Rap Devil

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"Rap Devil"
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Single by Machine Gun Kelly
from the EP Binge
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2018 (2018-09-03)
Genre
Length4:46
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Machine Gun Kelly singles chronology
"Too Good to Be True"
(2018) 		"Rap Devil"
(2018) 		"Lately"
(2018)
Music video
"Rap Devil" on YouTube

"Rap Devil" is a diss track performed by American rapper Machine Gun Kelly. It is aimed at rapper Eminem. The song was produced by Ronny J and Nils.[1] It was released on September 3, 2018, by Bad Boy Records and Interscope Records as a single from Kelly's second extended play, Binge. The song's title is a play on Eminem's "Rap God", and is his response to Eminem's song "Not Alike".

"Rap Devil" peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States; "Killshot" was Eminem's response.

Background and release

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In 2012, Machine Gun Kelly tweeted about Eminem's daughter, Hailie Mathers: "Ok, so I just saw a picture of Eminem's daughter... and I have to say, she is hot as fuck, in the most respectful way possible cuz Em is king". At the time, Hailie was 16 years old and MGK was 22 years old. In an interview in 2015, MGK said about the tweet: "Pictures of [Hailie] had came out, and I'm like, what, 20 years old, 21 at the time? I said 'She's beautiful, but all respect due. Eminem is king. What's wrong with that? Is there a 15-year age gap where I'm a creep for that? I was 21, dawg. Certain people took it, and ran with it and hyped it up."[2] In a 2018 interview, Machine Gun Kelly said he did not know how old Hailie was and had reacted after seeing a headline about her saying she was all grown up. Machine Gun Kelly claims that years ago, while he did not speak to Eminem directly, he did speak with Eminem's manager and agreed to delete the tweet.[3]

Eminem then banned him from going to Shade 45, a radio station owned by Eminem. MGK also collaborated on a song with Tech N9ne and allegedly sent subliminal insults towards Eminem. On August 31, 2018, Eminem released a surprise album, Kamikaze, on which he insulted several artists in multiple diss tracks, including the song "Not Alike", where he insulted MGK specifically.[4]

Response

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Speaking about "Rap Devil" in a YouTube interview with Sway Calloway, Eminem stated "it's not bad for him".[5] Eminem then released a response diss track, "Killshot", on September 14, 2018. The official audio track on YouTube has over 499 million views as of August 2025.[6] On "Killshot", Eminem refers to Machine Gun Kelly as a "mumble rapper".

Music video

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A music video for the song was released on WorldStarHipHop's YouTube channel and website on September 3, 2018.

Personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[1]

  • Machine Gun Kelly – composition, vocals, recording, engineering
  • Ronny J – composition, production
  • Nils – composition, production
  • Steve "Rock Star" Dickey – mixing
  • Tony Dawsey – mastering

Charts

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Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 45
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] 9
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 11
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 24
Scotland Singles (OCC)[11] 21
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 82
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 15
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[14] 9
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 13
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[16] 10
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[17] 9

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[18] Platinum 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[20] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Country Date Format Label Ref.
Various September 3, 2018 Streaming (YouTube)
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September 8, 2018 Digital download [22]

See also

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References

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  14. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
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  17. ^ "Machine Gun Kelly Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
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