Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane is a trap pioneer who kicked off his storied career with a prolific run of albums and mixtapes before a prison sentence proved a crucial turning point in his narrative. While incarcerated, he continued to feed fans, issuing over two dozen mixtapes; he emerged a respected genre icon and steered his life in a more positive direction. Continuing his busy recording schedule, he released over a dozen sets in just a few years, including post-prison career highlights Everybody Looking (2016), Mr. Davis (2017), and Woptober II (2019), which were all Top Ten hits on the album charts.

Born Radric Davis, the artist grew up composing rhymes, writing poetry as a child in elementary school in his native Birmingham, Alabama. During the fourth grade, he moved to Atlanta with his single mother. By the time high school started, Gucci Mane had already spent time in a recording studio