Gucci Mane calls his label ‘polite racist’

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Rapper Gucci Mane has claimed he is leaving his longtime label, Atlantic Records, calling them “polite racist”.

In a message posted on Twitter, he also branded the label’s employees “crackers” – a disparaging term for white people.

Mane then deleted the tweet, before retweeting public figures praising him for the move.

In another deleted tweet, he called on artists to go on strike in protest at “racist-ass labels”.

The Alabama-born rapper, whose real name is Radric Davis, has been signed to Atlantic since 2007.

He has released 16 albums (11 via Atlantic), including the US top 10 hits Mr Davis, The Return of East Atlanta Santa and Everybody Looking.

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His profile in the UK is much lower, with only one album charting in the Top 100, although he reached number two in the singles chart via a guest verse on Rae Sremmurd’s viral hit Black Beatles.

The star previously announced his intention to leave Atlantic in 2017, vowing to go “100 per cent independent and drop a mixtape every other day”. Instead, he signed a $10m extension to his recording contract in September 2018.

Sourc:Bbc

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