Westside Gunn has unveiled the release date for his Pray For Paris sequel, & THEN U PRAY FOR ME, and he’s already labeled it “a classic.”
The Griselda rapper celebrated the third anniversary of his 2020 Pray For Paris LP on Monday (April 17) by announcing that & THEN U PRAY FOR ME will be arriving on June 23 in the midst of Paris Fashion Week.
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“HAPPY BDAY to a MASTERPIECE, this album changed my life forever,” Gunn wrote on Instagram. “I wanna thank the Late Great my brother @virgilabloh for everything he has done for me and continue to do for me, “& THEN U PRAY FOR ME” drops Jun 23rd.
“YES this is PRAY FOR PARIS 2 releasing Fri during FASHION WEEK June This will be a diff kindve ART piece something special something diff, I also want to thank EVERYONE that was involved in this project we made a classic.”
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Fans flooded the FLYGOD’s comment section reminiscing on the 2020 album.
“This album helped me get through quarantine,” one person wrote, while another added: “the first time i heard the legendary ‘BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOOM!'”
While teasing the sequel in February, Westside Gunn explained he’d been living overseas for the last month and been hard at work on his forthcoming album, while also sharpening his skills as a fashion designer and becoming the best version of himself.
“40Days 40 Nights… SUPER FLYGOD has RISEN!!For the Past month I’ve been living overseas learning and building becoming the best designer I could possibly be, making my new album ‘& THEN U PRAY FOR ME’ and traveling with my son FLYGOD JR.,” he wrote.
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“I haven’t been on social media, I’ve been living a healthy, sucka free life and I just have a new energy.. I wanna thank the fans for there concerns and truthfully I feel better than I ever have… stronger, smarter!!!”
The Buffalo native continued: “I can’t wait to show u the new designs, drop the new music, and see the curations I’ve been putting together… GOD IS THE GREATEST now it’s ‘SUPER FLYGOD’ WSGUNN doesn’t even exist anymore more I LOVE YALL.”
Pray For Paris arrived in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic with much of the globe in lockdown mode on April 17, 2020.
The project peaked at No. 67 on the Billboard 200 and featured assists from Tyler, The Creator, Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, Freddie Gibbs, Joey Bada$$, Boldy James, Wale and more.
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More recently, Westside Gunn joined Conway The Machine to assist on his double-single “Quarters/Brucifix.” Earlier this month, the pair of Griselda rhymers turned opulent scenes from a recent trip to Paris into the footage used for the track’s luxe music video.
