EST 4 Life isn’t an MGK mixtape, its an EST mixtape. A compilation of songs (old and new) from our squad,” explained MGK.

Lace up with the 18 tracks.

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Get ready to Lace Up this fall. Machine Gun Kelly has announced a release date for his debut album.

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In addition to collaborations with Young Jeezy, Tech N9ne, Twista, Bun B, and Lil Jon, Machine Gun Kelly got to work with one of his idols, DMX, on a track called “D3mons” off his upcoming debut Lace Up. The Cleveland MC, who previously collaborated with X on his single “I Don’t Dance,” talked about meeting the hip-hop veteran for the first time while standing on top of a table rapping a rare DMX verse.

“It’s very, very dark. It’s very, very DMX and MGK’ish,” the Bad Boy signee told Rap-Up TV of the Dame Grease-produced song. “Obviously I have the ‘Wild Boy’ side, I have the inspirational side, but I also have the very dark side.”

The eery record, which samples the Gladiator soundtrack, was recorded in a dark room. “When [DMX] was rapping, he was punching the air,” said MGK, who wrote his verse while recuperating from “a wild couple months with a certain drug.”

“My mind was talking to myself and I wrote the verse and it turned out to be a really creepy song,” he said.

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Machine Gun Kelly reflects on his come up on “Hold On (Shut Up)” featuring Young Jeezy. The Cleveland MC fires back at his haters, who tried to hold him back when he was on his grind.

“Who remembers my haters when I was keeping it G?/ ‘Cause I don’t remember them bitches, but them hos remember me,” he raps on the aggressive record, produced by JP DID THIS 1!

MGK plans to announce a release date for his Bad Boy debut Lace Up tomorrow at 9 p.m. EST on Ustream.

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Machine Gun Kelly and his “Invincible” collaborator Ester Dean shared their support for one another during a candid conversation following their first performance together on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” last month.

“I’m so happy for you. You know how they go hard for somebody ’cause you know they deserve it?” said the “Drop It Low” singer, who’s readying her Interscope Records debut. “Go hard. This is this boy’s time, so go hard.”

MGK responded with his own form of flattery. “Her voice gives me an erection,” he said.

The Cleveland rapper, whose Bad Boy debut Lace Up is due later this year, was ecstatic to be on TV. “I called my aunt, who’s my only family member I have,” he recalled. “I said, ‘Yo, rub it in my dad’s face that his son’s gonna be on Jay Leno.’”

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