Yesterday, video circulated online of rapper-turned-actor-turned-pop-punk-singer Machine Gun Kelly dissing Slipknot onstage at Riot Fest (or trying to), seemingly in response to a slight from Slipknot singer Corey Taylor. Kelly took a moment onstage to say, “Hey, you wanna know what I’m really happy that I’m not doing? Being 50 years old wearing a fucking weird mask on a fucking stage talking shit.” The Internet exploded, causing Kelly to follow this up with a claim that he rejected a verse by Taylor on his album — and which prompted Taylor to post e-mails suggesting otherwise.
After his outburst yesterday, Kelly went on Twitter, first playing the victim by writing, “very odd that when an artist talks shit, and i respond, i’m the bad guy.” He then wrote in a different tweet, “corey did a verse for a song on tickets to my downfall album, it was fucking terrible, so i didn’t use it. he got mad about it, and talked shit to a magazine about the same album he was almost on. yalls stories are all off. just admit he’s bitter.”
very odd that when an artist talks shit,
and i respond, i’m the bad guy.— blonde don (@machinegunkelly) September 20, 2021
corey did a verse for a song on tickets to my downfall album, it was fucking terrible, so i didn’t use it.
he got mad about it, and talked shit to a magazine about the same album he was almost on.
yalls stories are all off.
just admit he’s bitter.— blonde don (@machinegunkelly) September 20, 2021
In response to this, Corey Taylor took to his own Twitter, writing, “I don’t like people airing private shit like a child. So this is all I’ll say: I didn’t do the track because I don’t like when people try to ‘write’ for me. I said NO to THEM. So without further ado…. #receipts
This is all I’m going to say about it.” Taylor then posted two screenshots of e-mails between him and drummer Travis Barker, in which Barker sent him notes from Machine Gun Kelly and Taylor opted to step away from the project.
I don’t like people airing private shit like a child. So this is all I’ll say: I didn’t do the track because I don’t like when people try to ‘write’ for me. I said NO to THEM. So without further ado…. #receipts
This is all I’m going to say about it. pic.twitter.com/pkhweg1Ptn— SHRED DJENT REDEMPTION (@CoreyTaylorRock) September 20, 2021
OOF.
Kelly has since responded to Taylor, writing, “basically, your verse was really bad. respectfully, i was just telling you to rewrite it because it was really bad. respectfully. but let’s do a britney spears song cover together.”
https://twitter.com/machinegunkelly/status/1440104487386034177
He also posted the following tweet making Taylor’s reaction out to be some sort of anti-youth boomer argument:
don’t hate on the youth
— blonde don (@machinegunkelly) September 20, 2021
We hope this whole back-and-forth is a lesson to everyone reading our pieces: be the bigger person. Don’t get onstage and insult an artist your desperately wanted to work with if they have the receipts to back up your petulance.
Slipknot’s Knotfest Roadshow tour with Killswitch Engage and FEVER 333 kicks off this week. Tickets are available now for the dates listed below. And the read more about Slipknot and other metal mayhem, make sure to subscribe to our weekly newsletter!
9/25 – Des Moines, IA – National Balloon Classic Field*
9/28 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
9/29 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater
10/1 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
10/2 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
10/3 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
10/5 – Syracuse, NY – Lakeview Amphitheater – Syracuse
10/8 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
10/9 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
10/10 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
10/12 – Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion
10/13 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
10/15 – Burgettstown, PA – S&T Bank Music Park
10/17 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
10/19 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
10/20 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
10/22 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
10/23 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
10/24 – Pelham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Oct. 26 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
10/28 – Del Valle, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
10/29 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion**
10/30 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
10/1 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
10/2 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
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Words by Chris Krovatin
