BIOGRAPHY
Westside Gunn (Alvin Lamar Worthy, born July 27, 1982) is a rapper from Buffalo, New York's East Side who co-founded Griselda Records in 2012 with half-brother Conway the Machine and cousin Benny the Butcher. After an early unreleased mixtape in 2005, he debuted properly with the EP Hitler Wears Hermes in 2012. In 2017 Griselda signed with Eminem's Shady Records, making Gunn and Conway the first Buffalo rappers on a major label; his lone Shady solo release, Who Made the Sunshine, arrived in 2020 before he went independent. His 2020 album Pray for Paris charted on the Billboard 200 and drew praise from Pitchfork and Earmilk, and 2023's And Then You Pray for Me reached the chart's Top 30. He is also known for a nearly million-dollar art collection and his Fashion Rebels clothing line.