Westside Gunn Shares Virgil Abloh Album Cover Art Origin, Won't Diss

Publish date: 2024-07-10

A WORK OF ART

Westside Gunn says his upcoming album "And Then You Pray For Me" should already be appraised as a classic -- artistically and musically -- with an exclusive Virgil Abloh painting for the project's artwork.

AND THEN YOU PRAY FOR ME

FRIDAY THE 13th

ARTWORK BY VIRGIL ABLOH @virgilabloh

EXECUTIVE PROD BY : WESTSIDE GUNN@griseldarecords

🦂🐐🖼️ #ANDTHENYOUPRAYFORME #ART #CULTURE #SUPERFLYGOD #GXFR #ICON #MASTERPIECE pic.twitter.com/NP96X5d8yZ

— WESTSIDEGUNN (@WESTSIDEGUNN) September 22, 2023 @WESTSIDEGUNN

It’s the little attention to detail WSG is telling TMZ Hip Hop will set his album apart when it drops October 13, which he guarantees will become an art collectible down the line.

The Griselda Records founder tells us he's watched the competition for months, in what's been a light year for Hip Hop and is confident he has the Album of the Year ... Rick Ross, Ty Dolla $ign, Conway and Benny The Butcher are just a sprinkling of Gunn's heavyweight features but the album's key, he says, was tailor-making it to meet Virgil's heavenly approval!!!

Gallery Launch Gallery Remembering Virgil Abloh Launch Gallery Getty

WSG says Virgil convinced him to get a passport to attend his 2020 Off-White show in Paris -- a life-changing moment for the Buffalo, NY native as he began using his travels for content for his raps.

He had just dropped his "Dr. Birds" verse with the infamous line, "Told Virgil, write "Brick" on my brick" and was privileged to rub shoulders with the late Pop Smoke and Takeoff on the runway before their untimely deaths.

Legendary MOMENT

WSG's all about his music, but doesn't want beef ... especially with a little kid like Lil Tay.

We know wats up, she’s a Kid tho im not wasting my energy, we ALL know POOTIE the inspiration for the kids we just seen covers get drawn and dialogue stolen right from here just like everybody Kopy her daddy 🤷🏽‍♂️ https://t.co/3GUtNZKBup

— WESTSIDEGUNN (@WESTSIDEGUNN) October 1, 2023 @WESTSIDEGUNN

Since Lil Tay's controversial reemergence, Gunn says Griselda fans have been on his head with claims she jacked his daughter Westside Pootie's style, as she's been spouting off audaciousness for years on his album.

Gunn tells us Pootie's been inspiring the comp for years ... and has even peeped kids following in her footsteps with the hand-drawn album covers like she did with his 2020 "Sunshine" album.

It's virtually impossible to copy WSG's new artwork though ... just the way he and Virgil liked it!!!