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pp-semi-blp|expiry=August 20, 2012|small=yes Infobox musical artist| name = Gucci Mane | image = Gucci Mane performing at the Williamsburg Waterfront 3.jpg | alt = | caption = Gucci Mane performing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on August 29, 2010. | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Radric Davis | alias = | Born = birth date and age|mf=yes|1980|2|2 Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham , Alabama | death_date = | origin = Atlanta , Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia , United States | instrument = | genre = Southern hip hop , gangsta rap | occupation = rapping|Rapper | years_active = 2005 – present | label = 1017 Brick Squad Records , Asylum Records|Asylum , Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. | associated_acts = 1017 Brick Squad , Young Money (group)|Young Money , V-Nasty, Yo Gotti , Soulja Boy , Plies (rapper)|Plies , Usher (entertainer)|Usher , Young Jeezy , E-40 , French Montana | website = Url|www.guccimaneonline.com| notable_instruments =
Radric Davis cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p703775/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Gucci Mane > Biography|last=Cordor|first=Cyril|year=2007|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2009-05-03 (born February 2, 1980),cite web |url= http://www.guccmane.com/gucci-mane-biography/ |title=Gucci Mane Biography |publisher=guccimane.com |accessdate=February 10, 2010 better known by his stage name Gucci Mane , is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House and followed with albums such as Hard to Kill (album)|Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released, and '' The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted was released in 2010, and is his highest charting album so far. Gucci Mane has released many other mixtapes and independent albums as well.
While serving a six-month jail term for assault in late 2005, Davis was charged with murder, though the charges were later dropped due to a lack of evidence. In 2009, he served a year-long county jail sentence for violating probation for his 2005 aggravated assault conviction.
Biography
Early life
Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham , Alabama , and later moved with his single mother to Atlanta . He enjoyed writing poetry as a child, and began rapping at age 14.
2005–2006: Trap House and Hard to Kill
In 2005, Davis released his independent debut album entitled Trap House , which featured the successful single "Icy" with Young Jeezy . Disputes over the rights to this single caused a rift between the two artists. Hard to Kill (album)|Hard to Kill followed in 2006. Hard To Kill included the hit single " Freaky Gurl ". The song peaked at number 12 on the Hot Rap Tracks , number 19 on the Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs , and at number 62 on the Hot 100 .
2007: Back to the Trap House
The official remix of Freaky Gurl featuring Ludacris and Lil Kim was included on his 2007 commercial debut album Back to the Trap House . Gucci Mane appeared on OJ da Juiceman 's " Make Tha Trap Say Aye " and began working on various mixtapes.cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1607973/20090327/gucci_mane.jhtml|title=Gucci Mane Is Out Of Jail And Back On The Mixtape Circuit|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=2009-03-30|work=Mixtape Monday|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-05-03 Gucci Mane signed to Warner Bros. Records in May 2009.cite web|author=Jason|title=Gucci Mane Signs New Deal With Warner|url= http://www.rapbasement.com/gucci-mane/051309-gucci-mane-signs-new-record-deal-with-warner-brothers-records-drops-two-new-songs-listen-now.html|work=Rap Basement|date=2009-05-13
2009–2010: The State vs. Radric Davis
He appeared on remixes of the songs " Boom Boom Pow " by The Black Eyed Peas , " Obsessed (song)|Obsessed " by Mariah Carey and " 5 Star (song)|5 Star Chick " by Yo Gotti and made a guest appearance on Mario (entertainer)|Mario 's "Break Up" (he has made 17 guest appearances total in 2009). Gucci Mane's second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released under the label Warner Bros. Records on December 8, 2009. Its first single, " Wasted (Gucci Mane song)|Wasted " featuring Plies (rapper)|Plies , was originally from Mane's 2009 mixtape Writing on the Wall . It peaked at number 36 on the Hot 100, number 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 (Gucci Mane song)|Spotlight " featuring Usher (entertainer)|Usher . The third single is " Lemonade (Gucci Mane song)|Lemonade ". The fourth single is " Bingo (Gucci Mane song)|Bingo ". On October 2, 2009, Gucci Mane was listed at number 6 on MTV's annual MTV's Annual Hottest MC List|Hottest MC in the Game list .cite web|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|title=Gucci Mane Balances 'Hood, Mainstream To Be #6 Hottest MC In The Game|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1622767/20091001/index.jhtml|publisher=MTV News|date=2009-10-01
2010–present: ''The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted and other projects
After being released from jail, Gucci Mane stated that he would start or change the label name from So Icey Entertainment to 1017 Brick Squad Records. ''The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted'', was released on September 28, 2010.gucci1017. http://twitter.com/gucci1017/status/20105260440 "brrrrr da appeal drops sept 28 free concert for kids going back to school center stage i cant wait brrrrrrrr". Twitter. Retrieved 2010-08-02. The first single from this release was titled " Gucci Time ",gucci1017 (2010-07-30). http://twitter.com/gucci1017/status/19923728387 "Its Gucci Time& #33; Stay tuned". Twitter. produced by Swizz Beatz . It premiered on Gucci Mane's official MySpace page on August 6.gucci1017. http://twitter.com/gucci1017/status/20498377455 "It's #GucciTime !!!!!!& #33; @Gucci1017 & @THEREALSWIZZZ - official version premiere on myspace - myspace.com/guccimane& #33; RT #GucciTime". Twitter. Retrieved 2010-08-06. The single features Swizz Beatz and was released to US urban radio stations on August 24, 2010. http://www.allaccess.com/urban/future-releases
On March 18, 2011, Gucci Mane released his 10th EP, The Return of Mr. Zone 6 , mostly produced by Drumma Boy . http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-return-of-mr.-zone-6/id424479077 It debuted at #18 on the Billboard 200 , and is his highest charting EP. The album also debuted at #2 on the Rap albums chart and #8 on the R& B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. He also released a collaboration album with Waka Flocka Flame named Ferrari Boyz on August 5, Gucci's first collaboration album. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ferrari-boyz-deluxe-version/id449357287 It's first single is "She Be Puttin On" featuring fellow Brick Squad labelmate Slim Dunkin. Ferrari Boyz debuted at #21 on the Billboard 200. Gucci Mane released another collaboration album, this time with rapper V-Nasty , called BAYTL , on December 13. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/baytl/id479744007 The album's first single is "Whip Appeal" featuring P2theLA. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/whip-appeal-feat.-p2thela/id478686629 Three days after the album's release, while traveling to the video shoot of "Push Ups", a song from BAYTL featuring Slim Dunkin , who later got into an argument with another person who shot Dunkin dead at an Atlanta recording studio.cite news| url= http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/16/rapper-slim-dunkin-shot-dead-at-atlanta-music-studio/ | work=Fox News | title=Rapper Slim Dunkin Shot Dead at Atlanta Music Studio | date=December 16, 2011
Legal issues
2001-2004
In April 2001, Davis was arrested on cocaine charges and sentenced to 90 days in county jail .cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1502738/20050523/gucci_mane.jhtml|title=Atlanta Rapper Gucci Mane Faces Murder Charge|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=2005-05-23|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-05-03
2005-2009
On 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. The DeKalb County, Georgia|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.cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1519599/20060103/gucci_mane.jhtml|title=Murder Charges Against Gucci Mane Dropped|last=Harris|first=Chris|date=2006-01-03|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-05-03 Davis was released from jail in late January 2006.
In September 2008, Gucci Mane 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.cite web|url= http://www.xxlmag.com/online/? p=24484|title=Gucci Mane Sent To Jail For Violating Probation|date=2008-09-15|work=XXL|accessdate=2009-10-31 He was incarcerated in the Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County jail for probation violationcite web|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|title=Gucci Mane Says Warm Post-Prison Reception 'Strengthens' Him|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1639133/20100513/gucci_mane.jhtml|publisher=MTV News|date=May 13, 2010 and released on May 12, 2010.cite web |url= http://rapradar.com/2010/05/06/gucci-mane-to-be-released-from-jail-may-12th/ |title=Gucci Mane To Be Released From Jail May 12th|publisher=RapRadar.com|date=2010-05-06|accessdate=2010-05-06
2010
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 . http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/11/02/22466793.aspx
2011
On January 4, 2011, A judge in the Superior Court of Georgia’s 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.” cite web |url= http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/01/04/gucci-mane-court-hearing/ |title=Jan 4 2011 12:46 PM ET Gucci Mane sent to psychiatric facility by judge|publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=2011-04-01|accessdate=2011-04-01
On September 13th, 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.cite news|title=Gucci Mane Sentenced To Six Months In Jail. He was finally released on December 11th, 2011.|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/13/gucci-mane-sentenced-to-jail_n_960263.html|publisher=Huffington Post | first=Kelly|last=Fisher|date=September 13, 2011
Discography
main|Gucci Mane discography
Studio albums
2007: Back to the Trap House
2009: The State vs. Radric Davis
2010: '' The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted
Collaboration albums
2011: Ferrari Boyz (with Waka Flocka Flame )
2011: BAYTL (with V-Nasty )
References
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External links
Commons category|Gucci Mane
Official website| http://officialguccimane.ning.com
MySpace|guccimane
Twitter|gucci1017
IMDb name|3042771
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