Brooklyn Drill has put New York back on the map
as one of the cities leading the new wave of hip hop.
It has also exposed fans to the war going on
between the two rival gangs called the Woos and the Choos
that have been terrorizing the city for close to a decade.
One of the most promising up-and-coming rappers to lose his life in this beef
is an artist named Nick Blixy,
who was part of the notorious Blixy Gang.
Here is a look into the career and death of Nick Blixy and his involvement in this wild beef.
The Woos and the Choos aren’t just regular gangs,
they are actually larger umbrella gangs that contain different allied sets.
Gang banging in New York is a little different than it is out West
because gangs aren’t necessarily associated with a particular neighborhood or beef.
Gangs in New York have more to do with who you get money with
and the individual problems you have with enemies in your area.
So, blood sets could be allied with crips and even go against other blood sets or vice versa.
These umbrella gangs have formed to identify
which sets are cool with each other and which ones are at war.
The Woo is made up of different Blood and Crip sets, while the Choos
are mostly Gangster Disciples and Bloods with a few crip sets thrown in.
Check out our video on the Woos vs the Choos for more info on this beef.
Nick Blixky was a rapper who was affiliated with the Blixky Gang, a rap collective
made up of GD’s who rep the Choo.
This group was started by rapper 22gz, who originally went by the name 22 Blixky.
I was 22 Blixky in the beginning.
I'm still 22 Blixky tho, but
I'm 22Gz you feel me?
He is credited as being an OG member of the Brooklyn Drill sound
and he’s one of the most popular Choo rappers from Brooklyn.
But after he was arrested for being involved in a wild shootout in Miami,
19-year-old Jeffery Alexander
Allegedly shot and kill 30-year-old Ladarian Tyrell Phillips of Homestead
Nick Blixky would have to step up and hold it down for the Blixky gang
on the music front.
Nick Blixky earned his name in the streets of Brooklyn and the Bronx.
He would officially become a member of the Gangsta Disciples
after being inducted into the Blixky gang led by 22gz.
The Gangster Disciples have a long history of beef in Brooklyn.
The GD’s were originally from Chicago and ended up coming to Brooklyn
sometime in the 90’s.
Their main headquarters in Brooklyn was the Ebbets Field apartments
in the Prospect Lefferts Garden neighborhood.
Although the GD’s are feared and respected in the city,
they are also outnumbered and known to beef with nearly every other gang in the area,
except the sets they are allied with under the Choo umbrella.
But being the underdog has made them one of the deadliest gangs in New York City.
The Blixcky gang first started gaining attention with the rise in popularity of 22gz,
who popped off with tracks like Blixky and Suburban.
Nick was friends with 22gz, who pushed him to pursue music early on.
But at the time, Nick was still heavily in the streets
and music didn’t seem like a major priority.
Then in 2014, 22gz would be arrested for his involvement in a shootout
and police chase that left one person dead.
Police say Alexander fired at the Buicks owner
who was shot in the leg, his friend was shot in the back and died
Alexander was taken into custody
It all started with an argument over a parking space.
22 Gz was in a white BMW with three other men in Miami.
They tried to fit into a parking space that was too small and ended up hitting a gold Buick
that was in the next space.
The two owners of the vehicle saw it from across the street
and went over to confront 22gz and his crew.
During the argument, someone in the car pulled out a gun
and shot the two men who owned the other car.
One was killed and the other survived.
This led to a wild police chase that resulted in shots being fired by police
and the driver of the car ending up dead.
22gz spent several months fighting this case
Alexander is now charged with one count of second degree murder
and attempted second degree murder.
but it was eventually dropped.
The jury was unable to prove that he had any involvement
other than being in the car at the time of the shooting,
so he was cleared of all the charges.
While 22gz was locked up, Nick Blicky would step up
to represent the Blixky gang and began releasing music.
He had secretly been recording songs but didn’t let anyone know.
So, when 22gz got locked up, he already had a track ready to release.
Once his homie was back in the streets,
the two would colab for the track Jet Li and band together to take over the rap game.
By this point, Blixky gang was becoming a major movement with other members
like Nas Blixky and Breezy Blixky also putting out music that was doing numbers.
It seemed like it was only a matter of time before the crew would take over the industry.
But like in most drill scenes, the popularity of the music
also fueled the beef and before Nick could truly enjoy his success,
he would become another victim of the endless cycle of violence
that haunts every hood in America.
At the same time that the Blixky gang was gaining momentum,
other rival rappers associated with the crips who rep the Woo,
like Pop Smoke and Fivio Foreign were also gaining traction.
So were rappers like Sheff G and Sleepy Hollow
who were straight crip and not associated with the Woo,
but still had beef with the GD’s.
Then, 22Gz signed to Kodak Black’s Sniper gang label in 2018,
bringing national attention to the Blixky Gang.
This would give Nick the opportunity to go out on national tours with his friends
and gain even more exposure in the industry.
The rapper would take advantage of the spotlight
and release bangers like Different Type of Time and Drive the Boat
that would cement him as one of Brooklyn’s most promising drill rappers.
But with all that attention also comes jealousy
and with the war between the Woos and the Choos raging in the streets of Brooklyn,
it was only a matter of time before something serious would go down.
That moment would come when Nick allegedly caught one of his opps, Sheff G
outside a courthouse in Brooklyn and slashed him on the head,
forcing him to cut his iconic braids.
Sheff G is a Crip rapper from Flatbush associated with the Eight Trey Movin Gang.
He originally blew up off of a diss track called No Suburban,
which was a direct response to the 22Gz song Suburban.
Sheff and 22Gz had been beefing ever since,
throwing subliminals at each other on tracks and going back and forth on IG Live.
Sheff even went as far as calling 22gz a rat after beating the case in Miami,
which the rapper denies.
Yo bro, when you sign up for the streets,
you take a certain code that you live by for the rest of your life *****.
You understand? ******* rat.
This made Sheff G, a primary opp to the Blixky gang,
which led to the rapper getting attacked and sliced outside his PO’s office.
Early on in his career, Sheff was known for his distinctive pigtail braids,
which he can be seen rocking in the video for No Suburbans.
But in an interview with DJ Vlad, he revealed that he had to cut them off
after he got slashed in the head by an opp.
Cut my head, you feel me?
I got cut.
On my head, and then
I went to the hospital and they was like the cut was too small so they couldn't find it
You feel me? So they had to remove my hair to find the cut
The rapper actually posted on IG live from the hospital that night,
which shows his head bandaged up with his hair looking crazy.
In another interview, he revealed that he was leaving a meeting
with his probation officer when he got attacked.
He says that everyone in Brooklyn gets sent to the same offices for probation
so it’s common to run into opps in the area.
One of his enemies ran up on him from behind, which is how he got cut.
Sheff is careful with what he says in interviews, so he never revealed who caught him lackin.
But word on the street is that it was Nick Blicky,
who decided to teach the rapper a lesson about talking shit to his homie 22gz.
All the success in the music industry and their growing reputation in the streets
started making the Blixky gang feel invincible.
They would continue to send shots at their opps in songs and on social media,
like most drill rappers do.
But, the crew would end up taking it a bit too far, dissing a dead rapper
that would eventually lead to the murder of one of their most promising members.
In February 2020, Pop Smoke was gunned down during a home invasion at a house
he was renting in Hollywood Hills, California.
20-year-old rapper Pop smoke who's real name is Bashar Jackson
was shot and kill just after 4:00 AM in the Hollywood Hills
Pop was one of the leading voices in the Brooklyn drill movement
and was quickly becoming one of the biggest rising stars in the industry.
He was also affiliated with the Crips and repped the Woo heavily in his music.
But, right at the height of his success, Pop was tragically murdered
in a robbery gone wrong.
The rapper accidentally revealed the address to the home he was renting
by posting a photo to his IG showing a gift he’d been sent.
A group of teenage gang members then broke into the house and caught Pop in the shower.
He tried to fight back and they just ended up shooting him
and only getting away with a watch and some other jewelry.
Although the alleged killers were gang- affiliated, police don’t believe his death
was related to any street related beef.
The death of Pop Smoke was a major blow to NYC, especially the crips.
But, being one of their most well-known opps, the Blixky gang didn’t miss an opportunity
to diss their fallen enemy.
Hours after it was announced that Pop passed,
Breezy Bixky and Nas Blixky
would be on social media sending direct shots at their dead opp.
Just a few months after Pop Smoke was killed,
Nick Blixky would be shot in the chest with a shotgun on Winthrop Street
in the Prospect Lefferts Garden neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Nick Blixky was discover with gunshot wounds on Winthrop Street
in the Prospect Lefferts Garden
Footage leaked to the internet of Nick Blixky dead in the street
with cops standing over the body, leading many to assume
that he was the victim of police brutality.
But, as more details from the shooting were released,
it was revealed that Nick Blixcky was yet another casualty in the war
between the Woos and the Choos.
Authorities revealed that they believed Nick Blixky’s death was a retaliation hit
for the Blixky gang dissing Pop Smoke,
even though Nick never actually sent any shots himself.
But in the wild streets of Brooklyn, it doesn’t matter.
You’re responsible for anything your gang says or does because whoever gets caught first
is going to feel the pain.
Rappers on both sides would take to social media to honor Nick’s and mock his death,
in typical drill fashion.
Rapper 1090 Justo Be would take the disrespect to an extreme,
posting a photo of himself standing on a grave that had GDK spray-painted on it,
while he is holding a red bandana and wearing a shirt that says
“Rest in Piss Nick Blixky GDK”.
But, Nick Blixky’s mom later revealed that her son had been cremated and was at home.
So, the rapper had just destroyed a random grave for clout.
Not long after, police later recovered surveillance footage from a nearby deli
that showed the shooting take place.
Based on this evidence the cops were able to identify a 28-year-old named Caliph Glean
as the primary suspect.
Glean had previously served time for an attempted murder.
The footage from the deli showed the shooter walk into a building
on 800 Eastern Parkway after the hit, which is where the Glean lived.
Plus, the cops were able to identify a distinctive globe tattoo on the shooter's arm,
which matched photos of Glean and the surveillance video revealed that the killer
was rocking a blue bandana, pointing to gang affiliations as a possible motive.
But the most shocking detail revealed by the footage was that Nick dapped up his killer
moments before he was shot,
suggesting that they knew each other and may have even been friends.
A witness also confirmed that Nick and his killer had greeted each other
like they were homies before Glean backed up and started letting off shots.
Another witness heard gunshots and then saw a man in a hoodie with a blue bandana
run down the street and hop on the back of a bike to make a getaway.
Cops were able to arrest Glean for illegal possession of ammunition,
after matching the shell casings found at the scene to bullets that were found in his apartment.
So, the cops have plenty of evidence to tie Glean to the crime scene
and prove that he’s guilty of Nick’s Blixkyy’s murder.
Based on the evidence, it seems like Nick was taken out by one of his own people.
The police have not revealed an official motive, but based on Glean’s gang affiliations,
they believe that the shooting had something to do with the Blixky gang
dissing Pop Smoke after he passed.
After the rapper was killed, Nick’s mother gave an interview
where she made a shocking accusation of her son’s friends.
She said that she believes the Blixky gang was responsible for Nick’s murder
and that they sacrificed her son.
and my son sacrificed a couple days after
She said that he had tried to separate himself from the gang
because he’d been betrayed by them in the past.
She also said she knows who the killer is
and that they sacrificed him because he was trying to change his life
and focus on music.
It’s a pretty wild accusation,
but when you consider the fact that Nick was cool with his killer,
it does start to make more sense.
After Nick Blixky was killed, the GD’s retaliated
by going after several Woo affiliates and GDK’s like GS9 Bugsy and KJ Balla.
It doesn’t seem like the War between the Woos and the Choos
will be slowing down any time soon and with every life that’s lost,
the beef just gets more and more intense.
Tragically, another talented rapper was killed before he was able to truly enjoy his success.
But when you’re living that life, you almost can’t trust anyone,
because even former friends can turn into enemies and take your life.
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