Music stars Kanye West, Diddy, Rick Ross and French Montana are catching heat over a new collaborative effort called "Gucci Mane."
According to reports, Atlanta rapper 9gotti has taken legal action over an alleged song-jacking.
Chinga Chang Records claims the song belonged to 9gotti … before Yeezus and the others stole it from him. The record label sent a cease and desist letter that’s pretty comical … saying the ripoff may have been a “drunken oversight.” It also takes a shot at Diddy — accusing him of being a music thief — and says Rick Ross should know better because he’s an ex-correctional officer. According to the letter … French’s song and 9gotti’s tune are nearly identical. French’s version hasn’t been released yet … and Chinga Chang is dead-set on making sure it never comes out. (TMZ)
9Gotti’s “Gucci Mane” has all the makings of a “Free Gucci Mane” movement right here on this song…
Montana recently revealed the motivation behind his Kanye West-produced track is Gucci’s now-infamous Twitter rant from last year.
French has recorded around 80 songs including the Kanye and Mekanics-produced “Gucci Mane” featuring Rick Ross and Lil Wayne. “We based it on when Gucci went crazy at that one time, just like went bad on everybody. The record’s like when you’re about to lose it—Ross on the hook, me and Wayne. It’s a crazy record. We gon’ blow their socks off.” (Rap-Up)
Instead of scolding the fellow Atlanta rapper, rap star 2 Chainz applauded Gucci for getting his frustrations out last September.
“I don’t expect nothing less from him. That’s my dawg. … This probably made him feel better, airing it out, embarrassing a few people. It didn’t bother me at all, straight up.” (“The Breakfast Club”)
When asked about Gucci’s alleged tweets from earlier the same week, producer Drumma Boy admitted the comments initially surprised him.
“I just saw the tweets. I was in Aruba, so I didn’t have Internet the whole weekend. I just got back so when I get to my crib, all my boys ask me if I saw what happened with my boy. I said, “Huh?” That was the first thing everyone said, “You seen your boy?” You never know with Gucci. I get to reading that shit and I said, “Sh*t, if that’s how he feels.” You know what time it is because of what he was saying.” (Complex)
French Montana previously addressed some of Gucci’s comments and said they raised his eyebrows not because of the vulgarity but due to the validity.
The “Pop That” rapper notes that some of the tweets were accurate, with information that only Gucci or someone in his camp could’ve known. “Whoever writing that, they gotta be real close to him,” French told MTV News. “Cause the situation that he was talking about with me, he wasn’t lying.” Gucci claimed that Deb Antney, Waka Flocka‘s mother and former manager to a host of rappers including French and Nicki Minaj, had stolen money from her clients. “60 k. French montana. Was. Laying in deb bed. Ask. Warner. 60 k advance I took as insult gave to your aunt t. Im rich bitch” Gucci tweeted. The tweet has since been deleted along with Gucci’s profile. (MTV)
The title is so misleading smh Gucci Mane isn’t even involved in this whatsoever other than the fact that the song is named “Gucci Mane”.