Conway The Machine credits rap for saving his life, talks Beanie Sigel and more w/ Apple Music

New York rapper Conway The Machine has plenty of things to talk about with his new God Don’t Make Mistakes studio album officially streaming globally. The hip-hop heavyweight pulls through for a very memorable Apple Music 1 discussion with ‘The Message’ host Ebro Darden.

The duo talk all types of Black excellence, non-stop music grinding and plenty more. Check out some of the biggest chop up session moments and keep scrolling to experience the entire Apple Music 1 conversation.

Conway The Machine Tells Apple Music About Opening His Album with Beanie Sigel on “Lock Load”…

I just wanted to set the tone with something that's just kind of that feel that my fans from before the Shady deal, before any of this shit, when they was enjoying my music for that. That spooky sound and shit me and Daringer do beautifully. I wanted to set the tone of first shit up, knock it out the park on some shit like that. And then I kind of connected with Beans on some other type real shit. You know what I mean? Real n***a time. That's the big homie. Plus I always been a real big Sigel fan, and I respected his pen always. So when we connected, and it was just love. We spent a few days together in the studio and we cooked up a couple things. And I'm just like, "Yo, I got to have you on this joint." Actually, I was just playing the album for him and that's the first song he heard. Like, "Man, shit, load that up." He wanted to get on that, And I just was like, "Man, shit, let's get it.”

Conway The Machine Tells Apple Music About His Recovery After Being Shot in 2012 and How Rap Saved His Life...

I wouldn't go nowhere, and I wouldn't even try to get better or try to walk. My mind was just... I just gave up. And just one day... I really don't remember what day it was, man. I think it was after. Because I had the bullet stuck in my neck for a year and a half maybe. And that shit start moving, so that shit was kind of up here and where my doctor seen that shit. And he had to immediately like, "We got to go get you in surgery.” And so I got the bullet out, and I took a cab from the hospital to DJ Shay's studio..And I'm just like, "Throw a beat on. I just want to see." I had the patch on my shit, blood shit soaking through the patch. And I recorded a song. I forget... Shay got that song, and I was just rapping. It wasn't even no song. It was just a verse. And I heard how it sound, and I was like, "Yo, this shit really ain't that bad.” And I would just start going over there all the time, every day. And that was the shit actually getting me out the house. Rap saved my life, for real.

Conway The Machine Tells Apple Music About Working With The Alchemist…

Al, man, that's just my brother, man. You feel me? He's a big bro. There ain't never a time where I ain't reach out when I'm around his neighborhood, and I got a extra room or a couch to crash on. He always makes sure I'm good, checks on me, pull up to everything, and just been showing Griselda n***a's love from the beginning. He was the first n***a that I know was tweeting and really putting n***s on to this shit. Man, you know what I'm saying? Prodigy played him some shit show. There's some YouTube videos and shit. And he like, “N***a, what the fuck is this" on Twitter. And he ain't even know our Twitter names. He just like... And so people was just tagging us like, “N***a." And it's the Al, so it's a good guy, man. I love Al, man. Shout out to Al and these two that we cooked up on here. It's crazy, crazy records.

Conway The Machine Tells Apple Music About Continuing To Evolve With Age…

It's all about the mentality. It's the mind state, man. And it's like, your life can be changed. Sometimes it's just as simple as a change in your mentality, and you're changing your life. You're moving different. You're eating better. You're sleeping better. You're working harder. You're working smarter. Sometimes just as simple as, "Man, I got to change how I think, because if I'm still on the same dumb shit I was on when I was in my 20s or in my teens, then no matter what I get, I'm going to fuck it up. I'm going to still have the same results." So I just try to keep that in mind. Man, I don't want be the wisest man in the room. You know what I'm saying? If I'm the wisest man in the room, I'm in the wrong room.