Guardian Music — Rapper is released months early after serving sentences for aggravated assault and possession of a firearmGucci Mane has been released early from prison after serving a federal firearms sentence. The 36-year-old rapper was due to be released in Septe... more info

NME — The rapper was jailed in 2014 for possessing two firearms more info

AllHipHop — GUWOP IS FREE more info

Stereogum — Gucci Mane, one of the greatest and most influential rappers on the planet, has spent the past two years in a prison cell after pleading guilty to firearms possession. But now, after serving 24 months of his 39-month sentence, he’s been released, a... more info

TMZ — Gucci Mane is finally free ... getting sprung from behind bars 4 months early. The rapper's lawyer, Drew Findling, tells TMZ Gucci was released Thursday morning from an Atlanta prison. We're told he already has a home just outside the city. Findling�... more info

Stereogum — Riff Raff has signed a $4 million deal with Stampede Management and BMG to launch his own label, Neon Nation Corporation. The rapper is using it to release his upcoming album Peach Panther, which will feature guest appearances from Danny Brown, Gucci... more info

AllHipHop — GUCCI MANE DROPS SOME HEAT! more info

TMZ — Gucci Mane had to play math teacher to prison officials ... and it means he's gonna get out of jail earlier.  It's been a long road for Mane since he was arrested in 2013 for violating probation by carrying a gun. He served time in a… more info

Stereogum — Busta Rhymes has just released a new mixtape called The Return Of The Dragon (The Abstract Went On Vacation), a sequel to 2013’s Q-Tip team-up The Abstract & The Dragon. He’s assembled a pretty impressive team of co-conspirators on this thing —... more info

Stereogum — Freddie Gibbs’ new album Shadow Of A Doubt was named our Album Of The Week a few days ago — it comes out tomorrow, and Gibbs has shared another new track, “10 Times,” ahead of its release. As Tom points out in his review, it’s the only trac... more info