When the smoke clears from this incident the debut album "Trap House" still remains as the TRUE platform for Gucci Mane to achieve his success, not these unfortunate charges. Davis was really not looking for more publicity via these means and that this is just a case of wrong place/wrong time or at the very worst self-defense. While Gucci Mane's album was already in the can before he wound up in the pen, it's still telling that all parties involved used the timing of the incident to their advantage. The remarkable thing about all four is that being locked up has been no impediment to releasing a new album that appears in stores. Whether they are truly innocent and being railroaded by the system or as guilty as their convictions would indicate, MC's from Shyne to C-Murder to Pimp C to T.I. Recently the trend has swung heavily in the other direction. In short, rappers are the victims of their fame, not the perpetrators of the violence in an ATTEMPT to gain fame. Even 50 Cent had risen beyond local notoriety with several singles like "How to Rob" before the attempt on his life nearly blew his face off. was already a worldwide rap superstar before he was gunned down and had been for some time. Tupac Shakur survived several attacks on his life, and with each failure the already highly talented artist achieved a more iconic status his ultimate demise making him a martyr in many eyes and keeping album sales high well after his death. While it's true that there is a disturbing correlation between the success of rappers and violent gun-related crimes, most were the recipient of the violence.
Instead it's a sign of the cynical world that we live in that not only is this news fodder for a press release but viewed as the kind of publicity that could propel him to the top. There was a time in hip-hop music when such an announcement would be viewed as a tragedy - a young man set to make his name nationally throws away his opportunity and faces an uncertain future possibly including jail time. Starved for any kind of press, good or bad, Gucci Mane's people immediately sent out a statement touting that Mane had voluntarily turned himself in to face these charges subsequently Mane and his attorney managed to post bail and get him out of jail just as the album hit stores. Before May 19th the only knowledge the public had of Mane was the small amount of success his single "Icy" featuring Young Jeezy had found in some markets before the scheduled national release of his debut album "Trap House" on May 24th. The most famous thing Radric 'Gucci Mane' Davis has done yet in his young life is be arrested for murder. Gucci Mane :: Trap House :: Big Cat Records/La Flare Ent.
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