{"id":449816,"date":"2026-05-28T17:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/449816\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:55:10","slug":"american-rapper-gucci-mane-opens-up-about-bipolar-disorder-schizophrenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/449816\/","title":{"rendered":"American Rapper Gucci Mane Opens Up About Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.decemberissavybe.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-442196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FBN750x90.jpg\" alt=\"FBN750x90\" width=\"750\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May 28 (THEWILL) \u2014 Gucci Mane has opened up about his struggles with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, saying his untreated mental health issues nearly destroyed his life.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper spoke about his experiences during a recent appearance on ABC News\u2019 \u201cNightline\u201d, where he discussed his 2025 memoir, \u201cEpisodes\u201d, in which he first revealed his diagnosis. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe episode is a brief daze, up to a week, to a month, of me not really thinking rationally, hearing voices and not being myself\u201d, Gucci Mane said. \u201cIt\u2019s a total loss of control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenithbank.com\/ziva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-232472 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ask_ZiVA_728x90.gif\" alt=\"Ask ZiVA 728x90 Ads\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rapper, born Radric Davis, said many of his past controversies and legal problems happened while he was going through mental health episodes.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned a 2013 incident at Atlanta\u2019s Lenox Mall, where he nearly fought a stranger, as part of a downward spiral that lasted for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Gucci Mane also spoke about his famous ice cream face tattoo, explaining that he got it during a difficult period in his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really felt numb, and I kept getting tattoos to try to feel something\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper credited treatment, therapy and his wife, Keyshia Ka\u2019oir, for helping him manage his mental health.<\/p>\n<p>He said he decided to speak publicly about his experiences to help others facing similar struggles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to help people,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I can do it, you can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.thewillnigeria.app\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-250397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/THEWILL-APP-ADS-2.jpg\" alt=\"THEWILL APP ADS 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"186\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 May 28 (THEWILL) \u2014 Gucci Mane has opened up about his struggles with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-449816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}