I am digging pretty hard on an edited version of rising Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane's "I'm Icy" on the Big Cat website: a slow, Southern-electro rap with a slight reggae vibe and a killer melodic chorus about being all "icy" and whatnot. Ironically, Mane is joined by rapper Young Jeezy on the tune - ironic because Mane, whose real name is Radric Davis, is now being held on murder charges related to a beef with said Young Jeezy that left one man dead in the woods near a middle school in DeKalb, Georgia.
Mane's debut album Trap House is scheduled to be released on Big Cat tomorrow, May 24. According to witness accounts given to Mane's attorney Dennis Scheib, the 25 year-old rapper was visiting a female friend on the night of May 10 when five men stormed into the apartment. The unidentified armed men threatened to shoot the rapper, punched him in the mouth and pistol whipped his friend. Scheib said the witnesses heard a scuffle and gunshots and saw the men flee the apartment, with one asking another, "Are you hit?"
"The one who was hit walked by the witness and ran into the woods while the other three ran the other way and left in a truck," Scheib told MTV. "My client got in his vehicle and went the opposite way of the man who was shot. The landlord of the place said it looked like a robbery." The body of Henry Lee Clark III was found three days later.
Scheib said that the evidence he has gathered from witnesses points to the shooting as self-defense. "If it was," he said, "then why is my client in jail for murder?" mane said he did not know the attackers but believed they were associated with rival rapper Young Jeezy.
"I think police need to look deeper into this case instead of just looking into my client," Scheib told the AP.
Mane and Young Jeezy had been trading dis records for the past few weeks, allegedly over a feud stemming from their collaboration. Jeezy slapped at Mane in a song called "Stay Strapped," and Mane returned the favor with "Round One." Mane said Jeezy, who also raps on the Mane song "Black Tee," was miffed because he wanted "Icy" for his own upcoming solo debut, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation Vol. 1. "He's mad 'cause I ain't let him put the song on his album," Mane told MTV. "We was never really cool."
Mane waived his appearance at a hearing Friday and remains in DeKalb County Jail until a bond hearing.
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— go to most recent comments1 - berkeley joe
interesting story, but, Eric, that song is... terrible.
and i know subjectivity is vital, but, that experience... hurt me.
i do have a goal now, though, to beat the $250K he's got in his grill, i'm going for a half mill, beyatch.
2 - Eric Olsen
I like the electronic bleeps and bloops and the lighter production
3 - matt
hey peep this why all yall niggaz hatin my nigga jeezy risin to tha top so dont hate tha game pimp
4 - 281-330-8004
I BELIVE IT REMEMBER GUCCI SO GUTTA HE'LL STEAL MONEY OUT YO PURSE HE PROBALY COULDNT DO DAT
5 - ag
REALLY YOU PEOPLE NEED TO GET A GRIP ON SOME SORT OF REALITY WHO THE HELL GIVES A FUCK ABOUT THAT STUPID SHIT DO ALL YOUR SELVES A FAVOR A TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOUR SELVES ONE WORD PEOPLE ARMAGADDEN GET RIGHT OR GET LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6 - k mo
gucci mane and j eezyis guta they need to stop beefin
7 - gucci's gurl
Gucci man is my babi and he didn't do ANYTHING AT ALL.so all ya'z who tryna say and did say that he did something ya'll needs to shut up becuase ya'll don't shiit bout the situation,i know everythang cuz he told me.he's the father of my babi's and we haven another on the way and wen he got sent to prison ova something he didn't do ya'll messed up me and his childs life
8 - krazyjay
U ALREADY NO YO BOI GUCCI IS KEEPIN IT REAL REAL SPIT REAL TALK ALL DAE EVERY DAE BUT UM U ALREADY KNOW WAT IT IZ CHICKEN TALK MY NI99S AND IM HARD TO KILL SO JUSS GO AHEAD AND HOLLA ATCHA GURL GUCCI GURL
9 - GUCCI GURL KRAZY JAY
U ALREADY NO WAT IT IZ GUCCI IZ MY NUMBER 1 FAN CUZ U KNOW I SHOOK DEM HATTERS OFF I DO EVERYDAE CUZ A GURL KEEP IT REAL WID IT SO U NO WAT IT IZ BUT UM IMMA GO AHEAD AND HOLLA ATCHA LATER CUZ U NO WAT IT IZ ALL DAE BABY HOLLA
GUCCI GIRL
10 - THE REAL BIG CAT
Fuck gucci he is really a bitch and he is not fuckin with My man Jezzy so Hello,gucci don't get rocked on the lo.......
11 - pookie locc son
gucci dat shit wuz fucked up how you shot my daddy, it cool doe, I know one thang ya betta not come down here in macon..... bitch, pussy gucci mane, fuck you nigga, oh yeah you can't fuck wit jeezy my nigga dat's some real shit, nigga he made you, pussy nigga.
12 - young pimpin
niggas can come to dayton ohio and get they issue, but for real gucci country ass be talkin shit gettin me hyped up!i luv that shit! but that lil jeezy get fried easy
13 - t gutta
whats poppin niggas aint fucken wit my nigga gucci when it come to this street shit or lyricaly i mean jezzy got punch lines an shit but is what he sayin real shit .... thats some shit to think about but my nigga gucci stay speakin that real shit free stylein off the top of the dome yeadigg yeah an far as that beef shit i look at it like this niggas get what they deserve tryna come at my nigga gucci like that they was sleepin on him an my nigga showed them what that 40cal can do to a nigga SO ICEY BOY ENT (T GUTTA)
14 - yung lou southside mafia
gucci is a snitch .he told on jeezy sayin he believed geezy sent the niggas there.so fuck what u say he snitchin...
15 - leron 910
gucci said fuck dat fat fucker
16 - trappa
tell gucci fuck them nigga & fuck wit a nigga down n dade county lets get money nigga
17 - Kris(big izzle .aka.ross/oxred)Lyons
murder was the case that they gave me should of told everybody we countey niggaz don't give a fuck about society because once you fuck that nigga bitch it all turn into a secret at the end of the day.
p.s i sent a message through 36 mafia saying i was your brother and we is going to get together soon. maybe i'll be your mask murderer for you my nigga/ drug dealer 4 real shit.see you like a heartattack
18 - Kris(big izzle .aka.ross/oxred)Lyons
Can't forget the bird man fed years 4ever we all in this shit together 4ever my love 4ever my king chicago.treys4days black disiple from chicago to atlanta nightclubs we owned.what im trying to say is we still getting money so i can say what ever the fuck i can. [Personal contact info deleted]. 21 years old.shouts out to oj da juice man
19 - kris(big izzle.aka.ross/oxred)lyons
"standing on the corner from my hood to your hood ho's looking good is they from my hood or your hood we all riding good candy paint bumping gucci mane in the left lane smoking mary jane ain't it mane, pressure what they give us,then pressure what we give em mane smoking mary jane in the left lane get em mane riding in a dump, smoking on that skunk,$300 for a half, $600 for a blunt,so call it what you want,the trap stay bunking b,all im surrounded by is killers with apostofeets,10 toes tall is all what they telling me,stay on a grind and only sell the letter C,my nerves is real bad so what you really telling me,get head from a bitch and watch her fucking swallow see,her throat is real deep so i'ma call this nigga jeep,standing in the park after dark and this nigga deep,pussy for days money for months,all a nigga wanna do is stick this dick in her joint,get to know her better fuck that bitch up for months,all in her belly eat some breakfast then lunch,almost fucking famous rich people call it brunch,but in the meanwhile before we smoke we gotta crunch,open seed seasomie drinking crystal for lunch"p.s call a real nigga (ladies only) [personal contact info deleted]. yapp!!!! taking it ez
20 - coreywright
dis b dat ni66a manman and i dnt give a fuck if a ni66a run up on me wit a tool and i got 1 im bout 2 try to kill every last one of den ni66az ya feel me and wen it came down to it dat ni66a gucci did da same shyt so i fucks wit da ni66a gucci and fuck anybody who dont..! [Personal contact info deleted]
21 - roger nowosielski
You've surely tapped into some articulate people, Eric.
22 - cook
niggas try gucci they try a real nigga so he lelf his ass smelling
23 - budnlean
how does everybody know that coochie man is not just another act? a puppet? who in here actually knows coochie man? how IS he real if he snitched? he snitched on jeezy.
24 - Street Vidz Music Videos
I respect gucci and jeezy but gucci did what he had to do. They sent them at him and he layed them down so he showed he bout wat he rapping bout
25 - dour d
They mad buz my son gucci got a body wats poppin blood