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The highly touted, astonishingly prolific Buffalo New York label Griselda Records has announced their debut feature film CONFLICTED for January 15th, available as a Pay Per View. Directed by AK Reed, the film is an urban tale depicting Benny the Butcher as a Buffalo gangster who struggles to do right after being released from prison. Faced with the dilemmas of his fresh start, Hunter (Benny The Butcher) declared never to go back to the game that had cost him his freedom. In the process of getting back on track, he falls in love but is soon confronted with the demons of his past, leaving him CONFLICTED. Written and starring Deuce King, the movie’s cast also includes Westside Gunn, Michael Rapaport, J Holiday, among others.
Los Angeles, CA – Hip Hop purists hellbent on lyricism and hypebeasts obsessed with blockbuster collaborations both have something to look forward to in week two of HipHopDX’s New Music Friday singles coverage for the month of December.
For starters, Grammy-nominated Southern rap artist Chika blesses fans with a thoughtfully sensitive offering, Griselda Records lyrical assassin Benny The Butcher comes through with a surprise release and Hip Hop’s black sheep, Russ, debuts his new collaboration with a monolithic producer.
Check out the biggest releases from the week of Friday (December 11).
Chika “FWB”
Zaytoven & Yung Scooter f. 2 Chainz & Rick Ross “Dope Boyz N Trap Godz”
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Rapper Westside Gunn is a creative entrepreneur, best known as the founder of Griselda Records, the music label he launched in 2014.
Aside from music, Gunn has a passion for the arts: he loves fashion and collecting contemporary artwork, toys, and wrestling memorabilia.
In an interview with Business Insider, Gunn talks about his childhood on the east side of Buffalo, New York, and how he finally made enough money to buy all the art he never could growing up.
In the fifth grade, Alvin Lamar Worthy used to make comic books with his friends. They would map out story arcs and sketch out characters. Even back then, Worthy said, he knew he had a passion for the arts.