The autobiography of Gucci Mane
By: Gucci Mane
Title By: Martinez-Belkin, Neil
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2017.Description: xv, 286 p., 24 pages of plates : col. ill., potraits ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781501165344 ; 9781501165320 Subject(s): Autobiography | Gucci Mane | Drug dealers -- United States -- Biography | Rap musicians -- United States -- Biography | African American musicians -- BiographyDDC classification: 782.421649092 GU AUItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 782.421649092 GU AU (Browse shelf) | Available | Oct2019 | T0063035 |
Gucci Mane began writing his memoir in a maximum-security federal prison. Released in 2016, he emerged radically transformed. He was sober, smiling, focused, and positive -- a far cry from the Gucci Mane of years past. Born in rural Bessemer, Alabama, Radric Delantic Davis became Gucci Mane in East Atlanta, where the rap scene is as vibrant as the dope game. His name was made as a drug dealer first, rapper second. His mixtapes and street anthems helped pioneer the sound of trap music. He inspired and mentored a new generation of artists and producers: Migos, Young Thug, Nicki Minaj, Zaytoven, Mike Will Made-It, Metro Boomin. Yet every success was followed by setback. Too often, his erratic behaviour threatened to end it all: incarceration, violence, rap beef, drug addiction. But Gucci Mane has changed, and he's decided to tell his story. He reflects on his career and in the process confronts his dark past -- years behind bars, the murder charge, and drug addiction.