Gucci Mane Grilled By Wife Over Why His 1017 Artists 'Keep Going To Jail'

Gucci Mane has been put in the hot seat by his wife Keyshia Ka’Oir over his 1017 artists’ legal troubles.

During an appearance on his wife’s new podcast All Things Keyshia Ka’Oir, the rap legend was questioned about “why all your 1017 artists keep going to jail.”

Appearing shocked by the question, Gucci replied: “Well, you know, I was one of those type of artists always going back and forth to jail, and I try help those artists I see a lot of myself in.

“With that being said, you have to ride out through their little bumps and I feel if I’m not helping them, who else gonna help them? They come from the trenches, they come from poverty so I wanna help. I feel I can relate to them and what they got going on.”

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A number of 1017 artists, past and present, have seen jail time in recent years including Pooh Shiesty, Foogiano, Hoodrich Paolo Juan and Mac Critter.

This led to criticism from Joe Budden following Critter being charged with murder last year.

“Who people are signing, how people are signing them, and why people are signing them needs to be under thorough examination I think from all parties involved in the music business,” he said on his eponymous podcast.

“The same thing has happened in rap in the last decade where we have never seen this many people die. We have never seen this many shootings, stabbings, clique beef, arrests, RICOs. I have never seen it in Hip Hop.”

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“That conversation runs concurrent with, for me and the rest of the musicians, the death of the A&R. The death of musicianship. Those are together for me,” he continued.

“So when I say Gucci Mane’s scouting needs to be under examination, it’s because this is now, what? 8, 9, 10? I don’t know. A whole roster that is just suffering from the different strokes curse, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence anymore.”

Gucci later hit back at the former Slaughterhouse rapper, saying: “I think that’s unfair for him to say that, but I guess he’s entitled to his opinion. But to me, who else gon’ give them a chance, y’know what I’m saying?

“Like, I’m not tryin’ to sign the guys who don’t need no help; I’m signing the guys who don’t nobody wanna sign. Who saying like, ‘Ooh, you got a criminal record, we gon’ stay away from you’ — them the guys I’m giving a chance.”