Westside Gunn
Buffalo rapper and Griselda Records co-founder who revived boom-bap lyricism with luxury brand references and hardcore crime narratives — the most credible underground movement of the 2010s.
Pantheon Standing
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| Top 100 Hip Hop Artists of All Time | — | — |
The Cultural Record
Discography
Buffalo rapper and Griselda Records co-founder who revived boom-bap lyricism with luxury brand references and hardcore crime narratives — the most credible underground movement of the 2010s
Awards & Recognition
No Grammy data on record.
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Griselda Records co-founder with Conway the Machine and Benny the Butcher
Rank History
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