Gucci Mane

Radric Delantic Davis (born February 12, 1980), known professionally as Gucci Mane, is an American rapper and record executive. He is credited as a pioneer of the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Jeezy, as the style gained mainstream popularity into the 2000s and 2010s. In 2005, Gucci Mane debuted with Trap House, followed by his second and third albums, Hard to Kill in 2006 and Back to the Trap House in 2007.

Following a series of regionally acclaimed independent mixtapes, Gucci Mane released his fourth studio album and major label debut, The State vs. Radric Davis (2009) to critical and commercial success. He found similar success with its sequel, The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted (2010). Following a two year incarceration between 2014 and 2016, he re-emerged with several retail projects beginning with his ninth album Everybody Looking (2016), which peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. His 2016 collaboration with hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd on their hit single “Black Beatles” provided Gucci Mane with his first number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Gucci Mane has released sixteen studio albums and seventy-one mixtapes since embarking on his career in 2001. He founded the Atlantic Records-distributed label imprint 1017 Records in 2007, which has signed artists including Young Thug, Waka Flocka Flame, Chief Keef, and Pooh Shiesty, among others. Throughout his career, he’s worked with artists spanning numerous genres such as the Weeknd, Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Selena Gomez, Mariah Carey, Usher, Bruno Mars, and Marilyn Manson. His prolific output and influence has earned him the titles of “[an] avatar of East Atlanta,” and “the most influential underground rapper of the 2000s”.

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