Conway The Machine says that he’s become a “recluse” and dealt with “severe anxiety” while attending his album release party for Won’t He Do It. Appearing on Math Hoffa’s My Expert Opinion podcast, he explained that he hasn’t been the same in social situations since getting shot in 2012.
“I don’t know because I’m just a recluse. I’ll be like just dolo to myself,” he said. “I think that came from getting shot.” He added that he doesn’t enjoy going to clubs or partying anymore: “So I’m looking at clubs like, ‘I don’t go out man. I ain’t going to that party, I ain’t going to that event, I don’t want to do that anymore. ‘What time the interview? 10:30? Naw, I’m good bro. I’m chilling, I’m already inside.’”
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Elsewhere in the interview, Conway noted that much of the trauma he dealt with from the shooting remained unresolved until he started therapy. “I stay to myself and work in the shadows. I hate videos, I hate pictures and cameras and shit,” Conway said. “Speaking with a therapist and she made me realize ‘you haven’t healed yet.’”
Conway further admitted that he even began to doubt his place in hip-hop. “This shit look like n****s aint fucking with me. Because I don’t get outside. Not because I can’t, I just don’t,” he said, while adding that “the love was definitely felt” at his Won’t He Do It release party. “I was having severe anxiety about that night,” he added. “But then I pulled up and seen all the love, everybody had pulled up.”
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Conway dropped Won’t He Do It at the beginning of May. The project features Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher, Fabolous, Juicy J, and more.
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