Gucci Mane is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with "Trap House"
followed by "Hard to Kill" in 2006, "Trap-A-Thon" and "Back to the Trap
House" in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album" The State vs. Radric
Davis" was released, and The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted was released
in 2010, and is his highest charting album so far. Gucci Mane has
released many other mixtapes and independent albums as well.
Paternal grandfather, James Dudley, Sr., served in the military for twelve years, including during World War II, as a chef. His maternal grandfather, Walter Lee Davis, served in the Pacific during World War II and on the USS South Dakota.
Attended Jonesboro Elementary in Bessemer, Alabama before he moved to Atlanta where he finished grammar school at Cedar Grove Elementary School in East Atlanta.
In 1993 during the eighth grade, he started his career as a drug dealer selling marijuana and crack cocaine.
Graduated in 1998 from Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta, Georgia where he received a HOPE Scholarship to Georgia Perimeter College.