I was all prepared to scoff in the face of the folks who were saying something savage was going to go down at Gucci Mane’s comeback show in St. Louis Saturday night at The Ambassador. Sadly the naysayers get to say I told you so, but before we get into that let me tell y’all why I had already written a fantastic review in my head up until the final moments that resulted in tragedy. First of all, it seemed like no one was in the mood for any foolishness – their only objective was to turn up with Gucci. The lines were absolutely bananas, but there was not the least bit of static. Most of the men were checking out the ladies. And who could blame them? It was quietly looking like a silicone trade convention, but with clients only. I haven’t seen so many store bought curves in one place at one time in all my life – and in St. Louis. Who knew? We are slowly but surely giving Dr. 90210 and ‘nem a run for their money, buying tops and bottoms. And I must admit that only half of them were absurdly done. But back to the concert, there were a bunch of local rappers who took the stage before Gucci. He didn’t get on until way late – like well after midnight. Folks didn’t even seem mad. When the new and improved Gucci came out with his texturizer and newly svelte shape as he rapped to his tracks, the folks met him word for word. It was a full-fledged trap sing along and I was actually quietly enjoying myself before an inner voice told me to hit it. I didn’t understand why – because everything was going down in the best way imaginable. No sooner than I turned the corner, the sirens and the chaos popped off. The venue was prepared with all kinds of cops and security measures, but y’all know what happened after that. I want to send prayers to the family of the young man who passed away – and I know I’m asking for reason amongst the unreasonable, but think about the lives that are impacted when you get the urge to pull the trigger –and in a crowd no less. I don’t care what it was that went down, it was not enough to warrant gunfire, let alone the loss of a life.