Published: Tuesday - May 24, 2005
Words by Jay Casteel
Gucci Mane (Photo: BallerStatus (file))
Rapper Gucci Mane's debut album, Trap House, dropped Tuesday (May 24), as he is expected to post $100,000 bond to be released from jail for a murder charge.
Mane (real name: Radric Davis) has been sleeping in a jail cell since Thursday (May 19) in DeKalb County, Georgia on a first-degree murder charge. The rapper is expected to be released while the district attorney conducts an investigation to determine whether it should go to trial, according to MTV.
While released, Mane will have to check in weekly, either by phone or in person, but is free to travel freely in the U.S.
A warrant was issued last week for the rapper's connection with a May 10 shooting that left a 27-year-old man dead (see "Gucci Mane Arrested On Murder Charge").
Dennis Scheib, Gucci Mane's attorney, believes that the district attorney will push police to investigate the case further. The district attorney's office has asked police to turn over their files for its investigation, but has not asked the police to investigate further.
According to witness accounts given to Scheib, Mane was visiting a female friend on the night of the shooting when five unidentified armed men stormed in, threatened to shoot the rapper, punched him in the mouth and pistol whipped his friend. Mane shot at one of the men in self-defense, Scheib said.
The body of one of the men, Henry Lee Clark III, was found three days later near a local middle school.
Mane is due in court on July 5 for a preliminary hearing.
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