Dating & Relationship status

On March 15, 2013, via Twitter Account name, Gucci Mane tweeted that he “dropped” Waka Flocka Flame and he was no longer a member of 1017 Brick Squad. The next day, Gucci’s management claimed his Twitter Account name account was hacked and he did not send the tweet about Waka Flocka. However Waka would claim this to be false and later diss Gucci Mane at a Dipset reunion concert in New York City. On March 27, 2013, Waka told MTV that it would be impossible for him to be dropped from 1017 Brick Squad as he owns stake in the company. He also confirmed that there was indeed a feud going on between the rappers and “they would never make music or do business together again.”

On September 7, 2013, various members of 1017 Brick Squad and Brick Squad Monopoly argued back and forth on Twitter Account name. This was the culmination of a label-wide breakdown in communication, which included underlying labels like Mizay Entertainment and spawned Brick Squad Mafia, the label run by Mack Drama which is where Frenchie first ended up after splitting from the primary group, along with multiple other Brick Squad Artists. Mack Drama is also famous for being the key to Flocka’s street credibility, when he had the young rapper fly out to meet up with fellow OG Elm Street Pirus, a nod by the gang in its original location and by its original founding members, of approval for Flocka’s repping of the gang. Mack Drama and Waka Flocka have since parted ways from one another, as the former sided with Gucci Mane in the greater dispute within the label. He then went on to be the driving force behind artists like “Vee tha Rula” (later signed to Kid Ink and Delyric Oracle signed to both his label and her own. including Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Frenchie, Wooh da Kid, and OJ da Juiceman. Gucci would go on to say “fuck brick squad” and accuse his former manager, Waka Flocka’s mom Debra Antney, of stealing money from OJ da Juiceman and Frenchie. Frenchie also accused Gucci Mane of paying for Young Vito’s lawyer, the accused murderer of former 1017 Brick Squad artist Slim Dunkin, which Gucci denied. Frenchie would release a diss record towards Gucci the following day.

On December 16, 2011, member Slim Dunkin was shot and killed at an Atlanta recording studio preparing to shoot a music video. Slim Dunkin was shot while arguing with another person in the building, who has been identified as Atlanta rapper Young Vito. On February 25, 2013, Young Vito was acquitted of murdering Slim Dunkin, but he was given a 25-year sentence for aggravated assault and possession of a firearm.

Gucci Mane founded his first record independent label, So Icey Entertainment, after signing with Mizay Entertainment in 2007. Soon after Gucci released his independent album, Trap-A-Thon. On May 4, 2010, Gucci Mane announced he was closing So Icey Entertainment and left Mizay Entertainment due to business concerns with Debra Antney.

Juiceman’s debut album was unofficially released through the Brick Squad record label (officially it was released through Asylum Records and Mizay Entertainment). Brick Squad’s first mainstream success occurred in 2009, when Gucci released The State vs. Radric Davis. Brick Squad also signed Waka Flocka Flame, who released his debut album, Flockaveli, through Brick Squad, Mizay Entertainment, and Warner Bros. On September 28, 2010, Mane released his seventh studio album, The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted.