Westside Gunn Makes It Clear On Eminem Promoting The Alchemist’s New Album

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This is factually incorrect, and can easily be debunked with a simple google search.

Westside Gunn and Conway signed the distribution deal with Shady in 2017, and Westside Gunn and Benny the butcher signed to Roc Nation in 2019

thank you. I think he is confused. I saw JBP interview with WSG and he said he was searching for management and was going to sign with RN or Shady, whoever called him first. he said he only wanted management. then he said Paul offered him a distro deal and he took it. he never said he signed with RN for management. I didnt see Benny on JBP but I remember Benny first interview on Vlad (July 2019) and Vlad said, "I heard you signed with RN" and Benny said "where you hear that at?" and then a couple weeks later he announced the deal, which was Aug 2019. Also, Conway was never with RN.

with this intel, there should be no doubt that Griselda got big off the Shady affiliation, by the time they signed with RN, they were pretty damn big already. Plugs was out 2 months before they even signed with RN. to boot, nobody even knew who Benny was til after they started getting on those radio shows....because they were transitioning bringing him in and disassociating with Mach.
 
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ok, so you say Roc Nation is the reason. IDK. If they said they signed with them at the same time, then ok, but when they started getting the media appearances...I dont remember anyone saying anything about Roc Nation. I only heard Shady's name being mentioned. So while Roc Nation couldve been getting them the appearances, the chatter was all Shady. I will have to watch again...but that Sway appearance was one of their most popular ones and I dont remember Roc Nation being mentioned. I do clearly remember Sway asking them about Shady Records. I also remember every interview they were in them being asked about this. I heard about them signing to Shady in late 2017 but someone here said they actually signed in early 2017. The first time I heard of them and RN was August 2019 when they posted it on their IG. I always thought they had signed with Shady two years prior. I definitely could be wrong though.

JAY-Z Signs Benny the Butcher and Westside Gunn to Roc Nation
I Know what Gunn said. he was in both offices at the same time, the interview is on youtube. you wanna attribute their success to to Shady but Gunn attributes their increased visibility to roc nation... :yeshrug:

i mean he didn't leave roc nation he left shady :francis:

Paul Rosenberg also lost his job @ def jam right before they left, same job he got right after they signed to shady... and he might just go down as one of the W.O.A.T. execs in that seat, industry feedback was that he didn't know wtf he was doing... :sas2:
 

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I Know what Gunn said. he was in both offices at the same time, the interview is on youtube. you wanna attribute their success to to Shady but Gunn attributes their increased visibility to roc nation... :yeshrug:

i mean he didn't leave roc nation he left shady :francis:

Paul Rosenberg also lost his job @ def jam right before they left, same job he got right after they signed to shady... and he might just go down as one of the W.O.A.T. execs in that seat, industry feedback was that he didn't know wtf he was doing... :sas2:

"their increased visibility" AFTER 2019. my dude. I just watched the JBP part where Gunn was talking about it. he didnt sign with RN in no damn 2017! he only signed with Shady. he NEVER said in that interview that he signed with RN. he said he went from RN office to Shady office trying to secure management and Paul gave him a distro deal INSTEAD. I challenge you to find in the interview where he said he signed to RN 3 years ago.

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the reason why WSG was at Shady's office in the first place is because he was trying to be managed by Goliath (who managed Alchemist, Danny Brown, and Action Bronson). You do know that Goliath is Paul Rosenberg right? Paul told WSG he would do him one better and give him a distro deal.

As Gunn explains, he was initially looking to be represented by Rosenberg’s Goliath Management. “Paul was like ‘you know what, fukk the management, I got something better for ya’ll,” reflects Gunn. “I wasn’t even expecting it, cause I was working hard for a few years to make it happen.”

Westside Gunn's Griselda & Eminem's Shady Records: A Complete History

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In 2017, Griselda signed a distribution deal with Shady Records for artists Westside Gunn and Conway.[2] In 2019, Westside Gunn and Benny the Butcher signed a management deal with Roc Nation.

not sure why you are trying to argue this? now what sense would it make for Benny and WSG to sign with RN in 2017 and at the same time WSG and Conway sign with Shady distro? you saying Shady didnt want Benny?
 

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also will shut it down with this....



Vlad said "after dropping 97 Hov, you meet 2019 Hov" this was the first time the nikka even met Jay. then Vlad asks him about the signing and Benny denies it!

Vlad comes back to gloat as he always does and Benny said that he had already signed the deal but didnt want to make it public



he signed to RN right around the release of Plugs which was in June, Vlad interview was in July. IG official announcement was in Aug. I actually thought this was common knowledge.
 
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