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SPIN MAGAZINE: Westside Gunn opens up about Virgil Abloh’s death, fame, and why And Then You Pray For Me definitely isn’t his last album.
BY KYLE EUSTICE
Westside Gunn didn’t have time to say goodbye but regularly told Abloh how much he admired him. In 2012, Abloh launched his first apparel collection, Pyrex Vision. Around the same time, Gunn—fresh out of prison—was beginning to take his rap career seriously and working on the first installment of the Hitler Wears Hermes series. He took cues from the burgeoning designer and incorporated them into his own line, Fashion Rebels.
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ROLLING STONE: Westside Gunn Says “This Is His Final Album, But That Doesn’t Mean The Music Stops.”
BY ANDRE GEE
Westside Gunn’s critically acclaimed album Pray For Paris came out of a creative stream that took hold of the Griselda co-founder during Paris Fashion Week 2020. He tells Rolling Stone that his new album And Then You Pray For Me, the sequel to Pray For Paris coming on October 13th, came from a similar artistic rush he felt this year.
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