Highs And Lows In Gucci Mane’s Career

When it comes to Gucci Mane, things come in pairs. It often seems that every positive event that happens to Gucci—a hit song, a hot mixtape, a chart-dominating album, a prestigious film role—comes paired with some legal battle or controversy. Few careers in hip-hop, or any other art form for that matter, have had as many soaring highs and crushing lows, but Gucci has shown a resilience that suggests he can battle through any storm. He's going to need that resilience after stirring up the rap world yesterday with his outlandish series of Tweets that saw him taking shots at Niki Minaj, Tyga, Waka Flocka, Young Jeezy, T.I. and more.

Despite Gucci's recent behavior, it's important to remember that Big Guwap is famous for more than talking tough on the internet. He's also a wildly prolific and insanely talented songwriter, one who often seems to write more catchy and clever rap songs in a day than most other rappers can write in a year. Before Gucci was a force of nature on social media, he was first a force of nature on the mic, delivering ear-worm hooks, witty asides and a constant stream of ad-libs over beats from sonic innovators like Zaytoven, Drumma Boy and more. His mixtapes and albums speak for themselves, even if Gucci often feels the need to do the talking for them.

In the interest of giving Gucci a fair shake, we've decided to track some of Gucci's highest highs and lowest lows. Try to keep up. - Compiled by Dan Jackson and Eric Diep

High: May 24, 2005
Gucci releases his first independent album, Trap House, on Tommy Boy Records and it reaches #101 on the Billboard Album charts.

High: 2005
"Icy" peaks at #23 on the Billboard Rap single charts.

Low: May 9, 2005
Having suffered a falling out with Gucci over "Icy" royalties, Young Jeezy releases the controversial diss track "Stay Strapped."

Low: May 10, 2005
Gucci is attacked by a group of men at a house in Decatur, GA and later the body of one of his assailants, Pookie Loc, is found by a nearby school. On May 19, 2005, Gucci turns himself in to the authorities and is charged with murder. The charges are later dropped.

High: 2007
Gucci begins his legendary 2007 mixtape run that includes Bird Flu (Southern Slang), Ice Attack, Ice Attack 2 and No Pad, No Pencil.

High: December 11, 2007
Gucci releases Back To The Trap House on Atlantic and it reaches #57 on the Billboard album charts.

Low: September 2008
Gucci Mane is arrested for a probation violation following his 2005 arrest for aggravated assault and is sentenced to a year in jail, but ends up serving six months.

High: May 2009
Gucci Mane signs To Warner Bros. Records.

High: December 8, 2009
Gucci releases The State vs. Radric Davis on Warner Bros and it debuts at #10 on the Billboard Top 200.

High: September 28, 2010
Gucci releases The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted, his second album for Warner Bros., and it debuts at #4 on the Billboard Top 200.

Low: November 2, 2010
Gucci Mane is arrested for driving on the wrong side of the road, running a red light and a range of other traffic violations.

Low: January 4, 2011
A judge orders Gucci Mane to visit a psychiatric hospital.

Low: January, 13 2011
Gucci Mane gets an ice cream cone tattooed on his face.

High: August 9, 2011
Gucci releases collaborative album Ferrari Boyz with his friend Waka Flocka Flame.

Low: December 13, 2011
Gucci releases collaborative album, BAYTL, with V-Nasty.

High: September 4, 2012
Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers, a film featuring Gucci Mane in a supporting role, debuts at the Venice Film Festival to positive reviews.