Gucci Mane
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Gucci Mane performing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on August 29, 2010.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Radric Delantic Davis |
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February 12, 1980 Bessemer, Alabama, U.S. |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Website | www |
Radric Delantic Davis (born February 12, 1980), known professionally as Gucci Mane, is an American hip hop recording artist from Atlanta, Georgia. In 2007, Gucci Mane founded 1017 Records. He is also known for helping pioneer the hip hop subgenre trap music, alongside fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Young Jeezy.
In 2005, Gucci Mane debuted with Trap House, followed by his second and third albums, Hard to Kill and Trap-A-Thon in 2006. His fourth album, Back to the Trap House was released in 2007. In 2009, Gucci Mane released his sixth studio album, The State vs. Radric Davis, going on to become his first gold certified album.
Gucci Mane has released dozens of mixtapes and has worked with artists such as Drake, Lil Wayne, Omarion, Mariah Carey and Young Jeezy. His 2016 collaboration with Rae Sremmurd, titled "Black Beatles", provided Gucci Mane with his first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Radric Delantic Davis was born on February 12, 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama. He later moved with his single mother to Atlanta in 1989, when he was 9-years-old. He enjoyed writing poetry as a child, and began rapping at the age of 14. In 2001, Davis released La Flare on Str8 Drop Records. It was pressed onto about 1000 CDs and distributed on the streets. In 2002, Davis linked up with SYS Records as a member of the Sign Yourself Click. Gucci also linked up with producer Zaytoven and made his own label, LaFlare Entertainment.
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