Radric Davis (born February 2, 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama), better known by his stage name Gucci Mane. The year 2005
was like yin andyang for Atlanta bling rapper Gucci Mane. He enjoyed success entering the charts with his first national hit,
"Icy," became involved in aquarrel with that song's collaborator, Young Jeezy, and found himself facing murder charges in the
Georgia courts. Before his career as arapper, Gucci Mane, whose birth name is Radric Davis, loved to write poetry when he
was in elementary school. He moved to Atlanta fromBirmingham, Alabama with his single mother during ...read more
Radric Davis (born February 2, 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama), better known by his stage name Gucci Mane. The year 2005
was like yin andyang for Atlanta bling rapper Gucci Mane. He enjoyed success entering the charts with his first national hit,
"Icy," became involved in aquarrel with that song's collaborator, Young Jeezy, and found himself facing murder charges in the
Georgia courts. Before his career as arapper, Gucci Mane, whose birth name is Radric Davis, loved to write poetry when he
was in elementary school. He moved to Atlanta fromBirmingham, Alabama with his single mother during the fourth grade.
Since progressing to rap was a fairly easy step, Gucci Mane hadalready spent time in a recording studio by the age of 14. The
glamour and sense of fashion of rappers like Big Daddy Kane motivated him toput words to music. His locally played debut
single, "Black Tee," earned him a contract with Big Cat Records, and in May 2005 the labelreleased his debut album, Trap
House, which stood at the number one spot on Billboard's Heatseekers chart.
The beef with Young Jeezy originated from a fight over the rights to the album's "Icy" hit single, which spawned a number of
dis tracks tradedbetween the two. Within the same month of his LP's release, Gucci Mane was arrested for murder following
an altercation in which he shot ata group of five men who burst into his friend's house, threatening to kill the rapper. As it
turned out, the murdered attacker was an associateof Young Jeezy, who denied any involvement with the incident. Gucci
Mane declared in court that it was self-defense, and by January 2006,Georgia prosecutors dropped all charges, citing lack of
evidence.
After being released from jail (on charges unrelated to the murder) that same month, he quickly went back into the studio to
make hissecond album, Hard to Kill, which was released in October. He took the song "Go Head" from his first album and
made it the lead single forthe second in order to make up for the time taken away from promoting Trap House. The State vs.
Radric Davis was released in December2009 following a dizzying array of mixtapes. The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted
followed in 2010 with guest shots from Estelle, Nicki Minaj,and Wyclef. Featuring the single “Mouth Full of Gold” with special
guest Birdman, the “street album” The Return of Mr. Zone 6 followed in2011, along with two collaborative albums, 1017
Bricksquad Presents...Ferrari Boyz with Waka Flocka Flame and Baytl with V-Nasty. A secondvolume of Gucci Mane's The
State vs. Radric Davis mixtape would drop in 2013, titled The State vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird Sings, itfeatured
appearances from Migos, Young Scooter, PeeWee Longway, Verse Simmonds, Young Dolph, Rocko and Young Thug. His ninth
studioalbum, Everybody Looking, arrived in 2016 on his own label, Guwop Enterprises, and boasted high-profile guest
appearances such as Drake,Kanye West and Young Thug. « hide
