Alvin Lamar Worthy (born July 27, 1982), known professionally as Westside Gunn, is an American rapper and record executive. He is the paternal half-brother of fellow rapper Conway The Machine, with whom he forms the duo Hall N Nash, and the cousin of fellow Buffalo native rapper Benny the Butcher. In 2014, he founded the record label Griselda Records, as well as clothing brand Fashion Rebels and signed a deal with Eminem and Paul Rosenberg’s Shady Records in 2017. On November 14, 2020, in an interview with Joe Budden, Gunn announced he had fulfilled his contractual obligations to Shady Records and had become an independent artist.