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being released from jail (on charges unrelated to the
murder) that same month, he quickly went back into the
studio to make his second album, Hard to Kill, which was
released in October. He took the song "Go Head" from his
first album and made it the lead single for the second in
order to make up for the time taken away from promoting
Trap House. The State vs. Radric Davis, his second official
album, was released in December 2009, following a
dizzying array of dozens of mixtapes. After being released
from jail (on charges unrelated to the murder) that same
month, he quickly went back into the studio to make his
second album, Hard to Kill, which was released in October.
He took the song "Go Head" from his first album and
made it the lead single for the second in order to make up
for the time taken away from promoting Trap House. The
State vs. Radric Davis, his second official album, was
released in December 2009, following a dizzying array of
dozens of mixtapes. The rapper would have a landmark
year in 2016. His ninth studio album, Everybody Looking,
arrived mere months after his release from prison. Issued
on his own label, Guwop Enterprises, the LP debuted at
number two on the Billboard 200 and boasted high-profile
guest appearances such as Drake, Kanye West, and Young
Thug. Keeping up with his prolific reputation, Gucci Mane
released his tenth album just five months later. Woptober
featured Rick Ross, Travis Scott, and Young Dolph. Guwop
also scored his first Billboard number one single with the
Rae Sremmurd hit "Black Beatles." To close out his busy
2016, he dropped his third album of the year, Return of