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Rapper Gucci Mane, above, performs in 2010. (File)

Atlanta-based and Alabama-born rapper

Gucci Mane

reminded everyone he rolls with the Tide this week.

During

on The Ringer, the sportswriter asked how the Bessemer native stayed in touch with sports during his 3-year prison stint, which he recently finished.

Gucci told him he kept up by simply watching ESPN, which included staying on top of his beloved Crimson Tide. They then shared the following exchange at about the 29-minute mark of the podcast:

Bill Simmons: How'd you stay in touch with sports for three years?

Gucci Mane: I watched on TV.

Simmons: Alabama? Were you able to watch those?

Gucci: When we lost to Ohio State, it was so sad.

Simmons: Now it's like Alabama, it's almost unfair. It's becoming unfair to college football what's going on in Alabama. It's a legitimate dynasty.

Gucci: It wasn't unfair when Auburn beat us, it wasn't unfair when Ohio State beat us.

Simmons: It's starting to feel unfair.

Gucci: Life is unfair.

During the 49-minute interview, the two talk in depth about Atlanta, Gucci's humble beginnings in Alabama as well as his friendship with former Alabama player and current Atlanta Falcon Julio Jones, with whom he spent a recent Thanksgiving dinner.

He tells Simmons that Jones is "100 percent" his favorite professional athlete with whom he hangs out.

"He's cool as hell," Gucci says. "He's humble as hell."

Fans of Gucci Mane's music and Atlanta professional sports teams should definitely check out the full interview, which you can find at

and on iTunes.

Alabama next plays Washington in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta for the College Football Playoff semifinal on New Year's Eve. The game will air on ESPN.

Gucci, whose real name is Radric Delantic Davis, was born in Bessemer and lived for much of his childhood in a small house near the city's Roosevelt Park.

In May 2014, Gucci pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and agreed to a plea deal which resulted in him serving time in prison before his early release in May of this year.

UPDATE:

TMZ Sports recently

of Gucci Mane talking in New York about Alabama football, insisting the Crimson Tide will go undefeated for the next 10 years. I guess congratulations, Tide fans!