Westside Gunn has shared his reaction to Kanye West namedropping him on a song from one of his upcoming Vultures albums.
The Griselda boss took to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday (February 20) to share a clip of Ye previewing a new track that references him.
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“S/O to YE for the Shout. #CULTURE,” he wrote alongside the video.
The footage is from Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign‘s Vultures listening party in Las Vegas in December.
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“We on the westside, the gun in the Tahoe/ Jesus Piece on me, watch out for diablo,” Ye raps on the song.
He also namedrops Kodak Black, John Gotti, Pablo Escobar and Griselda Blanco in his verse.
It’s unclear if the song will appear on either of Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign‘s upcoming Vultures sequels, which are set to be released in March and April.
Westside Gunn collaborated with Kanye West on “Keep My Spirit Alive” from 2021’s Donda, with the song also featuring Conway The Machine and KayCyy.
The Buffalo native spoke to Complex in September 2021 about his relationship with Ye.
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“We never switched up on each other,” he said. “That’s what he thanked me for, like, ‘Yo bro, ever since I met you, you ain’t never changed up. Even when people was trying to come at my neck or something crazy, it was you still by my side and was fighting for me when everybody was trying to dog me.’
“He appreciated that and I respect that a million percent. It’s certain people in this industry, they do a lot of fake shit. But it’s certain people in the industry that do a lot of real shit and I ain’t going to lie, a lot of people hate Kanye. You know what I mean?”
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He added: “Because of the way he act or whatever the case may be, they don’t get him. They don’t understand him, but he’s a good dude. He’s a respectful dude, and any time he ever came to me, it’s always been love and always been respect. You’ve got to love and respect that.”
“Not to sound crazy — I learned how ill I am,” he told SiriusXM in October. “You heard the names that you just named. They don’t get no bigger.
“And these is guys that’s my friends, my family. I could call them and ask them for anything. […] So, that’s how you have Virgil [Abloh] on the cover [of Pray for Paris and And Then You Pray for Me].
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“The ‘Steve & Jony’ record that’s on the album? That idea came from Hov […] He called me and him that. […] We was just talking about this album, and he was like, ‘Yo, you should name one of them songs that.’”
Kanye West and Westside Gunn have a new collaboration on the way called “Where They At” which will appear on French Montana’s Mac & Cheese 5.
The project was set to arrive in January but has since been delayed. A new release date yet to be confirmed.
