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Sometimes an artist’s hype can end up being bigger than them, and it results in tons of tweets and mentions…but no sales. We saw this with Boosie when he was released from jail two years ago, and even Soulja Boy would be an example, whose millions of followers resulted in nothing but his album going triple BRICK in 2010. I’d add Troy Ave here too, but….#TooSoon.

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Fortunately for Gucci Mane, it doesn’t seem to be the case with him. In just 24 hours, his first post-prison release, the aptly-titled “First Day Out Tha Feds,” garnered a whopping 1.1 MILLION streams…with 900k of that coming in the first 12 hours! And now that streams can add to sales, which can add to revenue, these fans (and hypebeasts mixed in) are officially putting their money where their mouth is fingertips are.

I look forward to seeing what Gucci does next!

Source: Forbes