The 'Trap House' rapper announces his departure from Atlantic Records and calls the label bosses a group of 'polite' racists in a scathing post on social media.
- June 13, 2020
AceShowbiz - Gucci Mane has accused his Atlantic Records chiefs of "polite" racism and announced he is leaving the label.
The star sent out the tweet claiming he is off Atlantic's roster as of next month, July 2020 on Thursday, June 11, 2020 before deleting it - but continued retweeting fans and journalists who quoted the original post.
His original tweet read, "Leaving #AtlanticRecords July 3rd these crackers polite racist #SoIcySummer," and also featured a black-coloured heart emoji, a pair of black praying hands and an emoji of a blue face frosted over with icicles.
In another strange tweet, which remained on his profile, he seemingly made a similar accusation about his namesake luxury brand Gucci, calling them the "the most polite racist ever" and adding, "I pray y'all die of corona virus (sic)."
The rapper, real name Radric Delantic Davis, also deleted another tweet, calling for artists to go on strike to protest "racist" record labels as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.
In the tweet, he added, "All artists let's go on strike f*ck these racist a*s labels burn them down too #BlackLivesMatter #BlackExecMatter f**k these crackers????"
The "I Get the Bag" hitmaker has had a long but fraught relationship with Atlantic, as in 2013, he used Twitter to slam label representatives and his manager and was dropped from their roster. He subsequently apologised for the tweets, claiming to have been on codeine at the time and rejoined Atlantic again in 2016.
Last year 2019, Atlantic Records' U.K. president Ben Cook stepped down after it was rumoured he attended a party in blackface while dressed as a member of Run DMC.
Gucci's representatives at Atlantic did not respond to a request for comment.
