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Machine Gun Kelly believes the “stigma” surrounding being a white rapper comes from a specific audience.

On a new episode of Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast, the 34-year-old talked about what it means to be labeled a “white rapper.”

“I won’t deny that there is a subconscious stigma around that—being white in hip-hop,” MGK said at the 37:46 mark. “To me, it’s so funny because the streets fuck with me so tough. It’s honestly from other white people that give me the most shit.”

MGK then gave former foe Eminem props for being the “only” white rapper to be fully accepted in Hip Hop: “The crazy thing is, there’s only been one who’s done it. There’s only been one who’s done it and crossed that line of ‘we accept.’”

He added, “That’s the goal. And to me, I crossed that.”

MGK recently dipped his toes into the country music scene with “Lonely Road,” his collaborative single with Jelly Roll. However, he had one concern about the song before it was released. It turns out that another white rapper, Post Malone, had crossover into the genre.

“In the past two years while I was doing ‘Lonely Road,’ Post did this and so the whole time I’m thinking, like, ‘Fucking people are going to think I’m just following this,’” MGK said. “I had to humbly sit there while, for years, I’ve been curating this song knowing I’m gonna have to fight against something here.”

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