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Demond Price (born February 16, 1982), known professionally as Conway the Machine (or simply Conway),[2] is an American rapper. Alongside his paternal half-brother Westside Gunn and cousin Benny the Butcher, Conway was a member of Griselda Records. On February 21, 2022, Conway announced his departure from Griselda Records.[3]

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Conway the Machine
Background information
Birth name	Demond Price[1]
Also known as	Conway La Maquina
Born	(1982-02-16) February 16, 1982 (age 40) Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper songwriter
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Daupe! Griselda Shady Drumwork

History

2012–2019: Early mixtapes and G.O.A.T.

At age 23, Conway spent some time in jail, which he has cited as a motivation for weaning from a gangster lifestyle to focus on his career in music.[2]

In 2012, Conway was shot in the neck and shoulder;[4] his face was partially paralyzed, giving him a signature slur.[5]

In 2014, Westside Gunn founded Griselda Records, through which Conway and Westside Gunn would self-release their own projects and the works of artists such as Benny the Butcher and Tha God Fahim.^{[citation needed]} In 2015, Conway released his first two official mixtape projects through Griselda Records, The Devil's Reject and Reject 2.^{[citation needed]} Conway and Westside Gunn also released two collaborative EPs through London-based record label Daupe!,[6] the first of which was 2015's Hall & Nash, followed by 2016's Griselda Ghost. In April 2016, during Mobb Deep and Smif-N-Wessun's "Hell On Earth" tour, Conway was introduced to Prodigy of Mobb Deep, who would become one of his earliest notable collaborators and supporters.[2]

On March 3, 2017, Griselda Records signed a deal with Eminem's Shady Records.[7][8] On October 10, 2017, Conway contributed an a cappella rap verse to the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards Shady cypher.[9] The same year, Complex included Westside Gunn and Conway in their list of "15 Best Unofficial Rap Duos in the Game",[10] as well as two of the "17 Artists to Watch in 2017".[11]

Following Griselda's deal with Shady Records, Conway's first official release was G.O.A.T. on December 21, 2017, which included production from Griselda's in-house producer Daringer and The Alchemist, and featured Royce Da 5'9", Raekwon, Prodigy, Styles P and Lloyd Banks.^{[citation needed]} Earlier in 2017, he released a collaborative mixtape with DJ Green Lantern titled More Steroids.^{[citation needed]}

2019–present: Studio albums

On May 16, 2019, Conway, Benny The Butcher and Westside Gunn released their first single with DJ Premier titled "Headlines".[12]

Conway released "Bang", at the time expected to be the first single from his album God Don't Make Mistakes, alongside Eminem on July 19, 2019.[13][14] God Don't Make Mistakes had been intended to be Conway's debut studio album, and Westside Gunn had stated it was "90 percent complete" in 2018;[15] however, Conway's first studio album would instead be the project From King to a God, which he released on September 11, 2020.[16] During this period, Conway continued releasing mixtapes and collaborative albums as well.

God Don't Make Mistakes was ultimately released on February 25, 2022, as Conway's second studio album.[17]

Discography

Studio albums

• From King to a God (2020)
• God Don't Make Mistakes (2022)

Collaboration albums

• Organized Grime (released in collaboration with Trillmatic Goods) (2019)
• Lulu (with The Alchemist) (2020)
• No One Mourns the Wicked (with Big Ghost) (2020)
• If It Bleeds It Can Be Killed (with Big Ghost) (2021)
• Organized Grime 2 (released in collaboration with Trillmatic Goods) (2022)
• What Has Been Blessed Cannot Be Cursed (with Big Ghost) (2022)

Mixtapes

• Physikal Therapy (2014)
• The Devil's Reject (2015)
• Reject 2 (2015)
• G.O.A.T. (2017)
• Blakk Tape (2018)
• Everybody Is F.O.O.D (2018)
• EIF 2: Eat What U Kill (2018)
• Everybody Is F.O.O.D 3 (2019)
• Look What I Became (2019)
• La Maquina (2021)
• Greetings Earthlings (2022)

Collaboration mixtapes

• Hall and Nash (with Westside Gunn as Hall 'N Nash) (2015)
• Griselda Ghost (with Westside Gunn as Hall 'N Nash, produced by Big Ghost LTD) (2015)
• Hell Still On Earth (with Prodigy) (2016)
• Reject on Steroids (with DJ Green Lantern) (2017)
• More Steroids (with DJ Green Lantern) (2017)
• Death By Misadventure (with Sonnyjim) (2018)
• Untitled Drums EP (with Imported Goods) (2018)

With Griselda

• Don't Get Scared Now (2016)
• WWCD (2019)

References

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