Westside Gunn Announces Shady Debut Will Be A Group Project From Griselda

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Rapper Westside Gunn performs on the Gobi stage during week 1, day 3 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 15, 2018 in Indio, California.
The Griselda gang has a big year ahead of them.

The Griselda team has a big year ahead of them. After making a serious amount of wave over the past two years since signing to Eminem's Shady Records. The roster -- consisting of Westside Gunn, Conway, Benny The Butcher, and Daringer -- has been teasing their Shady Records debut for a minute and it looks like it's finally coming in the near future. Westside Gunn shared an exciting update about the status of the project.

Westside Gunn took to Instagram to announce that Griselda's Shady Records debut will be a group effort with the entire Griselda Records roster. Additionally, he revealed that the project will be completed in the next two days.

“Breaking NEWS!!!!!!” he wrote. “This wat EVERYBODY been waiting on the first official GRISELDA x SHADY Project WSG x CONWAY x BENNY x DARINGER BEAT BUTCHA “WWCD” and it’ll be done in the next 48hrs and just know this shit is fucking NOBODY can fuck wit US when we come together this what the Culture Needs…. I’ll take over from here Folks.”

Back in August, Conway and Westside Gunn shared details surrounding their Shady Records debut. Westside Gunn teased that there would be a big name feature on the project. 

Each member of Griselda Records has been releasing a ton of music over the past few years. Most recently, Conway released Everybody Is F.O.O.D 3.

Peep our interview with Westside Gunn here.


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