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If there was any doubt that hip-hop artist Gucci Mane wouldn’t be welcomed back with open arms, the past two weeks have proven otherwise.
Less than a week after his release from prison on weapons charges, the rapper born Radric Davis unexpectedly scored a trio of RIAA sales certifications. His 2009 album The State Vs. Radric Davis earned a gold award, credited on May 31st. Released via Warner Music’s Asylum Records and the artist’s own 1017 Brick Squad imprint, the album originally spent six weeks on the Billboard 200 and peaked at #10. Two of that full legth record’s singles, “Wasted” and the Usher featured “Spotlight,” received gold digital single awards last week as well.
While there’s no indication that the timing of these RIAA certification announcements so soon after Davis’ release are anything more than coincidental, there’s no denying that interest in Gucci Mane has increased since leaving a federal correctional facility in Terre Haute, Indiana roughly two weeks ago. According to data derived from online music analytics and insights provider Next Big Sound, Davis’ social media following surged during the week of his release. His Instagram grew by 214,000 followers, with his Twitter following up nearly 83,000, and another 40,000 in Facebook page likes. In that same period, Wikipedia pageviews increased more than sixfold.
On the new music front, the historically prolific Davis has kept fairly busy. His first new song since release, “First Day Out Tha Feds” debuted the day after his leaving prison and accumulated some 1.1 million SoundCloud plays in its first twenty-four hours. The track was later added to streaming and download services. On Spotify alone, it has logged 826,000 plays in just under a week.
Fresh Out Of Prison, Gucci Mane Scores Three RIAA Gold Awards
Less than a week after his release from prison on weapons charges, the rapper born Radric Davis unexpectedly scored a trio of RIAA sales certifications. His 2009 album The State Vs. Radric Davis earned a gold award, credited on May 31st. Released via Warner Music’s Asylum Records and the artist’s own 1017 Brick Squad imprint, the album originally spent six weeks on the Billboard 200 and peaked at #10. Two of that full legth record’s singles, “Wasted” and the Usher featured “Spotlight,” received gold digital single awards last week as well.
While there’s no indication that the timing of these RIAA certification announcements so soon after Davis’ release are anything more than coincidental, there’s no denying that interest in Gucci Mane has increased since leaving a federal correctional facility in Terre Haute, Indiana roughly two weeks ago. According to data derived from online music analytics and insights provider Next Big Sound, Davis’ social media following surged during the week of his release. His Instagram grew by 214,000 followers, with his Twitter following up nearly 83,000, and another 40,000 in Facebook page likes. In that same period, Wikipedia pageviews increased more than sixfold.
On the new music front, the historically prolific Davis has kept fairly busy. His first new song since release, “First Day Out Tha Feds” debuted the day after his leaving prison and accumulated some 1.1 million SoundCloud plays in its first twenty-four hours. The track was later added to streaming and download services. On Spotify alone, it has logged 826,000 plays in just under a week.
Fresh Out Of Prison, Gucci Mane Scores Three RIAA Gold Awards
gotta salute him for that.
