Westside Gunn informed fans about his own COVID-19 diagnosis via Instagram on Sunday (April 12). The Griselda Records leader detailed his experience with the coronavirus and explained why he kept the information from the public for weeks.
“I have a confession to Make I’m a Corona Survivor,” he wrote. “I didn’t want anybody feeling sorry for me I had to thug it out for weeks I didn’t get to see my kids I went to the hospital feeling like I was breathing my last breath the fans and the love I was getting kept me strong I knew I had to drop this Pray for Paris bc GOD have bigger plans for me.”
He continued, “I went on Tidal live and Fat Joe live but soon as I was done I was right back on the breathing machine today is the first time besides the hospital that I’m about to go outside in a month thx to the ppl who did know and held me down now I’m about to go harder than I ever have that shit tore me up inside I literally thought I was dead designing these clothes and @virgilabloh having my back and @djpremier sending me a beat kept me motivated.”
Westside noted he was able to recover from COVID-19 and thanked his supporters. He also sent well wishes to Fred The Godson, who’s been battling the coronavirus.
“I’m back feeling myself don’t it look like I’m from Paris,” he wrote. “I love ALL MY SUPPORTERS let’s keep pushing the culture fwd ART FASHION WRESTLING HIPHOP……. HAPPY EASTER GUNNDAY!!! #GXFR #ICON #FLYGOD #CULTURE #PRAYFORPARIS #CLASSIC #LEGEND and thx to @rocnation and my Agency78 team they held me down prayers you for @fredthegodsonmusic.”
Westside Gunn Announces Signing Of Griselda's 1st Female Rapper
Following his recovery, Westside is scheduled to release his new album Pray For Paris on Friday (April 17).
The 12-track LP will feature collaborations with Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, Joey Bada$$, Tyler, The Creator and more.
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The man is a hero
So you felt like you was about to die. You live, but now you want to go BACK OUTSIDE? I’m confused.
du, du, du, du, dooo
Brrrrr brrrrrrrrr!
YOUR PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO KILL U! South dakota has now made state wide testing for hydroxychloroquine! Read up on this drug, basically if you have pre existing problems, DON’T take this drug! They are putting a drug into people that don’t need the drug anyway because of the survival rate of covid. How are people who are not scientists making these decisions. The scientists say this needs to be studied more before this gets used in a large population let alone a whole state! This was always planned, he is trying to kill the people. The top doctor in the nation is telling people not to use this drug from a scientist’ point of view, but ur POTUS the same on that said his inauguration was bigger than Obama’s+there is no such thing as global warming)+covid is just like a flu, is allowed to make more decisions about science? The Smart ones, come to CANADA!
Shut up, Drake fan. No one wants to hear your bullshit. Stay in gay ass Canada with your mouth shut.
Im talking about a humanitarian crisis, where people are dying at an alarming rate and the use of this drug will undoubtedly add to that. Your response is ‘Shut up, Drake fan. No one wants to hear your bullshit. Stay in gay ass Canada with your mouth shut.” This is your representation American people? Nice! Just not really sure how me being a drake fan/or not <— im not) changes the facts, dont take this drug, it has already been tested in brazil with bad consequences. Not only that, this is going to be forcefully done to people that probably would have beat this. Who decides who gets the drug and who gets the placebo with this so called clinical trial? If ur answer is the black community, you are correct! Another thing to continue this ethnic cleansing this that the POTUS is achieving. DREAMERS and BLACK people that want to live, come to CANADA. The dreamers are not even in that tax bill how are they suppose to keep a roof over their heads or eat? Humanitarian crisis after crisis, none of these things exist here. Whats better Gay ass Canada where the government isnt trying to kill me and pays me to stay home during the pandemic vs. idiot president who is Vlad Putins Bitch and is responsible for the death of thousands of tax paying citizens? Hmmmm? Do your research before making dumb statement about my country, look at what they have done for the citizens and then ask yourself how your government hasnt done any of that for its citizens in the greatest empire ever, it doesn't make sense! You people are in the midst of a genocide, u just dont realize it yet.
Uh, somebody wanna call Canada to come get their boy. He’s wildin right now.
True!
Your very uneducated to say all this mumbo jumbo with no backing. Name any place on earth that has had the same weather in the last 5000 years. Global warming or earthly balance? Canada sucks, and stop saying howse when its house.
you’re calling him uneducated but don’t know the difference between “your” and “you’re”… idiot!
He couldn’t breathe cause he smoking them nasty ass dutchmasters
In the golden brown mustard shelby, skrrtttt!!!!
this guys an idiot, overrated and single handedly murdered hip hop for no reason at all, fake ass canadian wannabe nyc gangsta ayo ayo doot doot doot brrrrrr
let’s hear your album and see how “thug” you are… remember; the sun rises from the east, but sets in the west!
So the Tony Yayo of Griselda recovered from COVID but wants to go back outside? How stupid can he be?
True dude is garbage benny nasty wit it tho
Stay safe and stay healthy everyone.
this dude’s a clown
This is where the free world, starts getting really scared, he has too much power, but he’s been doing this. His whole presidency has been authoritorian. The scary part is how he keeps winning, we think he’s dumb and its finally catches up to him and it never does. it always gets worse. The scary part is the complacency of the Black American people, nobody is fighting back. He will force you people to take this pill.
YOUR PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO KILL U! South dakota has now made state wide testing for hydroxychloroquine! Read up on this drug, basically if you have pre existing problems, DON’T take this drug! They are putting a drug into people that don’t need the drug anyway because of the survival rate of covid is still pretty high. When He/she made the decision to allow this “POISON” to the people.
So he had time to study this drug enough to figure out that this is the cure for covid. Probably explains the shortages for PPE for medics and the FREQUENT visits to the golf course. All that stress!Got it!
Ever care to look up where this drug is from? Iran! The same Iran that you have illegally sanctioning their people for the last 3 years? They have complied with the deal and they still were punished. Why would they be in the buisness of selling you drugs to cure u? A drug that has a higher death rate than covid itself? Id question all of these frequent trips from russia, supplying people with “medical equipment”. Says Who? Your president lies all of the time? Those are two sanctioned countries he seems to be trading with. DO NOT TAKE THAT PILL!
Speak for urself numb nuts, stop trying to scare decent people with false information and conspiracy theories.
You realize you come off as a raving ranting lunatic right? Like you most likely have some kind of manic depressive disorder or a psychological problem of some sort. Normal people dont rant like a maniac.
wonder if u believe in that piece now? Yall should be in a rubber room for allowing this shit to get this far. 120000 deaths and counting.
Right on!
All the WSG haters dont understand everything he has done to expand the culture. It is what his whole life is about. If u can listen to the Flygod album and not think it is a masterpiece u probably listen to Uzi Vert and Young Thug and ur opinions on hip hop are irrelevant.