Radric Delantic Davis (born February 12, 1980), known professionally as Gucci Mane, is an American rapper and music executive.
He is credited, along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Jeezy, with pioneering the hip-hop subgenre trap music for mainstream audiences during the 2000s.
His debut studio album, Trap House (2005), was released by the independent label Big Cat Records and entered the Billboard 200; it was followed by Hard to Kill (2006), which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100 entry with its single "Freaky Gurl".
That same year, he released his third album, Trap-A-Thon, before signing with Atlantic Records to release his fourth album, Back to the Trap House (2007).
Waka Flocka Flame
On March 15, 2013, Gucci Mane announced that frequent collaborator and close friend Waka Flocka Flame was "dropped" from 1017 Brick Squad Records.
The two rappers proceeded to throw insults back and forth on Twitter.
On March 27, 2013, during an MTV Jams interview with Sway, Waka Flocka Flame explained that he would never do music nor business with Gucci Mane ever again.
Neither of the rappers have explained where the controversy originated from. Waka Flocka Flame has stated, "I guess we both be at the finish line we just going our own routes.
That's all I can say. What's the reason? Sometimes it's none of your fuckin' business what's the reason. Just understand two men went they own ways but it's no problem."
On November 19, 2013, it was revealed that Gucci Mane had filed a lawsuit against Waka Flocka Flame, Waka Flocka Flame's mother Debra Antney, OJ da Juiceman, rapper Khia Stone and producer Zaytoven.
The lawsuit accuses the parties of fraud, racketeering, and breach of contract. According to Gucci Mane, Antney took control of 1017 Brick Squad Records, LLC., without permission, and used it to create three separate offshoot labels.
"Gucci is also accusing the parties in the lawsuit of withholding royalties and inflating the cost of label expenditures" and claimed that Antney seized his assets and stole a ring and a necklace.
In his lawsuit, Gucci Mane also says that Antney took more than the typical 20% management fee.
Gucci Mane also alleged that Antney's actions led to his having money and tax problems.
In early 2017, issues between the two resurfaced when Waka Flocka Flame released the song "Was My Dawg", which many believed referred to Gucci Mane.
Others
In 2012, Gucci Mane dissed fellow Atlanta rapper Young Joc in a song from his Trap God mixtape, rapping, "I got all eyes on me like Pac did, but I ain't tryin' to go broke like Joc did." During a radio conversation, Joc reacted to the song by stating "Gucci is a master at getting his name in other people's mouths, I ain't trippin', I know what my financial situation is."
On March 16, 2012, R&B singer Keyshia Cole responded to Gucci Mane's mention of her on his Jeezy diss song "Truth", during which he had rapped, "I did a song with Keyshia Cole and I know you still miss her.
But Puff was fucking 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 him with her "Last Night" collaborator Diddy (also known as Puff, or Puffy).
Cole stated on the radio, "How you gonna be a G, and you spreading lies, to sell mixtapes! Where your talent at. Dude ain't have to lie though! Could've kept me out of it."
In September 2013, Gucci Mane sent a series of derogatory tweets to various figures in the hip-hop industry.
In the tweets he claimed to have sexual relations with rappers' girlfriends.
A couple of days later, Gucci Mane stated that his Twitter account had been hacked.
However, he later admitted in his autobiography that he did author the tweets.
In a 2016 interview with the hip-hop radio program The Breakfast Club, Gucci Mane alleged that host Angela Yee had attempted to sleep with him, saying "she done tried ... she was on my dick back then", to which Yee strongly denied.
Four years later, in October 2019, Gucci Mane claimed that he was banned from The Breakfast Club over these comments, which the hosts discussed and denied on-air. In response, Gucci Mane called Angela Yee a "punk ass bitch" and threatened to "step to" and slap host DJ Envy.
In November 2024, Gucci Mane's ex-girlfriend and former signed artist, Mac Bre-Z, threatened the rapper and accused him of domestic violence, verbal abuse, and unpaid writing credits during the time she was associated with him.
