Westside Gunn says that connecting with Eminem, JAY-Z, and Kanye West made him understand how “sick” he’s. He spoke on his relationship with the hip-hop legends throughout an interview on SiriusXM‘s Hip Hop Nation radio present with Torae.

At one level within the dialog, Torae talked about Westside connecting with the likes of Eminem, JAY-Z, and Kanye West and requested what he is taken away from their conferences. “To not sound cr*zy — I realized how sick I’m,” Westside responded. “You heard the names that you just simply named. They don’t get no greater.

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Westside Gunn Attends “And Then You Pray For Me” Launch Get together

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 11: Westside Gunn attends the “And Then You Pray For Me” Album. Launch on October 11, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

He went on to disclose that JAY-Z was the inspiration for his track, “Steve & Jony.” “And these is guys that’s my mates, my household,” he mentioned. “I may name them and ask them for something. […] So, that’s how you’ve got Virgil [Abloh] on the duvet [of Gunn’s albums Pray for Paris and And Then You Pray for Me]. The ‘Steve & Jony’ file that’s on the album? That concept got here from Hov. […] He known as me and him that. […] We was simply speaking about this album, and he was like, ‘Yo, it’s best to identify certainly one of them songs that.’” Take a look at Westside Gunn’s full feedback beneath.

Westside Gunn Discusses Inspiration From Hip-Hop Legends

The interview comes on the heels of the announcement that Westside shall be teaming up with Conway The Machine and Benny The Butcher for a sequel to their 2019 launch What Would Chine Gun Do (WWCD). Showing on The Advanced Sneakers Present on Friday, he teased: “’24 is gonna be most likely one of many largest years for Griselda. For the final couple years, Conway been doing his factor and he has a label, Drum Work, that he’s pushing, he’s the boss of; and Benny has BSF and he’s the the boss of his label. However we’re household. There’s nothing stronger than us three collectively. We gotta come collectively and provides individuals What Would Chine Gun Do 2 — we’ve to for the tradition.”

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