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Conway the Machine has returned with his hard-hitting new album Won’t He Do It. The project sees Conway collaborate with his former Griselda labelmates Westside Gunn and Benny the Butcher, alongside appearances from Juicy J, Fabolous, Sauce Walka, Ransom, Dave East, Jae Skeese, and 7xvthegenius. Production is handled by frequent collaborators including Daringer, Khrysis, Justice League, […]

Benny the Butcher is assuring Griselda fans not to worry about the friction between his cousins Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine. During a recent interview with Math Hoffa, Benny downplayed the issue when asked about the rumored tension between Westside and Conway.  “To be honest with you, I don’t know what it’s about,” Benny said just after the 0:30 mark […]

Conway The Machine spoke on Benny The Butcher and Freddie Gibbs’ beef, expressing his desire to squash the issues between the two rappers. “It’s a fucked up situation for me, personally, man,” Conway told DJ Akademiks when the topic of the beef was brought up during a recent interview. “That n***a Gibbs my n***a, man. I wish that shit […]

Iyla has shared her new EP, Appetite For Disaster via 3T Entertainment, Astra Velum, and Empire. The 7-song project boasts features from Benny the Butcher on the cut “Lost Me,” and Symba on the track “Impala.” “I’m super excited about this EP,” Iyla said of the project in a statement. “I kind of have a […]

Westside Gunn is considering retiring from rap once 2023 is over. In a series of tweets, the Griselda rapper began his farewell by saying he has nothing else left to prove. “23’ def my last year doing this shit, I don’t have nothing else 2prove, I put my team on, I put my city on, […]

There’s been a lot of talk lately about how pop stars are shifting to dance music and songs that provide escape. And—although some of these verses and songs host that energy, if you still want to stay at home, put on a pair of headphones, and dissect bars, don’t worry; this year gifted us a lot […]

All is well between Freddie Gibbs and Jeezy. In a recent interview with Bootleg Kev, Gibbs—whose new album $oul $old $eparately arrived last month—reflected on running into Jeezy and Jeannie Mai-Jenkins at an airport. According to Gibbs, the chance encounter spurred a “beautiful” moment between himself and the CTE World co-founder. (Gibbs was briefly a […]

With generational rappers, part of the joy of their longevity is aging alongside them. You feel that in a number of ways—both in their content and subject matter, and physically, their voice earns a pleasant layer of dust and grit. When I listen to the first track on the ageless artist Freddie Gibbs’ stellar new […]

The feud between Freddie Gibbs and Benny the Butcher continued this week, when Gibbs unloaded a flurry of shots toward the Buffalo rapper on his Instagram Story following a video Benny posted on Twitter. After some fans speculated that one of the pieces Benny showed in the video was a necklace that he snatched from Gibbs, possibly the […]

Ahead of the release of his upcoming Harry Fraud-produced album Montega, French Montana enlists Jadakiss and Benny the Butcher for his latest single “Bricks & Bags.” “Bricks & Bags” is the latest song to be released from Montega, following last week’s “Blue Chills” and the Babyface Ray-featuring “Drive By.” The new track opens with a verse from Benny, who […]