Westside Gunn has cleared the air surrounding comments he made about Top Dawg Entertainment in a previous interview after being corrected by TDE’s Terrence “Punch” Henderson.
During an appearance on the Rap Radar Podcast alongside Griselda brethren Conway The Machine and Benny The Butcher in 2020, Westside Gunn said he felt his collective’s contributions to music weren’t properly acknowledged during their blockbuster 2019 to 2020 run.
“All of this in one year and we not mentioned as the top group,” he said at the time. “You still gonna mention a TDE, you still gonna mention a Dreamville. Dreamville, TDE…they incredible but they didn’t do it. You see what I’m saying? That’s the Buffalo shit. That’s the Buffalo shit that I’m talking about.”
“If we were from elsewhere, we would be acknowledged the same way,” Conway chimed in, while Gunn concluded: “TDE is a powerhouse of ’19, but where’s ScHoolboy [Q] and Kendrick [Lamar] and Ab[-Soul] and everybody’s project?”
Punch, TDE’s long-serving president, seemed to take issue with these comments and issued a correction on Twitter on Wednesday (January 4), writing: “Powerhouse of *2022.” Gunn replied to Henderson and said he meant no disrespect when he made those comments.
“I do wanna say this on the record we just don’t like y’all n-ggas we actually Love y’all n-ggas always have I always said we just needed our respect from the ‘You know who’s’ but it was always respect,” the Buffalo rapper wrote back. “It’s all about timing.”
The exchange comes as Griselda’s latest sitdown with the Rap Radar Podcast was released on Thursday (January 5). Westside Gunn took to Twitter prior to the episode’s release and said that the interview had occurred a few weeks ago, before co-host Brian “B.Dot” Miller left Griselda off his “Top Rappers of 2022” list.
“This was a great interview but that was some weeks ago, now it’s FUCK @bdotTM bc he just don’t get it & I wasted 2hrs of my time,” the Flygod wrote. “Its @GriseldaRecords ALL YEAR S/O to my guy @ElliottWilson he still good he rode thru the hood w/ me in the Bach #RIPHOVAIN #GXFR.”
Westside later returned with another post promoting the new episode, while still referring to B.Dot as a “Chump.”
The Buffalo native first took offense to B.Dot’s list when it dropped over the holiday weekend. The list featured Pusha T, Gucci Mane, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, J.I.D, 21 Savage, Kodak Black, Drake, Ransom and Lil Wayne.
Benny The Butcher accused B.Dot of taking drugs as an explanation for the list, while Gunn dismissed him a “blogger” and questioned his commentary on Hip Hop as a whole.
“That’s only based on the opinions of that blogger but who are they fr,” Westside tweeted. “I bet u they look goofy even standing next to US, wat makes them truly valid why just bc they say so, them MFs ain’t nothing by dickriders for a living with cheap pay.”
Yeah. There shouldn’t have been no misunderstanding. West said it clearly. He fw them but they didn’t drop nothing and still got put in the list. Griselda was dropping heavy n got overlooked. Powerhouse of 2022 was just a wasted statement. West was talking about 2019-2020, not 2022.
Bruh, West fell back…. he knows he got to go L.A. at some point and he gotta check in when comes out here….
He had to clarify now and show respect or face the real life West Coast Gangland politics where disrespect is not tolerated.
AT All… if he left that comment marinate he would get pressed…
They really think they’re relevant on the mainstream stage..I mean even in the streets people are not playing them like that. Old lyrical nobodies. This dude been around for like 15 years and only now has a bit of relevancy and thinks he deserves attention for it.
We don’t listen to tde on this side boy
Well… YOU is a clown so I guess this is accurate at least.
You posted some clown ass shit. Griselda has been dropping heat back to back to back for over 10yrs now and that shit ain’t even up for debate but here you are just posting nonsense to get a reaction from ppl and you got it, but in the process of doing that you played yourself and look like a goofy ass clown
He needs to change that shit to Me Clown🤡
that list is so wack. how is kodak, 21, and drake on any hip hop list. They are great pop stars. But they are clowns. The whole mainstream is a circus of clowns and it’s sad
They are talking groups. Kodak Wack, 21 sultry and drizack are individual artists.
Bro…the culture would not be nearly as entertaining and enjoyable if not for fuckin the underground moves made by certain artist/groups. Griselda, in my opinion is not mentioned in the casual and common banter of the mainstream hierarchy of Hip Hop because they are simply on a different frequency my Negu. I fux wit some tde shit in the past, ab soul shit trash#facts, dreamville nice but Griselda stay in heavy rotation God real water. It’s been said “Bees🐝 don’t take the time to explain to flies why 🍯 taste better than 💩.”
Bro…the culture would not be nearly as entertaining and enjoyable if not for fuckin the underground moves made by certain artist/groups. Griselda, in my opinion is not mentioned in the casual and common banter of the mainstream hierarchy of Hip Hop because they are simply on a different frequency my Negu. I fux wit some tde shit in the past, ab soul shit trash#facts, dreamville nice but Griselda stay in heavy rotation God real water. It’s been said “Bees🐝 don’t take the time to explain to flies why 🍯 taste better than 💩.”
I fucks wit griselda (mostly benny and conway) westside seem like he was the kid at school that wanted EVERYBODY to like like him and he’d start crying and get mad if somebody didn’t like him