Fader Interview: Gucci Mane - "Life in Prison was...Hell"

[Deltron]

“Life in prison was… hell,” Gucci Mane says in this video interview produced by The FADER and conducted shortly after the iconic Atlanta rapper transitioned from maximum security prison to house arrest, where he’ll be until September. But after three years in jail, he is also three years sober.

“I was on drugs so bad, I talked different,” Gucci says. “When I was smoking damn near a pound of weed every other day, I was congested. When I was drinking lean like crazy every day, I was out of my mind.” Despite all the clone rumors, he says he’s not so much a different man as he is “a sober, more conscious Gucci.” Addressing that chatter directly, he adds, “It’s funny. I embrace it. A clone is, like, perfection. So if I look like a machine or a robot, then I’m doing something well.”

 

[tuckgod]

I love it

That boy bout to do big things

If he was able to accomplish everything he did, out of his mind

Imagine what he can do with a clear, focused head

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

Just glad to hear that he found that light and now he's letting everybody else know. The whole game finna change.

Big Guwop 1017

 

[ThiefyPoo]

I don't mind his new voice just taking some getting use to .

I'm really happy for Gucci

 

[King Kai]

Good for him for making it to this point. Stay off that shyt Gucci

 

[Dre Space Age]

That explains them classic Twitter ranrs.

 

[Prince Cairo]

God gave him a way out with this

 

[Fart Knocker]

never thought id see the day where gucci got sober, but glad to see it

 

[Fukwatutalkinwatisaylaw]

Damn i been riding wit Gucci since tha 08 summer and dude came along way.. He like Jay in my book meaning he don't have to have another hot album i'mma still be a fan for all tha classics he dropped.. Jay aint been hot to me since American Gangster but he still in my top 5..

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

He'll relapse.

 

[Banned Account12]

He'll relapse.

fukk you bytch ass nikka

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

fukk you bytch ass nikka

nikka.. I'm in Zone 6 too. Stop talking tough.

 

[Banned Account12]

nikka.. I'm in Zone 6 too. Stop talking tough.

idgaf wya p*ssy ASS nikka
fukk you and yo folks
Im not in Zone 6 im in Murdaham p*ssy

 

[Mandarin Duck]

He'll relapse.

Negged.

 

[Hood Critic]

I was never a big fan but I for getting right for 3 straight years and not wanting to turn back.

He made a crazy impact, so he's in a good space to take advantage of that. More of these youngsters need to pay attention to this example he setting.