Gucci Mane Says He’s Leaving Atlantic Records, Calls Label ‘Polite Racist’
Gucci Mane has announced that he no longer wants to be a part of his longtime label, Atlantic Records.
“Leaving #AtlanticRecords July 3rd these crackers polite racist #SoIcySummer,” he posted on Twitter earlier on Thursday (June 11), which has now been deleted from the rapper’s feed. (You can find a screenshot of it here.)
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Despite removing the tweet, Mane did retweet responses to his announcement, which you can see below.
Gucci calling out Atlantic records for being “polite racist”. It’s about time men start speaking on injustices, too. https://t.co/gVqVwX7LTj
— Nicholas Liddle (@NLiddle16) June 12, 2020
Before this announcement, he also called artists to protest their labels.
“All artists let’s go on strike fuck these racist ass labels burn them down too #BlackLivesMatter #BlackExecMatter fuck the crackers???” Mane tweeted but then took down from his feed.
@gucci1017 wants all artists to go on strike and says ”F*ck these racist ass labels burn them down too.”
— y'all agree with Gucci? pic.twitter.com/jJeCnVnQMg
— No Jumper (@nojumper) June 12, 2020
Gucci Mane and Atlantic Records have not made any comments since Mane’s tweets.
However, Atlantic Records has been promoting their black artists as well as sharing information on how people can learn more about Black Lives Matter and information on how people can help on their socials.
🖤https://t.co/xClfXNalBF pic.twitter.com/DTip77SoEZ
— Atlantic Records (@AtlanticRecords) May 30, 2020
A post shared by Atlantic Records (@atlanticrecords) on Jun 10, 2020 at 2:21pm PDT
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