MGK is revisiting his long-running feud with Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor, offering his most direct explanation yet of how things escalated and why he doesn't regret how he responded.
Speaking on the Garza Podcast, MGK framed the situation in simple terms, comparing the conflict to a physical altercation.
"You bring up the Corey Taylor issue, and it's like, what do you do if someone punches you in the face?" he said. "So, I got punched in the face, and I punched back."
The Cleveland artist doubled down on that stance, making it clear he still stands by his reaction to the criticism he received.
"I don't have any remorse with how it started," MGK said, explaining that he initially approached Taylor as a fan for a collaboration on his Tickets to My Downfall project. "I asked you to get on the record… I thought it would be really cool."
According to MGK, Taylor declined the feature, which he says he respected at the time. However, things shifted after the album's success, when Taylor publicly criticized him.
"To see somebody that I looked up to shitting on me… like I said, it's a punch in the face," he said. "What are you gonna do? You punch back."
MGK also pushed back on the backlash he faced for firing back at the Slipknot singer, framing it as a matter of principle.
"When everyone came at me like I was some antichrist, I was like, 'Guys, were you not raised like how I was raised?'" he said. “Am I a fan of Slipknot? 100%. And am I gonna defend myself and show my generation and the generations, you know, after us, that, like, you don't have to kiss the ring, that there's disrespect behind it? Fuck yeah."
The feud between MGK and Taylor dates back to 2021, when comments about artists switching genres sparked tension. MGK later took shots at Slipknot during a festival performance, while Taylor responded publicly, even sharing messages related to their scrapped collaboration.
Despite the heated exchanges at the time, both artists have since suggested the conflict was fueled more by ego than anything else. MGK previously acknowledged that the situation got out of hand, while Taylor has also downplayed the drama in recent years.
