MGK Explains Strange Connection Between 'Beyond The Lights' And Ja Rule And Ashanti — mtv.com

Machine Gun Kelly may be starring as a rapper in the new film “Beyond the Lights,” but that doesn’t mean he was just playing a version of himself. The real MGK and his character differed in one distinct way, actually. “This is gonna sound goofy, but he is this kind of sexual character in the movie,” Kells told MTV News this week. “I’m very much so affectionate in private, as myself. And Kid Culprit, his whole thing is, kind of, being proud of being in public with this girl, who’s played by Gugu [Mbatha-Raw]. In the movie, she’s this huge pop star rising up. It’s kind of like this Ja Rule [and] Ashanti type relationship.”

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