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Conway the Machine is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Fredro Starr, Nicholas Craven, Havoc, Cruel Youth and Sonnyjim. Those roots explain a lot about how Conway the Machine arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Benny the Butcher, Griselda, Boldy James, 38 Spesh and Elcamino, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Black Thought and Shady Records, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Conway the Machine, reaching back through Fredro Starr and forward to Black Thought. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Demond Price, known professionally as Conway the Machine, or simply Conway, is an American rapper and co-founder of the hip hop label Griselda Records, alongside his paternal half-brother Westside Gunn, and Mach-Hommy. Acclaimed for his 1990s inspired, dark and gritty lyricism, he rose to prominence following his mixtape Reject 2 (2015) and debut studio album From King to a God (2020). His second album, God Don't Make Mistakes (2022), was released by Shady Records, and met with universal acclaim.
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Conway the Machine connections
Conway the Machine grew out of Fredro Starr, Nicholas Craven, Havoc and Cruel Youth, shares an orbit with Benny the Butcher, Griselda, Boldy James and 38 Spesh, went on to shape Black Thought and Shady Records. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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