Conway the Machine is Demond Price, a rapper from Buffalo, New York. He is associated with Griselda Records and Shady Records, and is part of GxFR, Griselda and Hall & Nash. His music is identified with boom bap, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop and hip hop.

Background

Price is from Buffalo and is the brother of fellow rapper Westside Gunn and the cousin of Benny the Butcher. He performs under the name Conway the Machine and is also known as Conway the Machine in the US rap scene.

Career

He signs to Westside Gunn’s Griselda Records and releases his discography through the label. In 2017, Shady Records takes a distribution deal with Griselda for the work of Westside Gunn and Conway, making them the first rappers from Buffalo to receive major label distribution.

Albums and profile

Conway the Machine releases his debut studio album, From King to a GOD, in 2020, followed by God Don’t Make Mistakes in 2022. In 2012, he is shot in the neck and shoulder, leaving him partially paralysed in the face and giving him a distinctive slur.