Michael Corleone Blanco was Initially Mad Westside Gunn Named His Label "Griselda" (Part 27)

well uh in 2012 Westside gun formed a record label called Griselda records which has you know Benny The Butcher yeah Conway the machine I I text with Conway Conway is my dude he's a good dude how did it feel to find out about this record label named after your mom which is actually a pretty well-known label now with prominent artists I'm going be real honest with you at the time when I was more of a street individual I felt like somebody owes me something right when I'm when you're from the streets and you grow up being who you are like if you don't give it to me I'm going to take it and then when you cross over to this corporate world and you understand business real business you understand that nothing's ever personal I'll respect them for what they've done for hip-hop cuz I'm A hip-hop head so I respect and I listen I love underground hip-hop so just like wuang like I respect what Gela records has done I won't talk ill about them because I'm a grown man and it is what it is but I think in life there has to be like I guess a balance of of respect and if it's not for an individual it should be towards a legacy but I respect what they've done and and and I'm I'm kind of happy what they've done because they've done it so well that they've also held up my mother's Legacy and I'll respect that I'll leave it at that right and then in 2019 you were in cartel crew yeah three seasons three seasons how's that experience hard um not easy but I'm grateful for that too because even though I've been in the business for a while it was only a matter of time before I got either in front of the camera or behind the camera like I am now like right now you know I'm I close I closed a development deal I got three new shows popping I have a hopefully by the end of the year we'll have a series based on my intellectual property coming out and it's it's it's an experience that I always knew was going to happen because I used to tell my mother when she was incarcerated I used to tell I tell her either a couple or an actor or director or something like that Ma and she's like I'd prefer a doctor or a lawyer and I'm like I think I'm gonna be on TV I can figure this out and I loved it but at the same time what I do for a living sharing these stories it's not easy you can ask my shrink and he's very well paid you get it and and it comes to a point that you can't live in the past so I read this book it's called The Power of Now and you have to identify where your pain and I've identified with that pain and and to a te I'm I'm I'm over certain things but the experience of show business I'm so grateful for it because I feed my family every day from this you know and I'm grateful for that because a lot of people can't talk that and a lot of people can't say yo I'm still here still here