Digital Reading Reactions to The Autobiograohy Of Gucci Mane by XYLA HOGAN

"The closest thing I had to a father passed when I was seven. Duke and I were in the house when Goat rushed in, carrying Walter Sr. in his arms. He'd collapsed in the street." pg.13

xhogan0001 — 2023-11-02 18:31:22 UTC

This quote says that Gucci Mane lost his only father figure at a young age. The quote means that after his grandfather passed he didn't have another father figure so basically he was lost. But he still had his big brother but his big brother was still growing up himself. This quote matters because it is beneficial to understand that since he didn't have a father figure he was lost. Even though with his birth father being there sometimes he still didn't have a solid relationship with him as he did with his grandfather.

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Right There :

1) What is Gucci Manes first name?

2) Why did Gucci Mane take his dad's nick name?

3) Which two county jails did Gucci Mane go to?

4) How old was Gucci Mane when he moved to Atlanta?

Author & You :

1) What really happened between Gucci Mane and Big Meech?

2) What was his best album in 2007?

3) What was the reason that Jeezy hated Gucci Mane after they made So Icy?

4) If Gucci Mane had got an actual job would he be a rapper?

Think and Search :

1) Why couldn't Big Cat pay Gucci Mane his money?

2) How many times was Gucci Mane put in jail?

On My Own :

1) How does solitary confinement effect the way someone thinks?

2) Does the environment a child grows up in affect the way that they'll act once older?

3) Why as soon as someone gets famous they have a murder charge?

"As sick as he was, my father's tricks weren't paying the bills." p.23

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-06 21:02:56 UTC

This quote says that Gucci's father had a bad gambling habit and him tricking people out of their money wasn't paying the bills. This means that his father wasn't able to pay bills because he would go out and spend the money so the bills wouldn't be able to get paid. This matters because without Gucci's father being able to pay the bills he would have to resort to another way of helping his parents. Or mother mainly because his father wasn't really present.

"Getting robbed was a turning point. Instead of making me retreat into my shell out of fear, it had the opposite effect." p.33

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-06 21:04:41 UTC

This quote says that Gucci had gotten robbed for everything he had. This means that Gucci would have to get protection such as a gun. Only to protect himself and his things. This matters because this would change the way Gucci Mane acted and how selling drugs would go for him. He

"I was an outsider at Georgia Perimeter. Whenever I did show up it was for the sole purpose of showing out." p.43

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-06 21:12:19 UTC

This quote says that when Gucci Mane decided to go to college for him it was either go big or go home. This means that he felt like he always had to flex on whoever would pass by him. And just be flashy in general with everything he does and did. This matters because this is also how his father acted. Always boasting and showing out. But Gucci Mane could do that because he was spending his money then making it right back. Due to him being a drug dealer.

"At that point I arrived at a crossroads. Was I going to re-up on Gucci Mane LaFlare and try to move another thousand copies or was I going to figure out something else? My next, move would be a pivotal one, one of the smartest decisions I made in my early music career." p.53

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-06 21:17:24 UTC

This quote basically says will Gucci Mane sell more copies or figure out a different way to spread his music around. This means that instead of him giving out more copies to promote his music, he found a different way and that helped him in the long run. This matters because this is an all new chapter in his life. And it did him justice for his music career and popularity.

"My momma and Duke took me to the hospital, where I stayed for a couple of days until I started to feel like myself again." p.63

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-08 01:50:45 UTC

This quote says that Gucci Mane was hospitalized due to the way he felt after drinking cough syrup. And he wasn't getting any better. This means that due to the way that the cough syrup made him feel and the way his body was reacting he just didn't look or feel right. This matters because after he got over that high, he wanted that same high. So he started drinking cough syrup more and more. Loving the way the high made him feel.

"Todd wanted me bad. But his enthusiasm scared me off. I had trust issues from my dealings in the streets and I was coming from a group where our worst nightmare was getting f***ed over in a deal." p.83

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-08 02:19:54 UTC

This quote says that Gucci Mane basically has trust issues with certain deals from the streets. This means that since he has these type of trust issues he's not really sure what to make out of it. This matters because he eventually starts trusting Todd and they become real close.

Since I'd been out of town i already felt like I was late in responding to "Stay Strapped", so "Round 1" needed to get out right away. Ace, my DJ and road manager at the time, told me he'd handle circulating the diss to the clubs and radio stations, but I thought this was something I needed to go out and put in people's hands myself." p.93

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-08 02:28:41 UTC

This quote says Gucci Mane felt late with his diss track towards Young Jeezy. This means that he had to step her game up with his raps and be quicker. This matters because Gucci Mane got his diss out and him and Jeezy were sorta beefing but they really weren't.

"While I was locked up, the in-house publicist at Big-Cat implemented a "crisis management campaign", issuing statements on my behalf. "As much as I want to be celebrating my album release party rather than sitting alone in a cell alone in a cell where I didn't belong, I can't feel sorry for myself because a man lost his life," said one." p.103

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"It was relief more than happiness. A weight had been lifted off my shoulders, one that I'd forgotten I was carrying because it'd been too long. In October I pleaded no contest to my aggravated assault case. I was given a six-month sentence with a six and a half years' probation. I'd already spent three months in Fulton County, so by the top of 2006, I was home." p.113

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Author's Name : Radric Delantic Davis

Author's Stage Name : Gucci Mane

Author's Social Media Handles : @laflare1017 - Instagram @Gucci Mane - Facebook @gucci1017 - Twitter @GuwopSnap - Snapchat

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Books: The Autobiography of Gucci Mane; The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness

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1017 Records

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Awards

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MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop

Teen Music Choice Award

Billboard Music Award

"After we got "Chicken Talk" pressed up, me and Burn One went to the Old National Flea Market to sell some copies. The guy there wasn't having it. "Ain't nobody gonna buy that," he told Burn One. "I heard Gucci Mane over with." meanwhile I was outside in the parking lot with my new tape booming out of Burn One's truck." p.123

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-08 17:47:15 UTC

This quotes says that someone was really doubting Gucci Mane because of the stuff that he did and because his music wasn't really as popular. This means that because people are doubting him its only right that he shows them that his music is really getting better. This matters because the same man that was doubting him was the same one buying the most copies after he heard a little demo.

I was working with Powlow da Don on a song called "I Know Why." Waka had never rapped a verse in his life, but for some reason Powlow gave him a look up and down and then turned to me. "That dude who with you, Gucci," he told me. "I think he could be a star." "You know what, Powlow?" I said. "I been thought that." p.133

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"I'd gotten arrested over the summer. After a late night I was driving back to Eagle's landing with a couple of girls when I hit a sobriety checkpoint. The officer said he smelled weed, which gave him probable cause to check the car." p.143

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"Todd had fought for me since day one and he was still fighting for me. He brought me over to Warner Bros. with him. Right away I started getting the support from the label I'd always wanted. I know I had my own imprint, 1017 Brick Squad, which I named after my childhood home in Bessemer." p.153

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-08 19:35:34 UTC

"In the fall of 2003 a rap group from the Westside of Atlanta called Dem Franchize Boyz released a song called "White Tee". It blew up. These guys didn't do much after that, but at the same time "White Tee was everywhere. I like "White Tee" but it was tame and kid-friendly, so me and a couple of guys from the Str8 Drop came up with "Black Tee". We put a sinister spin on it, rapping about robbing and selling drugs." p.73

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"Coach and I boarded a flight to Houston. We were forty-five minutes from our destination when a boom of thunder shook us out of our seats. Moments later the strike of lightning pierced the black sky. That's when I saw it: a tornado ripping its way through the night. The plane shook as the pilot announced that we were flying through a severe strom" (pt.1) p.163

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-09 01:51:02 UTC

"We were told to brace for turbulence. I turned around to find passengers in prayer, flight attendants included. the storm bellowed as I heard muted crying. I looked at coach. We didn't exchange any words but I knew we were thinking the same thing. Maybe this was it. We bowed our heads and all I could think of was my son." (pt.2) p.163

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-10 00:25:10 UTC

This quote says that Gucci Mane was scared due to there being a tornado while he was on the plane. This means that since he was scared and seen all the people around him praying and crying and thinking about their loved ones he thought about his son. This matters because he could've died and he never really knew his son like that. And it would be sad but he knew his son would have some money because he wouldn't leave his son with nothing.

"I kept up my usual routine: straight from jail to the studio. After a welcome-home dinner I was back at Patchwerk, where Drumma Boy had a batch of beats on a thumb drive waiting for me. He loaded them up. Two beats in and it was back to business. I stepped in the booth and proceeded to freestyle ("Normal")." p.173

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-10 00:35:18 UTC

"Two weeks before "The Appeals" release, I was in Los Angeles, getting ready to walk the red carpet of the MTV Video Music Awards. I was not in a good state of mind. I was becoming more reclusive, combative, paranoid, and isolated. The day before Todd had called me to discuss a music video and I'd told him never to call me during the daytime again. That he was only allowed to call me after dark. Otherwise, I said, he and I were going to have a serious problem." p.183

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-10 00:53:57 UTC

"("Rapper Gucci mane has had a large tattoo of a triple coop ice cream cone inked onto his face just days after he was released from a mental health facility." - Daily Mail)" p.193

xhogan0001 — 2023-12-10 00:58:34 UTC

This quote says that Gucci Mane has a tattoo of an ice cream cone on his face. This means that since he got that tattoo it has caused a sort of up roar with the community. This matters because he was getting recognized more as the spontaneous tattoo on his face made him known.

"In September, i pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery in the incident with the girl in my car. Even though I felt I'd done nothing wrong, my lawyer advised me against trying to fight it. After the year I'd just had I knew he was right. I was the boy who cried wolf by that point. telling my side of the story would have just pissed off the judge." p.201

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