# Gucci Mane gets a tattoo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568 "2011-01-14T04:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/21 "2011-01-14T15:49:30Z")
As Marley posted, he got this tattoo to celebrate his release from the mental hospital where he had been involuntarily confined. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/22 "2011-01-14T15:54:43Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Furthermore, I think he is one of the worst rappers ever, but my opinion is biased because I hate southern rap, overall. Maybe the Southern thing is what puts it over the top for you, but for me, it’s because he’s repetitive, unskilled, a bad rhymer, and his delivery sounds like his tongue is wrapped in cotton. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/23 "2011-01-14T15:55:12Z")
The Good Humor man is a little too committed to his career, I see. > [@Little Nemo](#): > > As Marley posted, he got this tattoo to celebrate his release from the mental hospital where he had been involuntarily confined. This is _never_ a good idea. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/24 "2011-01-14T16:06:30Z")
Is that an ice cream cone being struck by lightning? Wtf is that? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/25 "2011-01-14T16:30:56Z")
Nobody’s commented on the “brrr” written on the ice cream cone. To express how ice cream is cold. It’s symbolism people. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/26 "2011-01-14T16:34:21Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > …he has already been charged with murder. > > I think he is insane. Seriously. To be fair, the murder charge was apparently dropped, for insufficient evidence. He recently did a court-ordered stint in a mental health facility in connection iwth a proceeding to revoke his probation on a different charge. What gets me is that his real name is “Radric.” That’s already a pretty cool damn name to carry around – why would you start calling yourself “Gucci”? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/27 "2011-01-14T16:34:28Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > As Marley posted, he got this tattoo to celebrate his release from the mental hospital where he had been involuntarily confined. I figure its real purpose is showing he’s not competent to stand trial the next time he finds himself in court. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/28 "2011-01-14T16:34:57Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Is that an ice cream cone being struck by lightning? Wtf is that? According to the Urban Daily website (which means I had the iniside skinny on this _days_ ago), after requesting the initial ice cream design, he asked the artist for something “a little rock and roll,” to which it was said, “There’s nothing more rock-and-roll than a lightning bolt.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/29 "2011-01-14T16:37:33Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Is that an ice cream cone being struck by lightning? Wtf is that? Yellow bolts are lightning, red are radio waves. He’s clearly signaling that we are ripe for invasion and conquest. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/30 "2011-01-14T16:37:45Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > To be fair, the murder charge was apparently dropped, for insufficient evidence… Yeah, that only upped the street cred. That means some snitches probably got dealt with before they could testify. Snitches get stitches, Tom!! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/31 "2011-01-14T17:42:01Z")
I remember as an angsty teen I would doodle a picture of an eye crying a tear on an ice cream cone. It was an homage to Pretenders’ “Mystery Achievement”. Not really relevant to the topic but it occurs to me that Mr. Mane is actually lamer than a thirteen year old girl. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/32 "2011-01-14T17:49:58Z")
To his credit, the top scoop was actually the head of a penis he wanted tattooed on his cheek, but changed his mind, so they added two more penis heads, a cone, and voila! Ice cream cone. Now he is a triple dip shit. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/33 "2011-01-14T18:01:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I figure its real purpose is showing he’s not competent to stand trial the next time he finds himself in court. Because nothing is better than getting a facial tattoo if you’re planning on a life of crime. “Mr Smith, we’d like to ask you a few questions about your attacker. Did he have any identifying characteristics?” “Now that you mention it, he had a tattoo of an ice cream cone on his face and…” “No, that’s all we need. Joe, go arrest Gucci.” ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/34 "2011-01-14T20:07:44Z")
I don’t get it. I’m fairly certain the tattooists I’ve worked with would not have done that to anyone. They would have told him to go fly a kite with that idea and to leave the shop. Not only is he an idiot, the guy (shop) who did that to him should have his (it’s) license revoked. Are there really tattoo artists who would put that in their book? It’s not really a good tattoo anyway. Maybe it was done by a fellow inmate, cuz, you know, prison tatts are cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/35 "2011-01-14T20:33:16Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I don’t get it. I’m fairly certain the tattooists I’ve worked with would not have done that to anyone. They would have told him to go fly a kite with that idea and to leave the shop. Not only is he an idiot, the guy (shop) who did that to him should have his (it’s) license revoked. Are there really tattoo artists who would put that in their book? It’s not really a good tattoo anyway. Maybe it was done by a fellow inmate, cuz, you know, prison tatts are cooler. According to the Washington Post, the photo linked by the OP was tweeted by the tattoo artist, from a shop in Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/36 "2011-01-14T21:02:42Z")
Gucci Mane and tattooist [Shane Willoughby](http://www.celebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gucci_mane_tattoo_3.jpg). Willoughby says Mane was sober and was quite certain about what he wanted. Willoughby tried to convince him to get the tattoo somewhere else but Mane wanted it on his face. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/37 "2011-01-14T21:04:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Gucci Mane and tattooist [Shane Willoughby](http://www.celebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gucci_mane_tattoo_3.jpg). > > Willoughby says Mane was sober and was quite certain about what he wanted. Willoughby tried to convince him to get the tattoo somewhere else but Mane wanted it on his face. Well, it’s not like it’s even his first facial tattoo, so meh. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/38 "2011-01-14T21:06:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Gucci Mane and tattooist [Shane Willoughby](http://www.celebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gucci_mane_tattoo_3.jpg). > > Willoughby says Mane was sober and was quite certain about what he wanted. Willoughby tried to convince him to get the tattoo somewhere else but Mane wanted it on his face. As if there’s _any_ place on the body that would be better for an ice cream cone tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/39 "2011-01-14T21:07:57Z")
My dad had the name of some girl tattooed on his arm. Naturally, they broke up, and he had to get an overlay tattoo to change the letters into something else. (He was able to get it changed into a dragonfly.) I wonder if the ice cream cone was the best this guy could do with a name that had a couple O’s. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568/40 "2011-01-14T21:09:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Gucci Mane and tattooist [Shane Willoughby](http://www.celebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gucci_mane_tattoo_3.jpg). Is that an ice cream cone necklace? What is up with this dude and ice cream? Is that his thing? Is this something I would know if I listened to his music? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gucci-mane-gets-a-tattoo/567568.md?page=3)