Rapper Gucci Mane was allegedly kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint in a Dallas recording studio on 10 January 2026 by his own artist Pooh Shiesty and several accomplices, according to federal charges filed by authorities in Texas. Prosecutors say the Atlanta star, whose real name is Radric Davis, was ambushed during what was supposed to be a routine contract meeting, forced into a booth and made to sign documents severing his label ties with the younger rapper.
The dramatic allegations come after years of publicly cordial relations between Gucci Mane and Pooh Shiesty, born Lontrell Donell Williams Jr, who signed to Gucci's 1017 Records imprint in 2020. Shiesty had only just returned home in October 2025, released to home confinement after serving time on a federal firearms conspiracy conviction linked to drug trafficking and violence. On paper, a sit‑down in Dallas to talk business looked like a step towards stabilising his career. Instead, if prosecutors are right, it turned into a 15‑minute nightmare.
