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in 2010, and is his highest charting album so far. Gucci Mane has released many other
mixtapes and independent albums as well. On May 21, 2013, he released his eighth studio
album Trap House III. His ninth studio album The State vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged
Bird Sings was released on December 25, 2013.[3] He also is the founder and CEO of 1017
Brick Squad Records.
While serving a one-month jail term for assault in late 2005, Davis was charged with
murder, though the charges were later dropped after it was deemed an act of self-defense. In
2009, he served a year-long county jail sentence for violating probation for his 2005
aggravated assault conviction. Since then he has been convicted of battery, assault, and
numerous parole and probation violations, resulting in numerous jail sentences.
Contents
1.4 20102012: The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted and other projects
1.5 2013: Trap House III and The State Vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird
Sings
2 Other ventures
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3 Legal issues
4 Controversy
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4.4 Twitter
5 Discography
6 Filmography
7 References
8 External links
3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and number 3 on the Rap Songs making it Gucci
Mane's most successful single to date. The second single is "Spotlight" featuring Usher.
The third single is "Lemonade". The fourth single is "Bingo", featuring Waka Flocka Flame
and Soulja Boy Tell 'Em. On October 2, 2009, Gucci Mane was listed at number 6 on
MTV's annual Hottest MC in the Game list.[10]
On May 25, 2012, Gucci Mane released another mixtape, "I'm Up". Music videos were
released for the songs "Supa Cocky", "Kansas" featuring Jim Jones, "Wish You Would"
featuring Verse Simmonds, and "Too Damn Sexy" featuring Jeremih. Gucci Mane released
yet another mixtape, "Trap God", which was released on October 17, 2012. The mixtape
included features from Brick Squad affiliate Waka Flocka Flame, frequent collaborators
Rick Ross, Future, Meek Mill and Birdman, among others. On September 13, 2012 he
appeared on Waka Flocka Flame's mixtape Salute Me Or Shoot Me 4 on two tracks.
2013: Trap House III and The State Vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird
Sings
On February 12, 2013, Gucci Mane released his anticipated mixtape Trap God 2. By the
end of March, Gucci released 3 more mixtapes Free Bricks 2 with Young Scooter, Trap
Back 2 and EastAtlantaMemphis with Young Dolph. It was announced in February 2013 by
Gucci Mane himself that he was releasing a new studio album entitled Trap House III the
third & final version of his Trap House series.[30] The album was released on May 21, 2013.
On May 31, 2013 Gucci Mane also announced he was releasing a new album entitled Mr.
GuWop later on down the year, featuring appearances by personal friend and industrial rock
performer Marilyn Manson who also helped him to gave shape to the album's sound and
musical direction.[31] On June 5, 2013 Gucci Mane announced that 1017 Brick Squad would
release their first group compilation album titled, Big Money Talk during 2013.[32]
On September 7, 2013, various members of 1017 Brick Squad and Brick Squad Monopoly
traded shots back and forth on Twitter, including Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Frenchie,
Wooh Da Kid, and OJ da Juiceman. Gucci would go on to say "fuck brick squad" and
accuse his former manager, Waka Flocka's mother Debra Antney of stealing money from
OJ da Juiceman and French Montana. Frenchie also accused Gucci Mane of paying for
Young Vito's lawyer, the accused murderer of former 1017 Brick Squad artist Slim Dunkin,
which Gucci denied. Frenchie would release a diss record towards Gucci the following day.
[33]
During the following days it was revealed OJ da Juiceman, Young Dolph, Frenchie and
Wooh da Kid were no longer or in some cases had never been officially signed to 1017
Brick Squad Records.[citation needed][34] It was also revealed that 1017 Brick Squad had lost their
distribution deal with Atlantic Records, and the label might be disbanded.[35][36] On
September 9, 2013, Gucci also advertised on Twitter he was willing to sell what he
considers his main artists: Waka Flocka Flame, Young Scooter, and Young Thug's recording
contracts.[36] During his Twitter tirade he would diss many rappers and producers such as
Nicki Minaj, Plies, Drake, Rocko, Polow da Don, 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, T.I.,
Yo Gotti, Frenchie, 808 Mafia, Waka Flocka and Tyga among others.[37] Then the following
day he released a new single "Stealing" featuring OJ da Juiceman, and produced by
Zaytoven. On the song he disses T.I., Young Jeezy, and Yo Gotti. That night he also released
a new mixtape Diary of a Trap God.[38] Following the mixtape's release his barrage of
tweets stopped, and he claimed his Twitter account was hacked by his former manager
Coach K for 5,000 dollars.[39] Subsequently he deleted all the controversial tweets and hours
later deleted his Twitter.[40] However, on September 22, 2013, Gucci Mane admitted to
making the tweets, and claimed he was binging on codeine and promethazine during the
time. He went on to apologize to the fans, his family, and the music industry members he
offended. Gucci Mane also said that he would be going to rehab, while incarcerated on his
gun charge.[41] Plans to release his album Mr. GuWop were scrapped indefinitely, and Gucci
Mane would go on to release his tenth studio album The State vs. Radric Davis II: The
Caged Bird Sings on Christmas Day 2013.
Longway, and RiFF RAFF, with production from Chief Keef, TM88, Metro Boomin, and
Zaytoven.[56][57]
Other ventures
Acting career
Gucci Mane made his acting debut in the 2012 movie Birds of a Feather, co-starring with
Producer Zaytoven. In 2013, he was featured in Spring Breakers which also featured James
Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine.[58]
Legal issues
20002005
In April 2001, Davis was arrested on cocaine charges and sentenced to 90 days in
county jail.[59]
May 10, 2005, Davis was attacked by a group of men at a house in Decatur,
Georgia. Davis and his companions shot at the group, killing one. The corpse of one
of the attackers, Pookie Loc, was found later behind a nearby middle school. Davis
turned himself in to police investigators on May 19, 2005, and was subsequently
charged with murder. Davis claimed that the shots fired by him and his party were
in self-defense.[59] The DeKalb County district attorney's office dropped the murder
charge in January 2006 due to insufficient evidence. The previous October, in an
unrelated matter, Davis had pleaded no contest to a charge of aggravated assault for
assaulting a nightclub promoter the previous June; at the time the murder charge
was dropped, he was serving a six-month county jail sentence for this.[60] Davis was
released from jail in late January 2006.[1]
20082011
In September 2008, Davis was arrested for a probation violation for completing
only 25 out of 600 community service hours following his 2005 arrest for
aggravated assault. He was sentenced to a year in the county jail but was released
after six months.[61] He was incarcerated in the Fulton County jail for probation
violation[62] and released on May 12, 2010.[63]
On November 2, 2010, Gucci Mane was arrested for driving on the wrong side of
the road, running a red light or stop sign, damage to government property,
obstruction, no license, no proof of insurance and other traffic charges. He was
taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.[64]
On January 4, 2011, A judge in the Superior Court of Georgias Fulton County
ordered rapper Gucci Mane to a psychiatric hospital, according to court documents.
The documents reveal that his lawyers filed a Special Plea of Mental Incompetency
on Dec 27 arguing that he is unable to go forward and/or intelligently participate in
the probation revocation hearing. [65]
On April 13, 2011, Davis was arrested on one charge of Battery in Dekalb County
Jail in Atlanta GA.[66]
On April 20, 2011, Davis was arrested on 2 charges of aggravated assault with a
deadly weapon in Dekalb County Jail in Atlanta GA.[67]
On September 13, 2011, Davis was given a six-month county jail sentence after
pleading guilty to two counts of battery, two counts of reckless conduct and one
count of disorderly conduct.[68] He was released on December 11, 2011.[69]
20132014
On March 22, 2013, the Atlanta Police Department issued a warrant for the arrest of
Mane, after he allegedly attacked a fan who was trying to take a photo with him. A
soldier, named James, claimed that Mane hit him with a bottle in the head, while he
was talking to a security guard about getting a photo with the rapper. He was treated
at Grady Memorial Hospital and received 10 stitches.[70] Four days later, a second
man going by the initials T.J., claimed Gucci punched him in the face, when T.J.
tried to shake his hand after a concert performance at Club Onyx in Philadelphia.[71]
In the early morning of March 27, Gucci Mane turned himself in on the aggravated
assault charges. He was denied bond and was incarcerated at Fulton County Jail.
His lawyer says that witnesses claim Gucci had nothing to do with the assault. He
appeared back in court on April 10, 2013 and was indicted on one count of
aggravated assault.[72][73][74] Two days later he posted $75,000 bail, and the following
day April 14, he was arrested again for a parole violation.[75] He was released three
weeks later, on May 2, 2013.[76]
On September 13, 2013, Gucci Mane was hanging out with a friend, and was
behaving "erratically." This friend then decided to call the police to help him out.
When the police arrived, Gucci began cursing and threatening them. Authorities
then took Gucci into custody at 12:05AM, and upon searching him, they found
marijuana and a handgun on him. Gucci was then booked on charges of carrying a
concealed weapon, possession of marijuana, and disorderly conduct. He was
reportedly hospitalized following the arrest.[77] On September 30, 2013, it was
revealed that Gucci Mane would serve 183 days in jail on charges of firearm
possession by a convicted felon, disorderly conduct, carrying a concealed weapon,
and marijuana possession, among others.[78]
On December 3, 2013, Gucci Mane was charged in federal court with two counts of
possessing a firearm as a felon. According to the federal prosecutor, Mane was in
possession of two different loaded guns between September 12 and 14, 2013, and
can be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.[79]
Controversy
Young Jeezy
In May 2005 Gucci Mane released his first single "Icy", which featured Young Jeezy, at the
time an upcoming artist as well. Tensions grew when "Icy" was believed to be put on
Young Jeezy's debut album Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, although it never was. It was
put on Gucci's debut album Trap House. Jeezy claimed he was never paid his royalties for
the song.[83] On May 9, 2005, Jeezy released the controversial song "Stay Strapped," placing
a $10,000 bounty on Gucci's chain. Gucci responded by stating, "That n*gga Young Jeezy,
man. That n*gga fake."[84][85] On May 19, 2005, tensions were soaring between Gucci Mane
and Young Jeezy when four men set up Mane at a strippers home and attempted to rob him.
Gucci grabbed his pistol and shot one of the assailants. The assailant, Pookie Loc, a CTE
affiliate, was later found dead near a school in Decatur, GA. An official warrant was put out
for Gucci's arrest. Days later he turned himself in to police after hearing about the warrant.
[86]
During a phone conversation, Gucci stated, "I just want to let everyone know I'm not a
murderer. I was upset. I was scared a little bit, but I had to do what I had to do. You gotta be
a man about it. I'm not a bad person. I have remorse for everything that happened." Young
Jeezy responded to Gucci Mane and the allegations of hiring Pookie Loc to rob Gucci by
saying Gucci was "trying to turn a bad situation into good publicity and sell his record."[87]
On January 17, 2006, prosecutors dropped the murder charge against Gucci Mane as he
maintained he was acting out of self-defense.[88] On June 15, 2006, after tensions had
cooled, Gucci Mane came at Young Jeezy on the song "745" rapping, "Do I smell pussy?
Nah, that's Jeezy. You ain't a snowman, you more like a snowflake, cupcake, corn flake.
Nigga, you too fake."[89]
On June 15, 2009, Young Jeezy came at Gucci Mane on the song "24, 23," rapping, "I'm on
some Louie shit today, fuck some Gucci Mane. These niggas still on my dick, they like
some groupies mane. Can't keep they lips closed, they worse than coochies mane."[90] On
December 4, 2009, during a radio interview with DJ Drama and Jeezy, Gucci Mane called
in to finally announce a truce between the two, saying, "I'd just like to say, it's way bigger
than all of us. I feel like the way the city's been supporting all three of us, they deserve this.
It's about that time, man. We're getting older, growing, so let's do it for the city." [91]
On March 24, 2010, members of Gucci Mane's crew 1017 Brick Squad and members of
Young Jeezy's crew Corporate Thugz got into an altercation outside an Atlanta clothing
store. Neither Gucci nor Jeezy were present during the altercation.[92] On December 2, 2011,
Jeezy explained how the beef originated, stating that Gucci got mad at him because he
wouldn't perform "Icy" with him; Jeezy said he couldn't perform the song because he was
going through major throat surgery.[93]
On October 10, 2012, during a radio interview, Gucci Mane announced he had no more
love for Jeezy due to his controversial fight with rapper Rick Ross. During a radio
interview, Young Jeezy responded by stating, "Man everybody knows that boy is retarded.
Aint nobody taking him seriously. He has an ice cream cone on his face, lets be for real.
Given that said, Im not going back, Im going forward."[94][95] On October 15, 2012, Gucci
Mane came at Young Jeezy and other artists on the song "Truth" by rapping, "A ten
thousand dollar bounty put on my neck. I hope you didn't pay them cause they didn't have
no success" and, "Go dig your partner up, nigga, bet he can't say shit" referring to Pookie
Loc.[96]
Keyshia Cole
On March 16, 2012, R&B singer Keyshia Cole came at Gucci Mane for the controversial
song "Truth", on which Gucci rapped, "I did a song with Keyshia Cole and I know you still
miss her. But Puff was fing her while you was falling in love with her." implying that,
during the time of her rumored relationship with Young Jeezy, Cole was cheating on Jeezy
with rap mogul and her "Last Night" collaborator Diddy. Cole stated on the radio, "Putting
all ya trust in some of these 'Hood Rappers'... How you gonna be a G, and you spreading
lies, to sell mix tapes! Where ya talent at. Dude ain't have to lie though! Could've kept me
out of it."[97]
Twitter
In September 2013, Gucci Mane sent a series of derogatory tweets to various figures of the
hip-hop industry; Drake, 2 Chainz, Eminem, Young Jeezy, T.I., Yo Gotti, Waka Flocka
Flame, Nicki Minaj, Tyga, Blac Chyna, Migos, Rocko and others. In the tweets he claimed
to have sexual relations with rappers' girlfriends. A couple days later, Gucci stated his
Twitter account had been hacked.[103]
Discography
Main article: Gucci Mane discography
2005: Trap House
2006: Hard to Kill
2007: Trap-A-Thon
Filmography
Year
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2007 No Pad No Pencil
2007 Gucci Mane Glockumentary DVD[104]
2008 Gucci Mane Who Framed Radric Davis (DVD)
2008 Hood Affairs Trap-A-Holic: (Gucci Mane Edition)[105]
2009 Hood Affairs Gucci Mane Trap-A-Holic 2 DVD[106]
2009 The Come Up DVD 20 (Gucci Mane Edition)
2009 Money Mafia: Gucci Mane (Street Classic Edition)[107]
Hood Affairs: Gucci Mane 1017 Brick Squad aka Trap-A2010
Holic 3 DVD[108]
The Raw Report Presents: Gucci Mane King of Diamonds
2010
DVD[109]
2010 Gucci Mane x Raw Report Documentary
2010 Gucci Gone Bonkers DVD[110]
2010 Gucci 3D DVD
2011 Gucci Mane In Wonderland[111]
2012 My Come Up
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