Lil Jay is one of the most feared savages in Chiraq.
The rapper escaped death twice,
only to get snitched on and ignored by his own gang while locked up.
Let’s take a closer look at the story of Lil Jay: The Chiraq Wolverine.
Lil Jay, also known as Jeff the Meth was a rapper from Chicago
who was associated with FBG and the Gangster Disciples.
Lil J actually started out as a BD,
because he grew up in a neighborhood controlled by the gang.
But, he ended up flipping and becoming an Insane GD,
after he moved to the area around 63rd and St. Lawrence
and started hanging out with guys like Tooka and FBG Duck.
Around the time he moved, Team 600 was just forming.
According to Edai 600, Lil Jay originally wanted to join 600
because at that time he was still a BD.
But, Lil Jay was also known for hanging out with dudes from Jaro City,
who were enemies of 600.
So, he ended up being turned down and would join Jaro City instead
and also started hanging out with members of STL/EBT.
He would be introduced to FBG Duck,
though a mutual friend named FBG Kells and the two would become tight.
At one point when Lil Jay was homeless,
Duck’s mom would take him in and let him sleep on the floor.
Together, he and Duck would put in work in the streets
and started building a reputation in the city as feared shooters.
Lil Jay would allegedly catch his first body in 2011
with the murder of a dude named Levonne from a gang called RMG.
According to rumors, Lil Jay, along with Lil B from Tookaville
tried to rob Lavonne, but he wouldn’t give up too easily.
He tried to get away and run to his car but was shot before he could make it.
Lavonne was later found dead on the scene by police.
It’s not clear who fired the kill shot, but they were both credited with the hit.
It’s also been rumored that Lil Jay was present when Odee Perry got murdered.
Jay was close with FBG Butta, who was the twin brother of K.I.
– the female assassin from STL/EBT.
Butta and K.I. were the ones who allegedly took out Odee,
but it’s been rumored that Lil Jay was with them when it happened.
Lil Jay started to build a reputation in the city in 2012,
when he and FBG Duck dropped the song “Critical”,
which contained a diss aimed at Chief Keef.
On the track Duck rapped
“How the **** you a Chief?
You Ain’t Puttin in no work?”.
This was around the time that Chief Keef was first blowing up,
so the diss attracted a lot of attention.
Lil Jay would go on to beef with other notable rappers in the city,
including Edai 600, 600Breezy, and NLMB Lil Bibby.
Jay and Duck would drop an Edai diss track
“Who the **** is Dude”
in September after Edai made fun of Jay for getting shot on Twitter.
This would make Lil Jay and Duck two of 600’s most hated opps.
600Breezy was probably the most vocal about his hatred for Lil Jay
and was known to tweet things like
“Once I smoke Lil Jay Ima Retire”
and “I’m Tryna Invent Lil Jay World.
He talk Too much”
But 600 wasn’t the only ones Lil Jay had beef with.
He even got into it with Lil Bibby from NLMB.
Lil Jay once claimed on Twitter that he caught Bibby lackin
and he just ran away scared.
Bibby claimed that he only walked away because the people he was with
wanted smoke with Lil Jay and he knew that if he made a move,
Lil Jay would have gotten murked.
Bibby had already built a lot of respect in the streets, so many took his word to be true.
He and Jay eventually put it behind them, as their gangs weren’t actually beefing,
they just got into it that one time.
But all the beefing would come back to haunt him and not long after he started rapping
Lil Jay would be shot nine times in his legs and the back of his neck.
He would make a recovery and go right back to his old ways,
which resulted in him getting shot again.
This time he was hit with 6 bullets in the leg and bladder, bringing the total number to 15.
His reputation for getting hit but bouncing back every time
even earned him the nickname the Chiraq Wolverine by DJ Akademiks.
In 2013, Lil Jay would start getting close with the dudes from Bricksquad,
including Lil Jojo.
Jaro City and STL/EBT were beefing at the time
and it seemed like Jay wanted to start claiming Brick Squad to avoid the drama.
When Lil Jojo from Brick Squad would be murked by members of 600,
Lil Jay would really turn up in the streets and go full BDK.
Around this time, Jay also started to beef with 051 Young Money,
calling them snakes and lames on Twitter.
Some members of STL/EBT would have conflicts with 051,
which led to a few fights and shootouts.
But Duck was cool with one of the most respected members of the gang, 051 Melly,
which prevented the situation from becoming a full-on beef.
Duck also helped squash the beef with Jaro City and all three sets became cool.
But, STL would then start beefing with Brick Squad,
which is one of the reasons Lil Jay started to distance himself from them.
He was no longer a part of FBG after he and Duck had a dispute.
Duck later revealed in an interview with Zack TV,
that Lil Jay had been stealing from him and other members of the gang.
He allegedly stole some petty cash from Duck
and took a chain from an FBG affiliate named King Yella.
It wasn’t that much money, so Duck didn’t turn his back on him completely.
But he did let the homies beat his ass to get Yella’s chain back
and teach him a lesson about stealing from his own people.
So, after that, Jay split from FBG and founded a new movement
called We The Opps, along with FBG Butta.
They also recruited a dude named Troub,
who was affiliated with a Blood set from outside of Chicago.
Troub became the third member of WTO, which meant he was also part of their beef.
Jay, Butt and Troub ended up getting into a shootout
with a dude named J Da Kidd from MitchBlock after a drug deal went wrong.
They went to go buy some weed from J Da Kidd, but they all got into an argument.
Jay, Butta, and Troub went back to Troub’s girlfriend’s house
to get some guns and went back to confront J Da Kidd.
That’s when the shootout went down and both Troub and J Da Kidd ended up getting hit.
Troub would later die in the hospital, while J survived but was left with a huge scar.
Both Lil J and Butta were also arrested for murder
because they went into the situation strapped, which ended up costing their homie his life.
Even though J Da Kidd was the one who fired the kill shot, he got off on self-defense,
because they left and came back with weapons looking for smoke.
Due to all his beefs with different sets in Chicago,
Jay had a tough time behind bars and was constantly getting into fights with opps.
But even though he kept it solid and held his own behind bars,
not everyone would do the same.
No one from FBG called to check up on him or put money on his books.
Even though they had their problems, it never escalated to an all-out beef,
so Jay expected some loyalty from his brothers.
But the others obviously didn’t feel the same
after Jay stole from them and started his own crew.
To make matters worse for Jay, FBG Butta allegedly snitched on him.
At first, Jay was offered an 8-year plea deal but turned it down thinking he could do better in court.
Then photos of Butta signing some kind of paperwork in the interrogation room
started going around the internet after Jay leaked them himself.
Butta denied the accusations, but he did end up getting out after a few years,
while Jay remained locked up.
After getting out, Butta continued to deny that he snitched.
No official evidence was ever presented to prove that he snitched,
it was all just speculation based on a photo of Butta in the interrogation room.
But, even the accusation ended up hurting his reputation.
After that, Butta cut all ties with Lil Jay and claimed they could never be cool again.
Lil Jay ended up beating the murder charge,
only to be sentenced to 14 years in a state penitentiary
for conspiracy to commit murder, intent to kill and injure for nearly taking out J Da Kidd.
But the time behind bars gave Lil Jay some time to reflect on his lifestyle and his choices.
He ran into some old opps, including Rondonumbanine from 600,
and they were able to put the past behind him.
He realized that he never actually had a problem with the people he was beefing with,
but the street mentality forced them to be at war.
So instead of beefing, he decided to focus on self-improvement and getting out of prison.
He even reached out to one of his old homies, FBG Duck to patch things up
and put the past behind them.
Duck was once his brother at the end of the day
and Jay was somewhat responsible for their falling out.
It ended up being perfect timing because not long after that,
Duck would be shot and killed in Chicago.
In the end,
Lil Jay went through pretty much everything you can go through in the streets
but still lived to tell the story.
He almost lost his life on more than one occasion,
had his own gang flip on him,
and ended up going to prison with no one to watch his back.
Even if it wasn’t an ideal situation,
It got him off the streets before he ended up getting killed
and forced him to reconsider his choices.
Hopefully, with good behavior, Lil Jay can eventually be paroled
and get a second chance at life.
It seems like he’s matured a lot since getting locked up
and won’t go back to his old ways as the Chiraq Wolverine.