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

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, 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.''

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. In 2012, Conway was shot in the neck and shoulder; his face was partially paralyzed, giving him a 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

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and Smif-N-Wessun's "Hell On Earth" tour, Conway was introduced to

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of Mobb Deep, who would become one of his earliest notable collaborators and supporters. On March 3, 2017, Griselda Records signed a deal with

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. On October 10, 2017, Conway contributed an a cappella rap verse to the 2017

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Shady cypher. The same year,

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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

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, and featured

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and

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. 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

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titled "Headlines". Conway released "

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", at the time expected to be the first single from his album ''God Don't Make Mistakes'', alongside

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 ''

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'', 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.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (2020) * '' God Don't Make Mistakes'' (2022)

Collaboration albums

* ''Organized Grime'' (2019) * ''Lulu'' (with

) (2020) * ''No One Mourns the Wicked'' (with

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) (2020) * ''If It Bleeds It Can Be Killed'' (2021) * ''Organized Grime 2'' (2022) * ''What Has Been Blessed Cannot Be Cursed'' (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'' (2015) * ''Griselda Ghost'' (2015) * '' Hell Still On Earth'' (2016) * ''Reject on Steroids'' (2017) * ''More Steroids'' (2017) * ''Death By Misadventure'' (2018) * ''Untitled Drums EP'' (2018)

With Griselda

* ''

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'' (2016) * '' WWCD'' (2019)

References

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