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'It Broke My Heart': MGK Reveals The Absolutely Crushing Thing His Daughter Said To Inspire His Sobriety

Machine Gun Kelly recently revealed he's sober again. And it turns out he got clean after his daughter candidly -- and heartbreakingly -- called him out

The 34-year-old recording artist, whose real name is Colson Baker, opened up about his personal life on Sunday as a guest on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast. The topic this time around was the Bloody Valentine singer’s previous years of substance abuse, and the impetus for finally getting clean and sober after living for so long with a clouded head: his teenage daughter Casie Colson Baker! That included reflecting on why he jumped into drugs in the first place, which came about in part due to childhood trauma involving his own father failing to step up.

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