Hip-Hop Holi-Daze!

Gucci Mane is currently in federal time out in Terre Haute, Indiana. While he's in federal time out, his management company releases music. The most recent release is East Atlanta Santa 2: The Night GuWop Stole X-Mas. 

Those in the hip-hop community are relying on releasing mixtapes to stay relevant.

This month alone brought a slew of hip-hop releases. 

DatPiff.com is the leading mixtape website. They get the exclusive releases from many known and soon to be known acts. 

Fabolous, Lil' Wayne, Chris Brown, Project Pat, Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross, 50 Cent, Young Buck, Young Thug, Yo Gotti, Busta Rhymes, Bankroll Fresh, Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Timbaland, and Trey Songz dropped a mixtape this month.

Canadian rapper/singer Tory Lanez is rising in popularity. He released two mixtapes at the same time this month. He's becoming a buzz on the hip-hop community.

So far this year has been a great year for Kendrick Lamar. The Compton rapper has been nominated for 11 Grammy nominations. His album To Pimp a Butterfly.

Atlanta's king of the trap is Radric Davis (known as the Gucci Mane). Gucci Mane while serving time in ADX Terre Haute has released his 18th mixtape/album. He has been the most active rapper so far this year. 

The East Atlanta Santa 2 mixtape was released yesterday.