Video evidence shows Gucci Mane forced to end contract

A newly surfaced video has become a key piece of evidence in the federal kidnapping and robbery case against rapper Pooh Shiesty, appearing to show fellow artist Gucci Mane being forced to terminate a recording contract while armed men stood nearby. Prosecutors allege the footage was recorded during an incident at a Dallas recording studio on January 10, 2026.

Federal prosecutors filed the evidence in late June as part of their opposition to a bail request from Shiesty, whose legal name is Lontrell Williams Jr. The video, which began circulating publicly on July 1, allegedly shows Gucci Mane, born Radric Davis, being instructed to tell the camera that Shiesty had been released from his deal with The New 1017 Records. In the footage, Davis can be heard saying, "I signed the paper, it's done," while another man identified by prosecutors as Demarcus Glover allegedly stands nearby holding a firearm. Prosecutors also claim to have recovered the contract Williams allegedly forced Davis to sign, filling what they described as gaps in the government's evidence.

Williams, his father Lontrell Williams Sr., and seven other defendants, including rapper Big30 (Rodney Wright Jr.), were...