The rapper was imprisoned for firearm possession

Atlanta rap weirdo-overlord Gucci Mane has spent a lot of time in prison over the past few years, and now it looks like he’s not getting out anytime soon. As SPIN points out, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Gucci, already in prison for a couple of years on a weapons charge, was handed a 39-month [...]

Someone on Twitter (and I wish I could remember who) pointed out a fascinating factoid recently: Every time Gucci Mane goes away to prison — something that happens way too often — one of his 1017 Brick Squad understudies blows the fuck up. First, it was OJ Da Juiceman. Then, it was Waka Flocka Flame. [...]

One of rap’s big stories in 2014 has been flamboyant eccentric Young Thug and his rise to the top of the Atlanta rap heap. Thug has made a couple of moment-defining hits in “Danny Glover” and “Stoner,” his Bloody Jay collab Black Portland is (to my ears, anyway) the year’s best mixtape ...

It makes absolutely no sense to drop a new album on Christmas Day, but Gucci Mane has never been concerned with making sense. And so yesterday, the currently-incarcerated rapper, currently facing a possible 20-year prison sentence, released the 17-song The State Vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird Sings on Bandcamp. The album features the [...]