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Kathy Iandoli on Gucci Mane’s memoir and becoming the go-to writer for rappers

Kathy Iandoli on Gucci Mane’s memoir and becoming the go-to writer for rappers

Update: 2025-11-19
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Gucci Mane’s new memoir Episodes covers a range of difficult topics: depression, mania, anxiety, drug abuse. There are even pages of the book that are blacked out to reflect the rapper’s gaps in memory. Writer Kathy Iandoli worked with Gucci on the project – and she’s become the go-to writer for rappers looking to tell their stories. In today’s episode, Iandoli speaks with NPR’s Andrew Limbong about her collaboration with Gucci and her take on what draws musical artists to write books in the first place.


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Kathy Iandoli on Gucci Mane’s memoir and becoming the go-to writer for rappers

Kathy Iandoli on Gucci Mane’s memoir and becoming the go-to writer for rappers