Westside Gunn has officially left Shady Records. During a recent appearance on The Joe Budden Podcast, he told Budden, Mal and Rory, the Griselda member was asked what his current label situation entailed and Westside confirmed what seemed to be the inevitable — he did, in fact, part ways with the Eminem-helmed imprint.
“Um, I’m off Shady,” he says matter-of-factly. “I’m off Shady. I’m actually a free agent. It feels great. Who Made The Sunshine was it. I already spoke to Paul [Rosenberg]. Everything’s good. Like, everything’s signed, sealed and delivered I have my paperwork, like I’m off Shady.
“I’m one of those type of dudes I’m not no public talkin’ n-gga. That’s just how I move. It’s like sayin’ me and Benny or me and Conway or Conway and Benny or whoever, we might have a disagreement, but the world will never know. We still gonna be brothers and cousins. It’s the same way even with business, because at the end of the day, this a big world. Even if somebody else is a sucka, I’m never gonna play that sucka role.”
Westside has made it clear on numerous occasions he was dissatisfied with the way Shady Records handled his album promo. And like he eluded to Budden and the crew, his latest album Who Made The Sunshine was where he drew the line.
Last month, Eminem sent out a tweet promoting The Alchemist’s new album The Food Villain, but Griselda fans were quick to point out that’s more than Slim Shady did for Westside and Who Made The Sunshine. The Buffalo-bred rap force took note of one of the comment and replied with three laughing emojis and three “sssh” emojis, suggesting he agreed with the assessment but couldn’t talk about it.
He also appeared to throw some salt in Shady Records’ direction after Griselda was nominated for a 2020 BET Award over the summer, tweeting, “I wonder do @ShadyRecords know we’re nominated for a BET AWARD tonight.”
Did Westside Gunn Just Take A Shot At Eminem's Shady Records?
Budden and co. also spoke on Westside’s recent sentiments regarding a role at Def Jam Recordings. In October, he fired off another tweet saying he wanted to “run” the famous label but claimed he’s “OVER qualified.” But he’s apparently had a change of heart.
“I even thought about that a little bit longer and I came to the conclusion that I don’t even have to worry about running Def Jam, I’m going to make Griselda bigger,” he says. “I done already built this, so why worry about somebody else unless it’s an offer I can’t refuse? They have to come to me now.”
Westside has already announced his next mixtape Sincerely Adolf, which serves as the eighth entry in his Hitler Wears Hermès series. Considering Westside said he’s “retiring” at the end of the year, the project will presumably arrive sometime before December 31.
Until that surfaces, watch the entire conversation above. The Shady Records snippet begins around the 2:05-minute mark.
Bye felicia…boom boom boom. Gtfo gunn
He’s not a public talking guy… Then the article follows with two public quotes from him. Funny thing is that he took issue the Alchemist tweet even though Em tweeted his album the day it came out, yet even though this is proven fact people just believe Gunn anyway. He called Me fans a bunch of nerds that don’t understand their music. And no doubt if Em did go HAM with the promotion, they’d blame him for derailing them if they flopped. Sorry but the guy is being salty even though he got the success he wanted.
AHAHAHAHHAAH. Eminem knows WSG is an idiot and his s hit sounds like nails on a chalkboard and Griselda is about to implode soon. Imagine going from Dr. Dre, Shady, D12, Slaughterhouse to investing in this moron. AYO. AYO. AYO. BOOMBOOMBOOM. DOOOTDOOOTDOOT. BRRRR
When Eminem’s MTBMB came out I recall Westside Gunn tweeting “WTF am I listening to? ?” or something to that effect. Didn’t really look too great, it could’ve been interpreted a couple of different ways. If he was publicly trashing it then why would he expect promotion for himself? He does talk too much but all the best to him, he’s a better executive. Conway and Benny will hold down the Fort for Griselda regardless who they’re signed to!
Conway is the most talented one who’s worth listening to. And Benny is next up. Two superstars. WSG shit is so horrible. It’s almost like cigarettes for me. Everyone around me smokes, so I tried to like cigarettes. But I just can’t do it. WSG = Malrboro Reds dawg. MFer needs to quit like yesterday. He can’t run Def Jam, he can’t even make a hit record. If he thinks screaming corny DOOTS and his other Adlibs are hot, then he needs mental help.
Fxcking accurate
I agree that he’s the worst out of the three in terms of bars, but I like his music the most. His 2016 album Flygod is the best project any of them have released.
I just want that Conway Shady album then let the camp go their separate ways. They’re killing the underground game right now, I never thought Shady was a good fit for them, especially after seeing Slaughterhouse get so ridiculously mismanaged (not debatable). And it’s not an attack on Em because he doesn’t really control things there, Paul Rosenberg does, they just use Em’s brand.
Yea, eminem for sure didnt help with his mixing on the album, we dont know if it actually hurt it. But supposedly he was staying away from their next album because he felt personally responsible to a degree for the album not doing so well. I think boogie is the one they are trying to invest in, once this covid shit is toned down we will see how hes been doing.
He wasnt even signed like that, he had a distro deal. Blowing it up like he was actually a shady artist and its such a blow to them now that hes leaving. So ridiculous he would pretend like he has been quiet about his business ehen he talks shit on socials all day about shady. Fucking bye no one cared anyway, we are all wanting more conway and benny anyways.
All these comments just prove how accurate people are about Eminem stans
Everybody faulting west but shady records has a history of getting good artists and not promoting them … look at boogie damn near shelved
It’s not 2003-2005 with prime 50 that’s the last artist I remember receiving fair promotion
Yea like who ever heard of that 50 cent guy? If you look at shadys batting average its pretty darn good compared to other labels. Shadys low point was the end of 1.0 and 2.0 with slaughterhouse. Boogie got shelved cuz of covid just like every other artist in his position, conway and westside arent even actually signed, they have a distro deal. You can tell they are trying hard not to fuck boogie up, and so far you cant be upset with boogie, especially with covid literally pushing albums back a year.
“I taught them bout fish scale, they want me to fish for them”.. Hov talking about Beanie, could be anyone talking about some clowns who want others to do the work. “Shady doesnt promote their artists”… Eminem did 2 compilation albums with his artists and appears on their albums/songs. He has the one of if not the biggest and most loyal fanbase in hip hop. Plus he retweeted about the album the day Westside Gunn dropped so what do you want him to do? Tired of people acting like bitches.
Westside gunn embodies hustler’s mentality.. Griselda never needed shady in the first place….
That’s why he kept crying about them not promoting him. It’s also why he SIGNED THE DEAL. dummy. Tombs of millionaires walk into the bank and take out loans they don’t need. According to your logic.
Conway is the best out of Griselda. His voice delivery,and word rhyming choices stand out. Benny cool but sounds too familiar. Gunn can be annoying sure but has a catchy voice n ad-libs
This guy’s ego is bigger than his forehead
WSG king. Brrr
More like WSG diva. What king constantly complains on Twitter?
Told y’all eminem a white supremacist
He left dude he didn’t get removed or kicked. Read the shit first. Also most of slaugther house, boogie and royce aren’t white and they are still in.
That’s not true bruh
Eminem is just a sweet man that doesn’t take shit.. he’s not a racist or whatever.. treat everyone equally
all this weird ninja does is run his mouth in public. weird corny D in the booty ninja , get some skills bruh
Honestly…..when I think Griselda, Westside doesn’t come to mind…he maybe the mastermind.. if I’m not mistaken the deal wasn’t long term.
Eminem retweeted about the album release the day it dropped. People are stupid.
This guy puts out WAY too much shit. His only really decent album that didn’t only have one or two OK songs on it was Pray for Paris. This shit he put out on shady was awful. Not on good track on it. He also had a 3 year old with Down syndrome make them artwork. Good riddance. Tony let the skrrrrrr boom boom booom boom hit you in the ass in the way out. Crybaby.
Eminem got tired of this guy’s bitching and whining and kicked him to the curb. WSG has been on Hov’s tip more anyway, so Roc Nation seems better off for him. Conway and Benny continue to drop dope shit, while the Tony Yayo of Griselda needs to drop that last album of his and step away from the mic.
Tony Yayo…lol…u reaching hard buddy. And didnt West leave Shady??