Conway the Machine facts for kids

Demond Price (born February 16, 1982), known professionally as Conway the Machine, or simply Conway, 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.

History

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

Throughout his 20s, Conway was in and out of jail. During this time, he reflected on what he wanted out of life and began weaning from a gangster lifestyle to focus on his career in music.

In 2012, Conway was shot in the head, neck, and shoulder. Originally, doctors believed that he would be paralyzed from the neck down, however, today the only permanent injury is his face being partially paralyzed, giving him his signature slur.

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 Mach-Hommy. In 2015, Conway released his first two official mixtape projects through Griselda Records, The Devil's Reject and Reject 2. Conway and Westside Gunn also released two collaborative EPs through London-based record label Daupe!, 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.

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

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. Earlier in 2017, he released a collaborative mixtape with DJ Green Lantern titled More Steroids.

2019–present: Studio albums

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

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. 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; however, Conway's first studio album would instead be the project From King to a God, which he released on September 11, 2020. 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. It was followed by his third studio album, Won't He Do It, released on May 5, 2023, being Conway's first studio album not released with Griselda.

Discography

Studio albums

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)
• Pain Provided Profit (with Jae Skeese) (2023)
• Speshal Machinery (with 38 Spesh) (2023)
• Conductor Machine (with Conductor Williams) (2023)

Compilation albums

• Drumwork: The Album (with Drumwork Music Group) (2023)

Mixtapes

• Welcome 2 the Badside (2007)
• The Transition (2007)
• T2: The Machine (2008)
• The Worst of Conway (2010)
• Welcome Back (2 da Badside) (2010)
• Amerikan Greed (2012)
• 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)
• The Missing Bricks (2021)
• Greetings Earthlings (2022)

Collaboration mixtapes

• Who Wants What (with Street Entertainment) (2005)
• Bang Bang (with Street Entertainment) (2005)
• The Pre-Season (with Buff City Music Group) (2012)
• Hall & 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)
• Hidden Drums (with Drumwork Music Group) (2023)
• Conductor Machine (with Conductor Williams) (2023)
• PALERMO (with Wun Two) (2023)
• Hall & Nash 2: The Original Version (with Westside Gunn & The Alchemist) (2023)

With Griselda

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

Music videos