Gucci Mane’s private post-prison party
In a photo posted on Twitter, V103's Frank Ski and Gucci Mane catch up Wednesday night at Mane's party at the Georgian Terrace
Freshly released from jail, Gucci Mane partied with close friends last night, hosting a select group at a private dinner in the Grand Ballroom of the Georgian Terrace Hotel.
Among the folks dining on miniature beef Wellington, peekytoe crab salad, pecan crusted chicken, bananas foster and ever-flowing champagne were R&B singers/reality show stars Monica and Kandi Burruss; rappers Big Boi, Shawty Lo and Wacka Flocka Flame; producers Jazze Pha, Sean Garrett and Drumma Boy; DJs Drama and Sense; radio personalities Frank Ski and Nina Brown of V-103 and Hot-107.9’s Durtty Boyz; Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall and former DeKalb CEO turned congressional candidate Vernon Jones.
Record execs from across the country, including Atlanta’s James Rhodes and Nicole Sellers and Asylum Records’ CEO Todd Moscowitz, attended as well.
“The only time you see this many Atlanta music people in one place is on the [Billboard] charts, or BET somewhere,” remarked Vawn of the Peachtree TV/BET reality show “Welcome to Dreamland.”
Mane showed up in three diamond-studded necklaces. “I feel like this is the first day of the rest of my life,” he said. “The first day of the best of my life.”
Known around the courthouse as Radric Davis, he was released shortly after midnight on Wednesday, having served six months for violating probation on an assault charge.
After his 12:30 a.m. press conference outside the Fulton County lockup on Rice Street, he said, “I just called people, thanked them for their support and just got accustomed to having my feet back on the ground. Don’t tell anybody, but I also went in the studio for a few hours, to get some things off my chest.”
And after the Georgian Terrace dinner he was headed back in the recording booth with Pha.
“Gucci said he was ready,” the producer said. “And I think we can capture some of the magic and love going on here tonight. Ooooo-weeee!”
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116 comments Add your comment
atlgal
May 13th, 2010
7:43 am
Good for him!! I like Gucci Mane, perhaps he will really turn his life around, there is nothing like FREEDOM!!! He Probaby shouldnt been there anyway.
BIG Nick
May 13th, 2010
7:56 am
He’ll either be dead or back in prison within six months….
Pathetic
May 13th, 2010
7:58 am
So let me get this straight, Mr. Gucci Mane aka Radric Davis goes to prison for an assault conviction and receives a heroes welcome home upon release by area politicians, celebrities and local radio personalities? How pathetic… This type glorification is exactly why black youth face the self inflicted challenges that are before them today. Serving time in prison is no accomplishment. What a strange culture…
RufflingFeathers
May 13th, 2010
8:01 am
Here is what’s so EMBARRASING about this whole thing. I have to say though that AJC does an AWESOME job of perpetuating the cycle of stereotype and marginalization of Black people.
RAPPER does time in PRISON, gets out. Everybody who is “SOMEBODY” in Atlanta shows up at this party to celebrate what?? Oh this is the “elite” of Black people in Atlanta. Throw in there a City Councilman and Former County CEO/Congressional Candidate. (Hidden message). No matter what level they attain to, they still never rise above their natural gravitation toward “coonery”.
Oh..oh ..”Mane showed up in three diamond-studded necklaces”. Nothing like keeping the slave in chains huh? Finally, the kicker: “Asylum Records’ CEO Todd MOSCOWITZ, attended as well”. The modern day “Massa” who doesn’t look like or know anything about…but peddles the poison to the community, fully understanding the power of music and thereby ensuring the continued stagnation and even regression of a race of people.
I don’t care who does not like this; it needs to be said, and said by more Black people.
JT Sexton
May 13th, 2010
8:09 am
If that is the elite of the black community then we need help. Vernon Jones is terrible.
@ruffledfeathers- Love it! You’re a complete wacko!
Pathetic
May 13th, 2010
8:12 am
RufflingFeathers: I commend and completely agree with your post. Maybe my post came across a bit insensitive but that wasn’t my intention. After further consideration, it seems the AJC has taken this story and presented the circumstances in a fashion that is unfavorable from the outside looking in. I still think much more could be accomplished by honoring an african american vet returning from war or a recent graduate from an area school or a small business owner that offers hope thru improbable achievements in a dilapidated neighborhood, etc…
Hmmmmm
May 13th, 2010
8:15 am
Isn’t he on probation? Does part of his probation require him to not drink alcohol? Doesn’t he have some type of curfew? Oh ….. that’s right he is a THUG. He doesn’t have to obey any laws that us other people do.
RufflingFeathers
May 13th, 2010
8:16 am
@JT Sexton it is YOU who is the “Wacko”.
You are too d@mn DUMB to even realize I was engaging in HYPERBOLE and SARCASM with that statement. But then again, there is no doubt in my mind that you are the type of individual who enjoys this sort of “news”; it provides you entertainment and helps to validate your perceptions and prejudices of people.
Get a Life…and re-enroll in elementary school.
jgamble
May 13th, 2010
8:16 am
I am a little disturbed as well and I am African American. I do like his music but can’t understand why he would get a “hero’s welcome home dinner” he was put in jail for violating probation and not doing his court mandated community service not because he didn’t give up his seat during civil rights. We need to do better. And you can take this as hate but we are celebrating the negative.
HEATHER PARRISH
May 13th, 2010
8:17 am
I REALLY DONT KNOW WHO GUCCI MANE IS,BUT I DO LIKE TO HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE(OF ANY RACE)GETTING OUT OF THOSE HELL HOLES!!!UNLESS UR RAPEING,MOLESTING,OR INFRINGING ON ANYONES RIGHTS TO HAPPINESS!!! I THINK IN ORDER TO LOCK A PERSON UP,THE PERSON DOING THE LOCKING UP SHOULD HAVE TO DO A STAY IN PRISON AS TRAINING!HOW IN THE HELL CAN YOU SEND SOMEONE TO PRISON,WHEN YOU DONT HAVE A CLUE WHAT,OR WHERE YOUR SENDING THAT PERSON INTO!!!!!! I DNT KNOW,JUST MY THOUGHTS!
Chelle
May 13th, 2010
8:18 am
Gucci will not make the same mistake twice he’s very talented and will SUCCEED in all that he’ll do from this day forward. I’m praying for him the God will BLESS HIM & HIS CAREER. Have a great day all
JEWELL ROLLEN
May 13th, 2010
8:22 am
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH BOTH PATHETIC AND RUFFLING FEATHERS..WELL SAID ON ALL POINTS…….HE WENT TO JAIL…NOT HARVARD!!!!
Jason
May 13th, 2010
8:24 am
Why does AJC have such a strange fascination with this guy??Same thing with T.I. and other morons who do stupid and illegal things, go to jail and for some inane reason, our city’s newspaper feels the need to report this as if he is some hero coming home. Come on, is this the kind of role model anyone, any age and of any race needs? Give us all a break! Jennifer Brett, you need to aim a little higher.
disdontmakenosense
May 13th, 2010
8:24 am
Instead of having a dinner for him, the stars and Gucci should donate their money to the school systems to try and save some of the teachers jobs and the schools that will be closing. This is not boyz n da hood where we celebrate doughboy getting out. I hope that he has learned from his mistakes and that others (rappers, artists) will get the point that having money doesn’t always sway the law.
Sam
May 13th, 2010
8:28 am
I agree with ‘RufflingFeathers’ and ‘Pathetic’. The kids today idiolize individuals like these guys and thinks its the way to go. I am hatin’ on Gucci Mane’s accomplishment but the kids needs better role models. Listen man….it starts with the parent. If we arent doig our jobs what do we expect. Sam
JT Sexton
May 13th, 2010
8:29 am
@ruffledfeathers- When I said “Love it” that meant that I did actually like it. I assumed you were saying it tongue in cheek. Now I’m not so sure. You need to relax.
How can you say that my post was prejudiced when you belittle black people, white people and I think you even took a shot at Jewish people in your rant?
Chelle
May 13th, 2010
8:29 am
^5 HEATHER P
I Thought
May 13th, 2010
8:35 am
I thought Gucci’s press statement was uuuuuurr – rewind – TI’s press statement after his release. Must have been written by the same person; statements were almost verbatim which means same soup, just reheat it. NEXT!
HEATHER PARRISH
May 13th, 2010
8:35 am
INSTEAD OF HATEING,WE SHOULD LIFT ALL OUR PEOPLE UP AND HELP THEM AND SHOW THEM BY EXAMPLE HOW TO DO AND BE BETTER PERSON!! WHEN WE ATTACK SOMEONE FOR THEIR FAULTS,WE ARE JUST HOLDING THEM DOWN!WE SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED MINDED TO OTHERS MISTAKES!WE TO HAVE MADE PLENTY OF THEM OURSELVES….
RufflingFeathers
May 13th, 2010
8:37 am
@JT
Give it a rest! Your failed backpeddling is obvious, because you called me a “wacko”. No need to try to save face now; it is what it is. I see you for who you are. Truth is, you cannot stack up to me intellectually no matter how hard you may try.
Try to twist my post around as “belittling” Blacks and whoever else. That alone speaks volumes. So now I am “belittling” my own people for screaming let’s stop providing YOU entertainment in the form of a modern day jig?? Again, you obviously enjoy the jig. I realize people have trouble dealing with the TRUTH, but it is what it as. After all, people are quick to embrace that very position when they want to cite all the crime statistics and such. They say we are playing the “race card” whenever we rebut such things. Now when I speak out I am “belittling”. You are a troll and a joke JT. I just wanted to put you on blast in front of all before I dispose of you like the soiled diaper that you are. I will not engage with you further.
Mel
May 13th, 2010
8:37 am
This guy is NOT a hero! I’m disgusted.
Perspective
May 13th, 2010
8:38 am
I for one do not see a problem with Gucci having a good welcome home. As anyone with family in jail knows, it is customary to throw a dinner or party for someone getting out of jail. IT IS NOT TO celebrate their thuggery but to awknowledge that they have a NEW LEASE ON LIFE and they SHOULD take advantage of it. I think it is great that influential people try to snatch him up before the streets get to him. Like it or not his is a person with international influence because his music is heard and loved not only in the US but in other countries. As a person who knows most of the people on the list of invitees, please understand they celebrate those who are doing great things in the community also! Just because it is not reported in the news doesn’t mean it is not happening! Perhaps if some of you were in the community doing more worthwhile things you would run across these people also! So while you are talking about what other people are doing, look in the mirror. Are you on the board of a nonprofit, do you volunteer REGULARLY in the community, do you mentor someone? The community starts with you! At least these people are trying to save a lost soul. What have you been doing?
HEATHER PARRISH
May 13th, 2010
8:38 am
BILL YOU ARE THE TYPE THAT CLOSES UR EYES TO UR OWN MISTAKES SO YOU CAN FOCUSE BETTER ON OTHERS WRONGE DOINGS!UR PROBLY A CARRUPT JUDGE OR SOMETHING!DONT ATTACK ME BY CALLING ME A WACKO,AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU AND ONLY YOU CAN LIE DWN WITH UR THOUGHTS AND FEARS!
Tavaris
May 13th, 2010
8:42 am
I AGREE 100% WITH PATHETIC AND RUFFLING FEATHERS. WELL SAID. AS A BLACK MAN I FEEL MORE OF US NEED TO HAVE THAT EXACT VIEW POINT. I HAVE SOME SIMILAR TALKING POINTS THAT I SHARE WITH OUR YOUTH AND SOME ADULTS. RUFFLING FEATHERS WOULD YOU GIVE ME A CALL AT 678-887-2425.
Mel
May 13th, 2010
8:46 am
Enter your comments here
R U KIDDING ME????
May 13th, 2010
8:47 am
Celibs celebrate the release and return to society a convicted felon. LET’S PARTY!!!!! It appears to be nothing for celebrity convicts to exit jail and a party is thrown. I wonder what is going to happen when Lil Wayne is released. As always, when they are released, they all say “I’ve learned my lesson”. He’ll be back. It’s just the “thug” that’s imbedded. The same with T.I. He’s gone to jail over-and-over again. He’s done community service (speaking to young people about how to stay out of trouble and be positive), and yet, he continues to be arrested. What a joke???? I guess next, Gucci will have a reality show…..
Kehli
May 13th, 2010
8:48 am
I don’t know why he is getting a big welcome like he just served a tour in IRAQ. He was in JAIL.
HE broke LAWS was sentenced to COMMUNITY SERVICE violated that order did not serve the community so therefore, had to do the probation period of 6 months in jail. I’m black and I don’t understand Black Culture. WTF????
He is a LOSER and everyone there supporting this behavior is a LOSER.
JustMyOpinion
May 13th, 2010
8:49 am
I have to say I agree with Ruffled Feathers. This is embarrassing. I know about Gucci but I don’t listen to him. He may be intelligent as some of you say but does that excuse the fact that he did something very wrong. He even violated probation. He’s a local celebrity if nothing else and if he’s so popular, that should have been easy to complete. At any rate, why are people celebrating? They’d probably say his release but okay was it necessary to have a dinner of this magnitude? What has he done for Atlanta? Maybe he did something that the AJC forgot to report about. You know it isn’t news unless it’s bad news. Nevertheless, Gucci isn’t a hero and definitely shouldn’t be anyone’s role model. I too took notice of how quick he put all that jewelry on. I guess that’s a rap thing. However, I wouldn’t be quick to thinking ‘Massa’ as one venter/blogger put it. I don’t think it’s that deep…but maybe it is. Who knows? The entire article is crazy…who’s who and naming names. Wow. Are you serious? What was the result of this affair? I’m not inner-city but will those that are benefit from Gucci’s release? I doubt it. But lastly, talking about the CEO (I don’t know this dude at all) and the poison he pushes. That’s enough to make me stand up and clap.
Ever heard about the ‘Truth Behind Hip-Hop’? No. Go to YouTube and search. Listen to it today as you work. You might not agree with all that’s said but I’m sure you’ll find it very interesting.
Good day people…good day.
that deal
May 13th, 2010
8:50 am
Willie Nelson was given a heroes welcome when he didn’t pay his taxes. I recall everyone purchasing his belongings at auction and giving them back to him. He also glorifies marijuana smoking but he’s given a pass. Double standard maybe?
RufflingFeathers
May 13th, 2010
8:51 am
A disclaimer.
I am also music industry “insider” of sorts and fully understand that there will be people from Gucci Mane’s publicist’s office, radio, street team and the like monitoring this board and injecting comments (like some of the ones we see) of people attempting to downplay this situation.
People love to hide behind the “don’t judge” thing. It is highly disarming (for most anyway).
I have watched the music industry murdered by corporations that had no connection to and favored the perpetuation of a “buffoon rapper” image and poisionous content to our youth. Corporations that tell the artist what they can and cannot put out and how to market themselves. They mirror the image that the corporation has in mind of them and it works. It keeps the corporation fat and wealthy, but only LEASED bling around their necks. Most of all, it keeps the consumers of their poison misguided by value systems that are severely distorted.
Samuel
May 13th, 2010
8:53 am
America is shallow that’s why we glorify celebrity at any cost. It’s about what kind of car you drive, how much money you have and status. It’s that do you know who I am syndrome.
areasshadegrey
May 13th, 2010
8:53 am
What if the celebration wasn’t b/c of where he was coming FROM (jail), but where he plans to move TOWARDS ( rising above the negative).
What I mean is- what is less celebitory and more so supportive?
And trust me— I’ve never been a fan of his. lol.
Happy
May 13th, 2010
8:54 am
Well said Perspective, I couldn’t agree more.
JT Sexton
May 13th, 2010
8:54 am
@ruffledfeathers-
Ok, Ok. Clearly you are very upset by this. You should not reply or else you risk perpetuating the “angry black man” stereotype even further. We all know how much you hate out-dated stereotypes.
All I was trying to say in my original post was that we should apprecite musicians for their musical talent, but not promote them to role model/elite status. There are many more black leaders in the business/medical/science world that we should consider the top wrung of our social hierarchy. I don’t know how this devolved so quickly.
The Truth is not Hating
May 13th, 2010
8:56 am
Good move Vernon – I’m sure that going to a party for a thug with multiple convictions is going to give your opponents all the ammo they need to beat you in elections.
Are you kidding me?
May 13th, 2010
8:59 am
RufflingFeathers: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! You said it best! I was reading the article with my mouth open. I couldn’t believe that this is newsworthy and the AJC reported on a criminal being released from jail and the “elite” of Atlanta are there to celebrate. What in the World is going on????? He committed an assault and then did not follow through on probation and now he’s having a party? Oh, don’t forget…he’s getting ready to put in all on wax how “the man” is trying to hold him down. Get real people! AND I AM A BLACK WOMAN! I do not allow my children to listen to that filth that he spews from his mouth. It breaks my heart to see what is presented before our youth. Whatever happened to the African American men and women who stood for justice and education. I am disgusted!
George Bush
May 13th, 2010
9:00 am
I think these were friends of his and biz associates who wanted to wish him well. most people have friends and well wishers welcome them home . he just happens to be in the spotlight because of his career..so i think everyone should relax..if you got caught up behind some foolish behavior your friends and family etc.. would welcome you home too…
T I G R E S S
May 13th, 2010
9:02 am
Gucci Mane was in “COUNTY LOCK UP”, not PRISON ! ! ! There’s a BIG difference, I’m sure the guys down the “REAL ROAD” would be incline to agree with me when I say this is some “BULL$$$$” ! ! !
Decatur
May 13th, 2010
9:08 am
Amen RufflingFeathers,Amen RufflingFeathers.
G
May 13th, 2010
9:08 am
You would think he would have been surrounded by family when released.
commoncents
May 13th, 2010
9:08 am
HEATHER you are an idiot. I can look past the all-caps typing and blatant misspelling, but the fact that you are so clueless is almost painful. He went to prison for violating probation because of an assault charge. So, that means that first he committed and was then convicted of assault. Secondly, they placed him on probation because the court thought he wasn’t likely to recommit, but then he violated his probation! That equals a jail sentence. As to you suggesting that the court doesn’t know about the hell-hole they sent him? They know. It’s called “jail.” Jail is that special place designated for criminals and thugs, which he is.
You sum up your position very well with that last sentence: “I DNT KNOW”
On a side note, I like his music.
jay
May 13th, 2010
9:09 am
The “N-word please” quote in the article:
“The only time you see this many Atlanta music people in one place is on the [Billboard] charts…..”
What???????
Lets run down the list of invitees:
Monica and Kandi Burruss: B-list
Shawty Lo and Wacka Flocka Flame: B-list
Jazze Pha: B-list
Sean Garrett and Drumma Boy: B-list
Frank Ski and Nina Brown: D-list radio “personalities”
jay
May 13th, 2010
9:12 am
You would think he would have been surrounded by family when released.
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@ G – exactly! But these guys get caught up in the Fake-lanta spotlight and forget who family really is…..except when those records stop selling.
RufflingFeathers
May 13th, 2010
9:12 am
I know sometimes bloggers on the AJC chime in on their blog threads. I would like to present something for the blog writer; she has to be reading.
@Jennier Brett.
What value do YOU see in presenting such an article in the manner that you have as “news”? Do you feel that it helps to perpetuate certain perceptions about Black people and what we (truly) stand for?
Do you feel it helps to reinforce an image of “misguided and shiftless” Black people, who are only capable of saying a rhyme over a microphone or doing a dance?
So what.. there was a party. Let the party be. Do you honestly believe that Gucci Mane’s target audience and consumer deomgraphic are out here on the AJC blogs engaging in debate? I hardly believe so. This is why I so seriously consider the motive behind presenting such an article in such a fashion.
Sure it will spark conversation, though sometimes heated and non-productive. Is that all that it’s about?
HEATHER PARRISH
May 13th, 2010
9:13 am
KEHLI,THAT IS THE MOST CLOSED MINDED THING IVE READ ON THIS BLOG YET!TO CALL SOMEONE A LOSER!DO YOU PERSONALY KNOW THIS PERSON?IF NOT,HOW CAN YOU DEGRADE THEM LIKE THAT?I REALLY DNT UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOU..SME OF U ARE SO WRAPED UP IN OTHERS LIFE,AND FAULTS,THAT SURELY YOU DNT HVE TIME TO WORK ON YOUR OWN FAULTS!!!FOCUSE ON SELF ALITTLE!!!! WTF IS WRONGE WITH PPLE???
Greg Robinson
May 13th, 2010
9:15 am
This is what makes news and look how people are gathering around him and people are wondering what is wrong with our community.Leaders or so call leaders talking out of both sides of their mouth.WANNABEES!!!!!
HEATHER PARRISH
May 13th, 2010
9:16 am
TIGRESS,UR SOOOO RIGHT!!!!!BULL—-!!!!!!
m
May 13th, 2010
9:18 am
I don’t understand why a bunch of thugs and criminals always get top billing on the AJC. The article talks of the celebrities including Gucci Mane and Wacka Flocka Flame…really? Criminals and their criminal activity shouldn’t be glorified. Main reason why Atlanta and the AJC suck!
Tiffani
May 13th, 2010
9:19 am
Well Heather, lets not act like you’re not wrapped up in other people’s lives either, case in point, Gucci Mane (brrrr)…or else you wouldn’t even have read this article and you’d be somewhere…working on your own faults and “focuse”ing on “self alittle”…STHU.
itamazesme
May 13th, 2010
9:19 am
Well said ruffling feathers – you have revealed the hidden message behind this article – I too was taken aback by the “details” and “notable” mentions. We as black people need to realize – the race card can’t be played when we continue to play into the hands of those we accuse. I am also tired of seeing the word “THUG” thrown around as a way of describing a black male. It seems to me that this is the new word for N****R.
The Truth about the "Industry"
May 13th, 2010
9:24 am
I’m going to go ahead and say it. Hip Hop as we once knew it, is dead. How can y’all not realize that everyone involved in the “Rap Industry” is actually fronting a greater agenda? Gucci Mane is a career criminal tightly involved with a popular Atlanta area gang (look it up).
White suburbanite teens listen to this crap because it pisses their parents off. Spend millions upon millions of money on their “hit singles” that are admittedly stolen loops and samples taken from popular 80’s pop hits. All of this money, then in turn, empowers these career criminals to lead even more corrupt lives of influence. Their “investments” include stash house operations, drug trafficking, smash and grab operations, and firearm collecting. This is not unlike the black market firearm and drug sales that ultimately fund terrorist organizations overseas.
The intended audience (black youth) looks to these men as role models and is softened to a world of violence and corruption. Some (obviously not all) actually look up to these individuals and begin their life of crime at an early age. You can even argue that this “music” is a recruitment cry, vying for bragging rights on who is in the hottest gang this year. In my opinion, the black youth is the ultimate victim to these “musicians”.
The AJC reports a heroes welcome because of the star-studded attendance. Let’s face it, money buys you power, and power buys company. Shame on these individuals that are shamelessly associating with Gucci Mane simply because of his fame. I can guarantee that half of those in attendance actually have nothing in common with Gucci other than a love for his music. I’d venture to say that half have never even spoken with Gucci before.
If we stop buying his music, this isn’t even an article. If hip hop is your thing, try listening to someone who actually writes or plays their own music (there are plenty of great, legit Hip Hop acts out there)…writing poetry over pre-existing loops takes absolutely no talent… especially when that poetry shows no evidence of artistry whatsoever. I can tell you all about Drive Bys, Smash and Grabs, and Drugs…the AJC reports it to us every day. Be constructive and listen to someone with an ounce of talent: ie Andre 3000 or the Roots.
P.S. Anyone else think that his latest two album titles are a little “tongue in cheek” considering his “serious” circumstances.
Boy Blue from Boulevard/ 4th Ward
May 13th, 2010
9:25 am
Gucci Mane is a lame……
Who cares about this bum, for real……
He cant flow, he lies about being in the streets, and his crew is soft….
Gucci and all the rest of them 1017 clowns is a bunch of actors….
Anzac Compton Crip- Grape Street /Anzac Street /Boulevard /Parkway
From Compton to the A blastin on SLOBS…
BMF 4 LYFE
Free JBo Free Meech
Granny with hairy but
May 13th, 2010
9:28 am
Now yous betta listen two me. I is gone say this yung blak skollar is hear two get a celebrashun of his freedum. He bee jus tryen two mack a livin. Beeein and old lady, hairy butt an all, i think this mack us black folk loook like trash an waring them gold chains remind me of the chain gangs bak in the olden days. This musac yous speak off is nuthin but garabage, a keyboard beats and nonsensee yellin and uhh screaming. he not get my ruspect.
Boy Blue from Boulevard/ 4th Ward
May 13th, 2010
9:29 am
A.C.C./B.M.F.
all day everyday….
F**K Gucci and whoever he wit…..
wantabethugs
May 13th, 2010
9:32 am
Ok for real, have these wanna be gangstas, all claim to be from ATL, and most if not all of em werent even born or grew up here. What a joke, Hotlanta has become a melting pot for fakers, posers, wannabe thugs, and dont get me started on Vernon, that dude showing up just shows more and more how crooked the whole group of em are lol.
bob
May 13th, 2010
9:32 am
im awaiting the return of East Point’s native sons… OutKast.. now there is some real genre-busting southern music right there.. in regards to Mr. Mane, he has made claims that he is drug free and is changing his life around and wanted to celebrate his release with industry peers.. i see no problem with this issue.. a lot of people seem to overanalyzing and ill simplify for you: guy gets out of jail, has dinner with friends and industry peers, goes home. The real problem for most of you here is that the AJC publicized this non-event.
1gadawg
May 13th, 2010
9:32 am
Gucci Mane – a Hairy Handbag?
Decatur
May 13th, 2010
9:35 am
C list Celebrities and a US Senate candidate palling around with thugs?
ChevyBoyUpInHeeeyah
May 13th, 2010
9:37 am
LOL@1gadawg! Seriously though, Gucci Mane, what talent does he really have? Can he play an instrument? Last time I watched a live hip hop show on youtube it was absolutely horrible!!!! If people pay to see these rap “artists” if thats what you want to call them, then they are clearly wasting their good hard earned money. The studios edit the music so much it might as well be “Granny With A Hairy Butt” poster a few posts back LOL!!!
AJ
May 13th, 2010
9:43 am
I agree with ‘RufflingFeathers’ and ‘Pathetic’. Why is this even a news worthy story to be placed on ajc.com. This guy just gets out of jail, for assault or whatever, and people are rushing out to give him praise as if what he was doing before he went in was positive. This is a rapper probably without a high school degree. We as black people like to be seen and want others to feel like we are worthy to align ourselves with whatever positve or negative to be recognized. Take a stand and stop following this connery. (ie. rappers). And AJC this is not news. Stop the pandering!!
RufflingFeathers
May 13th, 2010
9:46 am
@The Truth about the “Industry”
You have TRUly broken it down and I greatly admire your analysis!
Native Atlantan
May 13th, 2010
9:54 am
@ Ruffledfeathers
I could not agree with your post more. I’ve been teaching HS English for 15 years, the first 13 were in Dekalb but the last 2 have been in a small school system that is predominantly white. I will tell you this, ignorance knows no color. There are just as many ignorant, disrespectful out of tune whites as there are blacks. That being said, we as black people need to do better. Stop making excuses for your 16 year old son/daughter that is still in middle school. Our kids don’t value education, we think the only way we can legally make money is in Sports or Entertainment. V-103 and Hot whatever are parts of the problems, they play that garbage and celebrate these nuts and then have the nerve to say that they care about education, what a joke. Parents you need to reallize that school is not a babysitting service and stop letting society raise your kids or your son or daugther might just be the next Gucci or Brat!!!!
Enough with the "why is this a story?" crap
May 13th, 2010
9:58 am
Folks, I am damn happy that the ajc is reporting the fact that Vernon Jones and Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall attended this affair. I want to know. Thank you AJC, for reporting facts about elected officials associating with convicted criminals.
ChevyBoyUpInHeeeyah
May 13th, 2010
10:00 am
“Thank you AJC, for reporting facts about elected officials associating with convicted criminals”
Yeah so we know now not to elect them for anything else crooked chumps.
Yung Mane
May 13th, 2010
10:05 am
Hay, wat it do? I wanna be the next big rapper! Can someone give me some loops, or possibly a decent drum machine? As I am ready to make the big time bucks! Gucci, take me under yo wing playa, I am ready to make big bucks, have lots of hot chicks on my arm, fancy cars, big house and a big boat. HOLLLLLLLAAAA!!!
Uncle Tom
May 13th, 2010
10:06 am
LOL @ RufflingFeathers
Another reason why not to vote for Vernon! Another reason why not to listen to the “People’s Station…V-103″.
Courtney
May 13th, 2010
10:09 am
I can not believe that they are celebrating him like he just finished college!!! This is so sad on so many levels. Frank Ski plays this crap on the radio but his kids do not even listen to it. Like the ending of the movie School Daze-WAKE UP!!!!! We have got to do better. And WSB-TV lost all creditability going live to show his release and news conference!!! You have got to be kidding me. A sad day in reporting and journalism!!!!
Yung Mane
May 13th, 2010
10:09 am
Hey playas, I dont care about an education, Im sitting here on computer at school, this aint working out, Im ready to bust a lyrical note. Anyone have a drum machine they aint using, Im gonna make it to the top yeeeeah, aahhhh yeah, yeah, nah nah nah nahhh!!! Put yo hands up in the air yo! Do it fo Yung Mane, Im up in this n***a! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahhh, no what I sayinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn…..
Lyrics by : Yung Mane
wantabethugs
May 13th, 2010
10:12 am
Wow, Yung mane, that is pretty good stuff! YOu sound just like all the other rapper dudes, I see millions of dollars in your future. Unfortunately I see you have no talent whatsoever, so get your education first, learn to play an instrument and study music then go for it!
Granny with hairy but
May 13th, 2010
10:15 am
HAHAHA@Uncle Tom
“Peoples Station” V103, HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA that right their has got two bee the stoopidest name of a radio station this here side of the missississippippi!!!!! Might as well bee called “THe colored Station”!
Info Red
May 13th, 2010
10:24 am
Y’all are a bunch of hatin’ ass bloggers….. If you know anybody who has been locked up and released the first thing (usually black people, i don’t know about anybody else) throw a welcome home party of some sort. Just so happen in this case he is actually a known person and have many celebrity friends. Why hate? I don’t see where anybody regarding him as a hero. Sh** if i was rich and relatively famous and did time and i got out i would throw myself the biggest bash. And y’all will be hating on me cause y’all unknown broke asses wouldn’t be there.
VerySad
May 13th, 2010
10:29 am
Pathetice and Feathers hit the nail on the head, unfortunately….I’m black AND I enjoy Gucci’s music but that doesn’t mean I can’t be honest and admit we as black ppl are heading in the wrong direction.Before I even read the posts I said to husband, “Why is OUR race glorifying the negative”?. It SHOULD NOT be cool to be a criminal(THUG), drug dealer, ex-con, etc. Why are we hurting ourselves? We should be more successful & have more successful ppl than we currently have. We now have the opportunity to make life better for ourselves but we’re not doing that.We as black ppl have so much potential and what are we doing with it, nothing or not enough. It’s INSANE how we are hurting ourselves! Why don’t we see this and why aren’t we stopping it!? Rappers don’t care who they hurt, it’s all about themselves but what about Black Parents? Why aren’t other black parens raising their kids right, what’s the excuse? True, some kids, no matter what u do, will remain a “bad apple”, but what about the rest? This whole situation is so frustrating.
ITS THE BOULE
May 13th, 2010
10:31 am
This is the cycle that we see in the rap industry in Atlanta and around the country, the Black elite AKA “THE BOULE” has control of Mane now…and have been grooming him for his return. Remember Mane fired his entire staff weeks before being released from Jail. Now he has new people around him, he does not know what he is getting himself into. But to be honest with you, he probably does. These people have the power to distribute his new album which was suppose to be released prior to him going to Jail, but is now slated for release towards the end of summer. As with T.I., MANE is going to be overly publicized in anticipation of his album release. V103 is going to be his spring-board for air-play and the other urban station will follow. Remember this, no artist can move music at the top level of this rap game without the heavy backers “THE BOULE”, he is really being CONTROLLED NOW!!!!! They “THE BOULE” will tell him what to do, when to do it and how to do it.
Keep your third eye open, especially on the videos because the video never reflect the words in the music. These are the same people that control T.I., Jay Z, Lil Wayne just to name a few. Now that he is in, and is prevy to the PLAN, HELL has a place especially for people like him.
ALWAYS USE YOUR THIRD EYE TO DISCERN!!!!!
TheStandard
May 13th, 2010
10:38 am
Whoa! Would expect Vernon, but Kwanza?! He just loss massive points with me. Bet if all these artists were boycotted for associating (never mind CELEBRATING) themselves with him, you’d see an over all shift in what’s shoved down our throats as “entertainment”. SMH… It’s a manipulation game. Same with TI. Andy Young, Eddie Long, etc. had no idea who he really is and still don’t. He pimped them. All these people should take more concern for their own character and who they align with.
TheStandard
May 13th, 2010
10:42 am
For all the newbies, V103 used to live up to being the “people’s station”. Now it’s poisoning the people.
black male teacher
May 13th, 2010
10:52 am
Everyone makes mistake, but it seems like a damn rite of passage for young black men to go to prison and celebrate getting out. The young people can’t handle the glorification of these rappers lifestyle. Everything from the weed, champagne, cars, clothes and chains. The youth of today fail to realize that the average person must obtain an education ,job and basic neccessities through hard work. At some point we have to stop blaming the WHITE MAN for all of our problems and accept responsibilty. The traps have been around for hundreds of years and we still fall into them on a daily basis. Wake up BLACK Man and realize hard work brings success. Fast money brings Prison time.
Your Boss
May 13th, 2010
10:56 am
Get back to work!
RufflingFeathers
May 13th, 2010
11:01 am
@Info Red
Straight up, you are a part of the mis-educated masses that soak up this warped value system that is given to you by a larger establishment who has no interest other than keeping themselves rich and YOU broke, misguided, and disposing of YOURSELF so that THEY don’t have to get THEIR hands dirty with it once they have bled you dry.
Just because someone brings to light something doesn’t mean they are “hating”. That is such a “ghettoized” perspective that I have never accepted or understood (and I was RAISED in the so-called “ghetto”).
Furthermore Info..I will let you in on a little secret.. You see all that “bling” around Gucci’s neck that this article is glorifying (which I STILL have yet to figure out why that particular detail was so important)???? I invest in the BUILLION used to “craft” that garbage!! Now…get YOUR “weight” up.
Maybe one day, people like you and Gucci Mane will wake up and realize that your senseless over-consumption and flaunting on wax and otherwise just to prove your success means nothing. After all, that success is only admired by those who are themselves empty.
thomas
May 13th, 2010
11:24 am
WOW!!! Atlanta political figures hanging out and celebrating a self proclaimed crack dealer?????why do we award attention to people who talk about doing horrible things? Gotta love this backwards city!
Bo Diddley
May 13th, 2010
11:32 am
RufflingFeathers:
Speak that truth. Repeatedly, boldly and loudly. I am so sick of this ignorance that is perpetuated in our community and disguised as progress. And people are actually buying into this plantation “entertainment” industry.
I quit listening to V-103 over 6 years ago. I quit listening to this “crap rap” around the same time. Real, meaningful hip hop is out there, but it’s this mess that’s promoted. Positive stories of reclamation, redemption and rebirth are out there, but it’s this mess that gets the front page.
Preach on, RufflingFeathers, preach on….
“I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.” — Harriet Tubman
Lashun
May 13th, 2010
12:02 pm
Wow Big Jack your an A** HOLE.. Dead or either in Jail… I take it you’ve been there acouple times being that your so educated on the place… Don’t drop the soap.
Serious?
May 13th, 2010
12:15 pm
Who says he is intelligent? Have you listened to him? He can hardly speak. I think white people buy his CDs because of how stupid he is.
Moderate
May 13th, 2010
12:22 pm
What a lot of folks don’t understand is that being critical of the Gucci Mane’s of the world is not racism, but often real concern for the future of mainstream African Americans. One commenter referred to “escaping from the hellhole”. Let’s be realistic. This guy escaped a long time ago; he is rich and privileged; he initially got in trouble with the law because he’s a violent thug. He got in trouble this time because he ignored the law. Show us where we should have any respect for this moron or why he should get any coverage, even in the Buzz.
Unfortunately, the best outcome would be for him to say the wrong thing at the wrong southside club at 3:00 am and end up shot in the parking lot, i.e. the real outcome of such behaviors. Instead, we will keep swooning over the Michael Vicks, Gucci Mane’s, and TI’s of the world, all glorified universally because they ignored “whitey’s” laws and then bought respect by lavish parties and big contributions. Where’s the racism?
Minstrel
May 13th, 2010
12:24 pm
I totally agree with RufflingFeathers. Unfortunately, the people who disagree are the ones who still operate with a slave mentality.
As a concerned parent, I don’t allow my children to listen to Gucci Mane or any other so-called rapper like him because the lyrics are garbage. Parents have to take control of their children and what they are allowed to view and hear. The majority of rappers are all talking about the same things – money, alcohol, drugs, women(spoken of in derogatory names), jewelry, and cars. It seems like people should get tired of hearing the same old tired lyrics (just from different people). Not sure how or why people could like music that glorifies crime and disrespect to women.
If this Gucci Mane was really interested in changing his life for the better, there would be no fanfare, announcements or celebrations, all he would have to do is make the changes in his life and others would see it for themselves. No need to make a big announcement like he’s doing something extraordinary. Saying something and doing something are two different things.
Opinionated
May 13th, 2010
12:53 pm
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH RUFFLING FEATHERS AND PATHETIC. Being a black man, I could not believe that some of the people who are considered leaders in the black community would come out and support this THUG they way they did. Thinking that I was missing something, I actually tried to listen to some of his music this morning on V-103 while driving in and had to turn the radio off.
kandi1108
May 13th, 2010
1:04 pm
Thank you Rufflingfeathers, very well said and it’s the truth.
justsayin
May 13th, 2010
1:07 pm
Ok people….so would it have been better that everybody ignored Gucci Mane. Yes he committed a crime, yes he had to serve time, and yes he is a celebrity of sorts. He was given a celebration by the people in his circle and you were not invited, if you had you’d been there too,(lol). And if it had been you in his shoes then you would be loving it and glad to know that you have people who still believe in you. Remember we are all just one step away from a bad decision that will send us to jail/prison. Would it have made you all feel any better if the news was “Gucci Mane just released from prison and now he is homeless, jobless and in need of a support system. He is fortunate to be part of an elite group…whether it’s right or wrong, it is what it is. If he came out of prison having to struggle like most people then you all would be saying “that’s a shame”. So he’s damned if he do and damned if he don’t. As parents we should be teaching our children right from wrong. I don’t veiw Gucci Mane as a role model. He is a rapper……and that’s it.
SamE
May 13th, 2010
1:09 pm
I guess the “hero’s welcome” for Gucci Mane is more of support system to give him a boost in the right direction?…I can only imagine that jail is mentally traumatizing and the release thereafter a sort of celebration. With that said, there was no reason for Vernon Jones to be there. what a joke.
Chillin
May 13th, 2010
1:10 pm
As the other people have explained on previous posts… why do some use these blogs to perpetuate the idea that they are living better than others? Look regardless of how you all yourselves, we all have something we are not proud of. The ajc posted this article b/c of the invitees and the fact that Gucci is relevant in most age groups under 30. My reading of the comments thus far have easily shown the line of the “generational” gap. Forget what the man has done, we all must be taken for what we say and Gucci has explained he’s trying to live his life different. Most ppl like him, grow up in circumstances that make jail the “rite of passage” as someone put it. If the man is turning over a new leaf, can he hang himself? Or will you do it because someone made you the judge and jury??? If we cannot praise and pray for those individuals we don’t agree with, how can we act as if we are any better? If we are, we wouldn’t be using time while we are at work to attack the “work” of someone else.
J W
May 13th, 2010
1:28 pm
The councilman/congression candidate are counting on Gucci Manes vote and the others he brings to the table. Think about it logically; Gucci influences the minority of black men who councilmen and congress candidates cannot speak to. How many people do you think are Gucci’s age selling drugs and don’t vote? Thats at least a few hundred maybe even a thousand. Gucci Mane has become that anti- hero which councilmen see. Also Gucci and his team of “dope boys” probably invest money into their campaigns. They are not going to turn down funding/votes from what they see to be a cash cow. Survival of the fittest unfortunately
justsayin
May 13th, 2010
1:35 pm
Oh and by the way “SamE” Gucci Mane is not the first person to have a celebration upon being released from jail/prison…..people do it all the time. His celebration just got put on “Front Stree” because he is a celebrity. Does it make it right or wrong? I don’t know and don’t care. But I do know it’s always good to have positive people around you. Negativity get negative results. So I applaud those people that are in his corner.
hotlanta
May 13th, 2010
1:52 pm
Frank Ski will do anything to get in the papers. I bet he has an inspirational vitamin for this event as well.
Sean
May 13th, 2010
1:55 pm
Quietly waiting for the shot of chlorine into the gene pool. Just listen… you’ll hear it. Then it won’t be long & there will be a tribute album by everybody & nobody for him.
Funny how a little celebrity turns a thug & punk into a hero & role model without looking at the real person.
2Cents
May 13th, 2010
2:00 pm
I wonder if Vernon felt out of place cuz he was the only one without a stupid nickname. Maybe they played a party game and made one up for home – Tazzy Fay (Baker) or My My Verona. OR Michael Hors – since the party was for Gucci Mane, whatever that stupid name is supposed to symbolize.
Why can’t rappers, hiphoppers, whatev, go by their given name like other artists? Their names are so trashy and pathetic.
1gadawg
May 13th, 2010
2:07 pm
hey 2Cents – we have a name for Vernon here in DeKalb, it’s – asswhipewhoscrewedthecounty
2Cents
May 13th, 2010
2:19 pm
Catchy nickname, but I thin you should shorten it – or shawten it as the rappers say.
Maybe Azze Wipe. Or Wacka Lotta Constituents. Or Durtty Pol. Or Boyz Screw the Hood. I could do this all day…
RufflingFeathers
May 13th, 2010
2:47 pm
@Chillin says:
“My reading of the comments thus far have easily shown the line of the “generational” gap.”
No, Chillin’. Your reading of the comments thus far more accurately has revealed the “intellectual gap”.
There really have been only a handful of people on this entire thread who recognized the crux of the REAL issue, which is:
The media’s and media companies’ (like AJC, V-103, and the Asylum Records) are directly complicit in perpetuating the images and values that are very obviously DESTROYING the Black community. Furthermore, they play various roles in doing so.
Truth be told, AJC is notorious for this type of “news”. There is not even enough space on AJC’s server to hold all the information I could put forth. I will tell you this..I bet the writer of this so-called “story” is losing no sleep over putting such garbage out here. She’s just doing her “part” after all. It doesn’t impact her community so who cares?
Like I said, I am an industry “insider”. I am a MUSIC guy, which includes hip-hop. I know how the game is played. I am however not “for sale” and have no problem exposing truth regardless of how ugly it is. So don’t get it confused that people are out of touch somehow.
You know….this whole thing goes to SHOW you just how badly Black people have been broken down over the generations. I am done with this thread for the day. But this is the battle we fight…
“If you can control what a man thinks, you do not have to be concerned about what he will do.”
Carter G. Woodson – Mis-Education of the Negro.
Time for a re-read.
BG
May 13th, 2010
2:59 pm
Who had the weed???
Name (required)
May 13th, 2010
3:05 pm
2Cents….if your mother had been an idiot and named you “Radric” wouldn’t you want to come up with something else too?
DrunkBush
May 13th, 2010
3:08 pm
Heros welcome for returning from Iraq??? WHO CARES about some loser serving in Iraq, that’s just a big waste of money!! All these keyboard thugs in suburbia spitting your hatred really have everyone scarred now!! Go kill yourself FAST!!
DrunkBush
May 13th, 2010
3:11 pm
See there goes another keyboard thug, Name required, guess your mother is an idiot cause she didn’t give you a name
Gov Purdue
May 13th, 2010
3:30 pm
WELCOME HOME GUCCI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! you keyboard THUGS!!!!!
Moderate
May 13th, 2010
3:44 pm
The comments above like “if I got out of prison and I were rich and famous, I’d have a party too” miss the bigger point. The vast majority of young black kids and some white ones are influenced to follow the rapper/thug lifestyle but with no upside opportunity. The spend their money on jewelry, junk cars with multi-thousand dollar wheels, overpriced clothing, and then get gang tats to show how cool they are. Yes, those are personal choices, but to see a young black woman with tats up her neck and down her arms and a big gold tooth out front (probably unneeded) and two or three love “cheeren” at home working in a low end fast food restaurant and realizing that’s the best she can hope for is a damn tragedy! Where does her situation come from? Straight from the bile that spews from the Gucci Mane’s and the Heavy D’s and TI’s. When will the community wake up? I’m fortunate to have a couple of friends who are Spelman graduates. They are intelligent, successful, articulate and a delight to be around. Let’s have Frank Ski celebrate graduations, not releases from prison. Come on, Frank.
Oma
May 13th, 2010
4:42 pm
Is acting hard on the computer any worse then rappers acting hard on records? Everyone knows they all hook up with other guys and are a bunch of punks.
dawgwife
May 14th, 2010
12:14 pm
Rufflingfeathers: you are 100% right. This just goes to show that many black people glorify and romantisize the wrong thing. Since when did it become an accomplishment to GET out of jail; how about NOT go to jail! Lets celebrate that. You have a party b/c after you decided to break the law, you went to jail? What a fine example for young black people….NOT! It’s cool to go to jail, b/c afterwards you get praised for going and coming out. Get real. And why is Vernon Jones there? Who’s on who’s payroll?
Fools
May 14th, 2010
12:25 pm
Perspective-boy are you naive. And how would you know that it’s customary to throw dinners for people getting out of jail? Who know this? Apparently you do! And by the way, volunteering is just that, volunteering. Community service on the other hand has a completely different meaning. If you don’t beleive me, ask a non-profit organization and find out the difference between volunteering and community service. You stay in your little naive box and continue to throw you “release” parties. Hope your kids know better.
wesleywhatwhat
May 14th, 2010
3:54 pm
slow news day???
Lynn
May 14th, 2010
4:02 pm
Ignorant Ignorant Ignorant- When was the last time any of the people in attendance threw a Graduation Party for Sisters of Spelman or Men or Morehouse- who dont get locked up but go to school and get an education. Where is there welcome home party. This is exactly what Dr.K out of NYU is talking about – we give going away and coming home parties for Ignorant people but never celebrate the Brother or Sister going to an IVY league school
NativeAtlantan
May 20th, 2010
11:15 am
What is a Gucci Mane?
Big Boi? Shawty Lo? Wacka Flocka Flame? Jazze Pha? Drumma Boy? Durtty Boyz?
Sounds like a bunch of middle school boys and their tree house club nicknames.
And this is news?
satch
May 20th, 2010
10:58 pm
i don’t miss the capital of black BS the atl!
satch
May 20th, 2010
10:59 pm
folks remember sonya murray gave all kinds of rapping bamas big ink in the ajc
John Doe
May 22nd, 2010
3:55 am
‘Alert Alert Alert Gucci Mane just went back to Jail!!!!
William Berg
May 23rd, 2010
1:27 pm
Only in Atlanta do they have parties for some stupid rapper. I mean really, He was in JAIL, Not winning the Boston Marathon.
who gives a F%C
Raggedy As Hell
May 24th, 2010
3:38 pm
This is the type of SH!+ that keeps black people down. Celebrating prison release. And then some idiot writes that it is customary to throw a party when people get out of jail. Who the hell put that in the etiquette book? I can see Martha Stewart right now “ok, now for the cheesecake designed to look like prison bars for the prison release party”. Wow, I have a cousin in prison for stupid sh!+ he did and my family won’t even be there to pick him up when he is released next month! I will give him a pound when I see him and tell him he needs to get back in school and get his head right. But a party, hell naw! We celebrate education and positive accomplishments. Every quasi-celeb in the article should be ashamed.
Black people down the drain!
Antonio
May 26th, 2010
2:44 pm
Gucci just doin what he does best. Havin fun i would 2 if i would have gotten out of jail.(not in jail just sayin)
superflatiron
July 23rd, 2010
5:26 am
Gucci just doin what he does best.