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Speaking to The Breakfast Club, Conway The Machine explained the difference between his relationships with Eminem and Kanye West.

Conway The Machine Explains How His Relationships With Kanye West & Eminem Differ Published on:Mar 17, 2022, 9:37 AM by 0 Griselda Records signed a contract with Shady Records in 2017, but it would take roughly five years for Conway The Machineto deliver his first (and only) studio album for the imprint, God Dont Make Mistakes.As Conway continues to do press in support of the project, hes opening up about his relationships with two pillars of Hip Hop culture Eminemand Kanye West. Eminem, who co-founded Shady Records with Paul Rosenberg, has been supportive of Conways debut for the label. As for Kanye, Conway made an appearance on 2021s Donda and was able to build with the Yeezy mogul over the past several months. Speaking to The Breakfast Club, Conway explained how they first met through a mutual friend. We went to Sunday Service out there in Cali and Ye seen us in the crowd and after the service, called us in the back, he said before revealing Ye invited him to his studio. Thats what happened, before you know it, I was out there for like, a week with him. I went back again and thats when we worked on Donda. A post shared by The Breakfast Club (@breakfastclubam) The Breakfast Club co-host Charlamagne Tha God then asked if he was closer with Kanye than Eminemto which he confirmed, Yeah. It was more business . I dont want to say the wrong thing. Im kinda careful, but it was more business, and rightfully so, thats how our relationship started. We didnt really have no, I guess, relationship like that. We spoke a couple times on the phone, kicked it with him a couple of times at Coachella and stuff like that, but he a good dude. He called me, told my album was a classic, man, and he love what Im doing. I dont got nothing bad to say about him but you know, Ye and Hov, guys like that, they more . There was a period when Westside Gunn and Conway The Machine appeared frustrated with Shady Records. In June 2020, Westside Gunn tweeted, I wonder do @shadyrecords know we nominated for a BET Award?, a clear indication he felt they were out of touch. Read more