Holdin' Down The Culture
At this point it is no mystery that Griselda Records, arguably the best thing to happen to the Boom-Bap sound in over 15 years, does not have a good relationship with Eminem. Griselda signed to Shady Records back in 2017. Since signing, many fans have openly stated how they feel Eminem does not give the “Buffalo kids” enough public support.
Westside Gunn is back mocking his perceived lack of support. This comes after Em publicly shouted out (from his personal social media accounts) The Alchemist’s latest project to his 50 million+ fans on both Twitter & Instagram.
My concert DJ and cohort @Alchemist just dropped his new project The Food Villain – hit up ALC Records to pick it up! https://t.co/pmG6V7JyTh pic.twitter.com/RCSLZLIKIL
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) October 25, 2020
It’s worth noting that both Westside Gunn & Conway The Machine are signed to Shady Records while The Alchemist is not. Shady Records also retweeted (from the record label’s official account) Em’s post encouraging fans to check The Alchemist’s latest project.
On Eminem’s above-referenced IG post, one user commented,
“no post of @westsidegunn that’s in your own label? lol wtf” To which Gunn responded with the following emojis witnessed below.
Eminem neither posted about Conway The Machine’s debut album release (From King to a God 9/11/2020) nor Westside Gunn’s two albums released in 2020 (Who Made the Sunshine 10/2/2020 & Who Made the Sunshine 4/17/2020). Back in June of this year Westside Gunn put Em and his Shady Records label on blast. Find that post below.
One can only wonder why Eminem does not openly support Griselda while supporting artists who are not signed to Shady but the reality is that business creates bad blood more often than not.
