Newark, New Jersey rapper Mach-Hommy reunited with Westside Gunn for the release of his Pray for Haiti album via Griselda Records on Friday (May 21). Out of all the support he could have received over the weekend, he probably wasn’t expecting a co-sign from one of the biggest artists on the planet.
Drake took to his Instagram Stories on Sunday (May 23) to share an Apple Music screenshot of the song “Folie Á Deux,” which features Westside Gunn and fellow Griselda member Keisha Plum.
Mach-Hommy collaborator Earl Sweatshirt also recognized Drake’s plug by retweeting a screenshot of the post.
It’s no secret Drake is a fan of the Griselda crew, with the OVO star collaborating with Benny The Butcher on a song that’s yet to be released. JAY-Z previously co-signed Mach-Hommy by releasing Mach’s Hard Lemonade exclusively on TIDAL in August 2020.
Pray for Haiti is Mach-Hommy and Westside Gunn’s first time collaborating since Haitian Body Odor in 2016. Gunn, who executive produced the project alongside Hommy, thinks it’s a contender for the best album of 2021.
“We halfway thru the year and if it ended today we WOULD have AOTY,” he wrote on Instagram. “This ART is just on a diff level…. and soon as somebody try and compete with this I’m coming right off the bench let’s not forget HWH8 is done.”
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Mach-Hommy doesn’t do many interviews, but during a rare 2019 conversation with Billboard, he talked about what he wants from his music.
“Initially, all you want is the love,” he said. “You want the recognition. When I say initially, I am not saying in a linear sense. I’m saying in a simultaneous sense where several things have to be happening at the same time because this is just the way we live. All different parts need to be addressed and need to be taken care of. Then, we gotta survive and pay bills. There’s practicality.”
He continued, “‘Oh wow, this dude is so deep and so vivid!’ Yes, life experiences that come from living life from someone who has family, friends, who breathes, who eats, who needs somewhere to sleep and has to have gas in the car. Maybe he really wear the shit he’s rapping about. Think about this shit, what the fuck do you think is going on? As far as time is money, and don’t nobody have any time to be playing around.”
Stream Pray for Haiti below.
Here comes the Drake hate and mixed emotions from suburban rap nerds. I love it when this shit happens.
There’s no surprise. Drake just looks for inspiration how to make more boring music.
Drake is listening to this and using it as inspiration? haha that would be the day. He’s just showing love u idiot. It’s a good album cover to cover but I do admit u kind of have to be in that vibe to love all of it. That’s all music tho there’s a time and a place. I’ve been playing Murder Czn on repeat tho.
Drake’s always appreciated lesser known rappers who should be more popular. The next step would to actually have Mach, or Elzhi, or Pharoahe Monch on a track. I would bet he likes their boom-bap sound more than his own but these guys can rap circles around him and haven’t made a fraction of what he’s made. That’s why the popular music being released today has no grit or lyrics.
Drake had Elzhi on a track with Phonte back in 2007
i didn’t know he was signed with jay-z.
The album is dope as fuck. I listened to it yesterday!
I didn’t even know this came out, or that Hommy was cool with Griselda again, much less that he signed with them.
I glad they back cool and he need to be with griselda this album is beautiful masterpiece from beginning to end no skips
I want drake to gone do an album with gxfr dat will be epic no singin just bars because he really want too but he don’t know how many of his commercial fans will see him after dat Cuz drake got bars fr no sleep and he is a fan of mf doom
Both they music is trash.
Let’s listen to your music, trash-digger.
Ouch that plug is gonna cost them a few dollas
I don’t know what to make of this…. they rhymin’ they def got skillz, but this is borin’ AF….why is everybody co signing this????
I think it’s just cause it’s so much better than this mumble shazz we still over coming I mean 90 percent of dudes are major followers so eventually they might be convinced that this style of rap is much better than whatevers playing right now in the mainstream
yeah because I’m sure he wants them signed when they leave Shady records
Drake in shambles he plugging everybody but Cole hahahahahh and it’s funny cause Cole is now schooling him on the court too while drake just stands on the sidelines hahahhh