What is Gucci Mane's net worth?
Gucci Mane (real name Radric Davis) is an American rapper who has a net worth of $14 million. Gucci Mane began writing poetry as a child and began rapping at age 14. He helped pioneer the hip hop subgenre of trap music alongside fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Young Jeezy, particularly in the 2000s and 2010s. Mane released his debut album "Trap House" in 2005. Mane followed that up with "Hard to Kill" in 2006, then "Trap-A-Thon," and "Back to the Trap House" in 2007.
Early Life
Radric Delantic Davis was born on February 12, 1980, in Bessemer, Alabama. When he was born, his father was on the run from police for dealing crack cocaine and heroin and living in Detroit, Michigan. Davis was raised by his paternal grandmother while his mother attended college. Mane was introduced to rap and hip hop at a young age by his older half-brother Victor who brought him to a Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, and LL Cool J concert. In 1989, Mane and his mother moved to Atlanta. He grew up in an area high in crime. Mane became a drug dealer while in junior high. He used his Christmas money in eighth grade to buy crack cocaine to sell to others.
Mane was a good student in high school and popular with his peers. Despite having a side hustle as a drug dealer, Mane didn't take drugs for the first few years he was dealing. In 1995, Mane had been selling drugs for two years when someone stopped him on his bicycle and pointed a gun at his head and robbed him. After this, he began carrying a handgun. Mane graduated from high school in 1998 with a 3.0 GPA and a scholarship to Georgia Perimeter College. He was expelled from college in 2001 after he was caught in possession of crack cocaine by an undercover police officer. He was sentenced to 90 days in county jail and probation.
