Westside Gunn Teases Debut Sneaker Collab With Saucony
Westside Gunn is formally within the sneaker enterprise, saying he’s set to drop his first-ever collab with Saucony.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday (October 9), the Griselda rapper shared a collection of photographs from his time working with the favored sneaker firm on the design of his kicks.
On the final slide, Gunn included a 2023 interview the place he named Saucony as his favourite sneakers of the yr, displaying how a lot this actually means to him.
“IM proud to announce I’m OFFICIALLY dropping my first sneaker!!!!,” he captioned the submit. “This is a dream come true and I just wanna thank y’all so much for believing in my ART. thank u @jaetips for opening the door and inspiring me. I’m a keep pushing the culture fwd..”
He concluded: “Also thank u to the staff for believing in my vision and treating me like a Day 1 I won’t disappoint, BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING and I just wanna let y’all know GOD IS THE GREATEST and y’all support is wats keeping me going, I’ll put my 800k followers against somebody’s 10M anyday, Love y’all now let’s make some of the flyest kicks ever.”
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On the music aspect of issues, Westside Gunn has introduced the discharge date for his new album Still Praying.
Taking to Instagram final week, the prolific Buffalo, New York rapper introduced the album’s launch date as November 1 and in addition unveiled the challenge’s cowl artwork, which options not too long ago deceased skilled wrestler Sid Eudy.
Gunn additionally commented on the upcoming launch and the way he expects it to delivery a brand new period for Griselda Records.
“THIS IS FOR BIG DUMP, MICHELLE, GDAD, VIRGIL, CHINEGUN, SLY GREEN, KUTTER, SHOTS, BACON, BEHIND THE WALL and BUFFALO!!!!!!” he wrote, referencing household, associates and collaborators who’ve handed away. “I promise y’all about to witness a new chapter in this shit starting NOW!!!!”
He added: “STILL PRAYING is the beginning of a new era of @griseldarecords I promise y’all I’m a make sure y’all never forget this shit, just support the ART and watch how life change for the better.
“FLYGOD IS AN AWESOME GOD, when everybody thought I was just chillin I was actually curating the illest ART (WRESTLING/FASHION/MUSIC) I ever Made but now it’s time to show y’all everything I been working on. I’m a show y’all why it’ll never be another WESTSIDE GUNN.”
Westside Gunn additionally has quite a lot of different initiatives within the works because the acclaimed MC seems to be on a burst of creativity of late.
In addition to the long-teased Michelle Records, he introduced in August that he’ll be releasing a brand new album known as Flygod Is An Awesome God III (Trilogy).