Overview
"The highly anticipated memoir from Gucci Mane, ""one of hip-hop's most prolific and admired artists"" (The New York Times).For the first time Gucci Mane tells his story in his own words. It is the captivating life of an artist who forged an unlikely path to stardom and personal rebirth. 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 influential mixtapes and street anthems pioneered 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 behavior threatened to end it all. Incarceration, violence, rap beefs, drug addiction. But Gucci Mane has changed, and he's decided to tell his story. In his extraordinary autobiography, the legend takes us to his roots in Alabama, the streets of East Atlanta, the trap house, and the studio where he found his voice as a peerless rapper. He reflects on his inimitable career and in the process confronts his dark past--years behind bars, the murder charge, drug addiction, career highs and lows--the making of a trap god. It is one of the greatest comeback stories in the history of music. The Autobiography of Gucci Mane is a blunt and candid account--an instant classic."
Full Product Details
Author: Gucci Mane ,
Neil Martinez-Belkin ,
Guy Lockard
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Audio
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 14.20cm
Weight: 0.159kg
ISBN: 9781508279440
ISBN 10: 1508279446
Publication Date: 27 November 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Reads like a drugged out crime thriller on A&E...A thorough look into the experiences that molded one of rap's most polarizing figures in recent memory. -- Vice Highly anticipated...A serious look inside his major life struggles and triumphs. -- Billboard A cautionary tale that ends in triumph...There are scenes from Gucci Mane's new autobiography that seem better fit for a gripping Oscar drama than for the story of a guy who recently won his first MTV Video Music Award. -- GQ Riveting, filled with music-world intrigue and inner-city shootouts and buoyed by a self-awareness not marred by ego. -- Publishers Weekly Gucci Mane's story is one of reinvention. -- People
Highly anticipated...A serious look inside his major life struggles and triumphs. -- Billboard Riveting, filled with music-world intrigue and inner-city shootouts and buoyed by a self-awareness not marred by ego. -- Publishers Weekly Reads like a drugged out crime thriller on A&E...A thorough look into the experiences that molded one of rap's most polarizing figures in recent memory. -- Vice A cautionary tale that ends in triumph...There are scenes from Gucci Mane's new autobiography that seem better fit for a gripping Oscar drama than for the story of a guy who recently won his first MTV Video Music Award. -- GQ Gucci Mane's story is one of reinvention. -- People
"A cautionary tale that ends in triumph...There are scenes from Gucci Mane's new autobiography that seem better fit for a gripping Oscar drama than for the story of a guy who recently won his first MTV Video Music Award. -- ""GQ"" Gucci Mane's story is one of reinvention. -- ""People"" Highly anticipated...A serious look inside his major life struggles and triumphs. -- ""Billboard"" Reads like a drugged out crime thriller on A&E...A thorough look into the experiences that molded one of rap's most polarizing figures in recent memory. -- ""Vice"" Riveting, filled with music-world intrigue and inner-city shootouts and buoyed by a self-awareness not marred by ego. -- ""Publishers Weekly"""
Author Information
Gucci Mane, born Radric Delantic Davis, is a critically acclaimed, platinum-selling recording artist. He has released twelve studio albums and dozens of mixtapes. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Keyshia Ka'oir. Neil Martinez-Belkin is the former music editor at XXL Magazine and has written extensively about contemporary hip-hop with a regional focus on Atlanta. He lives in Boston. Guy Lockhard is a voice talent and Earphones Award-winning narrator.
