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“Aswild,unpredictable,andfascinatingasthemanhimself.”—Complex
“Acautionarytalethatendsintriumph.”—GQ
“Arevelationandawelcomeadditiontohip-hop’sliterarylegacy.”—AllHipHop
ThehighlyanticipatedmemoirfromGucciMane,“oneofhip-hop’smostprolificandadmiredartists”(TheNewYorkTimes).
ForthefirsttimeGucciManetellshisstoryinhisownwords.Itisthecaptivatinglifeofanartistwhoforgedanunlikelypathtostardomandpersonalrebirth.GucciManebeganwritinghismemoirinamaximum-securityfederalprison.Releasedin2016,heemergedradicallytransformed.Hewassober,smiling,focused,andpositive—afarcryfromtheGucciManeofyearspast.
BorninruralBessemer,Alabama,RadricDelanticDavisbecameGucciManeinEastAtlanta,wheretherapsceneisasvibrantasthedopegame.Hisnamewasmadeasadrugdealerfirst,rappersecond.Hisinfluentialmixtapesandstreetanthemspioneeredthesoundoftrapmusic.Heinspiredandmentoredanewgenerationofartistsandproducers:Migos,YoungThug,NickiMinaj,Zaytoven,MikeWillMade-It,MetroBoomin.
Yeteverysuccesswasfollowedbysetback.Toooften,hiserraticbehaviorthreatenedtoenditall.Incarceration,violence,rapbeefs,drugaddiction.ButGucciManehaschanged,andhe’sdecidedtotellhisstory.
Inhisextraordinaryautobiography,thelegendtakesustohisrootsinAlabama,thestreetsofEastAtlanta,thetraphouse,andthestudiowherehefoundhisvoiceasapeerlessrapper.Hereflectsonhisinimitablecareerandintheprocessconfrontshisdarkpast—yearsbehindbars,themurdercharge,drugaddiction,careerhighsandlows—themakingofatrapgod.Itisoneofthegreatestcomebackstoriesinthehistoryofmusic.
TheAutobiographyofGucciManeisabluntandcandidaccount—aninstantclassic.