Machine Gun Kelly was honoured by his hometown, Cleveland, Ohio, when the city’s mayor, Justin Bibb, declared Saturday, August 13, as the official Machine Gun Kelly Day. The declaration came along with some musical performances at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before the rapper’s scheduled concert in the evening at FirstEnergy Stadium. Kelly is currently on his Mainstream Sellout tour, and the Cleveland concert was a part of the same.

The rapper-singer also owns a coffee shop in the city called 27 Club Coffee, probably a reference to the 27 Club comprising artists who died at the age like Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin. It was in front of this establishment that Mayor Bibb handed the artist a document declaring Machine Gun Kelly Day as an official in the city.

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Mayor Bibb also posted a picture with the rapper-singer, writing, “We’re Cleveland till we die”:

Kelly also took to social media where he explained the thrill of being able to perform to a sold-out FirstEnergy Stadium. The 32-year-old also reminisced of the days when he got apprehended by the police for promoting his show back in 2011, “from getting arrested at south park mall in 2011 for telling fans to show up, to selling out the STADIUM tomorrow in my hometown. legendary. this will be the concert of all concerts”:

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At the beginning of his career, Kelly released a number of mixtapes that brought him to the notice of Bad Boy Records, a company owned by Puff (Sean Combs) Daddy, who had also launched the legendary career of Biggie Smalls. 

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A major turning point in Kelly’s career was his much-publicized feud with Eminem, which began after the former released a song called Rap Devil, taking a jibe at the My Name Is hitmaker who had earlier released a song called Rap God. Some remarks Kelly had earlier made about Eminem’s daughter, along with his song, had brought the wrath of the Detroit legend upon the Cleveland native.