In his post-prison recent years, Atlanta rap figurehead Gucci Mane has remade himself as a friendly, approachable face of Atlanta trap. But Gucci will still get pissed off and sever business relationships when he feels like it. During an interview with Charlamagne Da God last year, for instance, Gucci promised to "slap the shit out…

Nothing should surprise us anymore, but the enduring mainstream success of Gucci Mane remains pretty baffling. Just a few years ago, Gucci couldn't stop arrested. Now he's a generally-acknowledged national treasure who exchanges banter with Jimmy Fallon and performs with the Roots on The Tonight Show. (The Roots did a song with Project Pat years...

Gucci Mane didn't name himself after a clothing designer. He named himself after his father. Ralph Dudley, a former serviceman turned drug dealer who wasn't around much during his son's childhood, was sometimes known as Gucci. Radric Davis, his son, was Gucci's little man. That became Gucci Mane. It's not a rap name. It's a…

The surprise release dropped earlier todayGucci Mane and Megan Thee Stallion have dropped a surprise collaborationGucci Mane and Megan Thee Stallion have released a surprise collaboration today. You can listen to ‘Big Booty’ below. The release comes ahead of Mane’s upcoming album release, with ‘Woptober II...