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Release Date
16 April 2020
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Length
12 tracks
Pray for Paris is the third studio album by American rapper Westside Gunn. It was released on April 17, 2020 via Griselda Records. The album was produced by Daringer, Beat Butcha, the Alchemist, DJ Muggs, and DJ Premier. It features guest appearances from Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, Joey Badass, Tyler, the Creator, Boldy James, Freddie Gibbs, Roc Marciano, Wale, Joyce Wrice, Billie Essco, Keisha Plum, and Cartier Williams. The album debuted at number 67 on the Billboard 200. Westside Gunn announced he was recording a project called Pray for Paris after having attended Virgil Abloh's Off-White Paris fashion show on January 18, 2020. He revealed the album's artwork on April 3, 2020. The cover was created by Virgil Abloh using Caravaggio's David with the Head of Goliath. During the album's recording Westside learned he had contracted COVID-19 and recounted having to do promotion for the album while suffering symptoms from the virus. Before the album's release, Westside Gunn and Virgil Abloh live-streamed the entire project on Twitch.
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