MGK<\/a> revealed just how physically demanding his dramatic blackout tattoo transformation became after he ignored his artist’s recommendation and compressed years of work into a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n Speaking with <\/a>Billboard Canada<\/em><\/a>, the rapper and singer said he pushed through an aggressive tattoo schedule despite being told the project would take roughly two years to complete.<\/p>\n Instead, he finished the massive body-art overhaul in just two months, covering up most of his body with pure black ink.<\/p>\n According to MGK, the decision quickly backfired.<\/p>\n COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n “After the first week, we hit my lymph nodes around my armpits and shoulders, and I got really sick,” he told the outlet. “My skin was turning yellow. I wasn’t able to sleep. I stopped being able to move certain parts of my upper body.”<\/p>\n The blackout tattoo, completed by artist ROXX, covers much of MGK’s torso and upper body and became one of the most talked-about celebrity tattoo transformations when he debuted it in 2024. Despite the severe physical toll, MGK said the experience ultimately changed him for the better.<\/p>\n “I came out of recovery extremely inspired,” he explained. “Not just because of what I had done, but because of what I had to overcome.”<\/p>\n The tattoo project coincided with a period of personal reflection and artistic reinvention. As he began developing new music, including his collaborative <\/a>Blog Era Boyz<\/em><\/a> project with Wiz Khalifa<\/a>, MGK said he was searching for a transformation that went beyond simply changing his sound.<\/p>\n “I was looking for a change that wasn’t just a sound wave,” he said. “It had to be something physical.”<\/p>\n The artist admitted he had become disconnected from the collection of tattoos that already covered his body. Looking in the mirror, he no longer recognized what he saw.<\/p>\n “I saw death and drugs in all these patterns that I was literally writing on my body,” MGK said. “There were happy tattoos, sad tattoos, holy tattoos, hellish tattoos. It was like my bipolarity was screaming off my skin.”<\/p>\n That realization pushed him toward the blackout concept, which effectively covered many of his older tattoos beneath a nearly solid layer of black ink.<\/p>\n Fans previously got a firsthand look at the grueling process through videos MGK shared online. In one clip, blood could be seen dripping during tattoo sessions, while other footage showed him recovering inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber.<\/p>\n At the time, he described the ordeal as “the most painful s**t I’ve ever experienced in my life.”<\/p>\n <\/a> mgk and Wiz Khalifa Celebrate Tattoos in \u201ceverything tatted\u201d Video Ahead of Collaborative Mixtape<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/a> MGK and Wiz Khalifa Reunite for \u2018Girl Next Door\u2019 and Tease Blog Era Comeback<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/a> MGK Revisits Feud With Slipknot’s Corey Taylor: ‘I Got Punched in the Face, I Punched Back’<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Bobby Shmurda Questions Jay-Z\u2019s Street Credibility in New Rant: \u2018Who Here Seen Him In a Shootout?\u2019<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Drake’s ‘Iceman’ on Track to Bag Third Straight Week at No. 1<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nRelated News<\/h3>\n
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