Most rap fans know about Jacksonville
because of the deadly war between Yungeen Ace and Foolio,
but one of the most savage dudes in the city
wasn't from either one of their gangs.
Luh Leeke was affiliated with a crew called 1200,
and before he was killed back in 2020
he was one of the scariest dudes in the street
who even got respect from the opps.
This is the wild story of Luh Leeke,
the demon of Duval county.
Leeke came up on the east side of Jacksonville
and was from 1200.
1200 isn’t the same as Yungeen Ace’s ATK crew,
but a lot of their members are homies
and they share some of the same opps - including Foolio and KTA.
Leeke's brother Lil Popa, has been beefing with Foolio for years too
They was cool back in the day.
But they had a falling out that led to them throwing hands in a Foot Locker.
Lil Poppa and Foolio made headlines
for sending diss tracks back and forth.
But what a lot of them don't know,
is that Leeke was one of Foolios biggest opps.
Foolio was always sending shots at him on social media,
and in 2020
Leeke allegedly tried to take out Foolio’s girlfriend.
On April 30th, 2020,
Foolio’s girlfriend Buban Baby
was going to the gas station with her friend.
But they took Foolio’s car instead of hers,
and it almost got her killed.
While they were stopped at an intersection,
a shooter came by and started letting off shots.
Buban ducked down and tried to drive away
while her friend was screaming in the passenger seat,
but she ended up getting shot three times.
One bullet grazed her head,
another got stuck in her knee,
and the third bullet took off one of her fingers!
Leeke was allegedly the shooter,
and his homie Spinabenz dissed Foolio over the situation
on the track I Don’t Smoke Kendre.
He said “This n**** mama got shot and he still tweakin’
This n**** b**** got shot, Ku I know she leavin’
They shot that hoe finger off, she couldn’t even tweet it.”
Leeke never hopped in the booth,
but his homies from 1200 like Spinabenz,
Whoppa Wit Da Choppa,
and J Dot Breezy all put on for the crew in the studio.
Just a month after he allegedly hit up Foolio’s girlfriend,
Rumors say Leeke killed a dude from 6 Block named Petey, AKA 35.
On May 3rd,
Petey and three other dudes were chilling on the 2100 block of Brooklyn Road
when someone hopped out of a car and started letting off shots.
Petey was hit multiple times
and unfortunately died from his injuries.
All of his homies got hit too, but all three of them survived.
According to the cops,
over 30 shots went off at the scene,
and Leeke was allegedly the shooter.
Not much is known about his early life,
but Leeke allegedly started getting way more active in the streets
after he saw his friend murdered right in front of him
back in 2019.
In August 2019,
Leeke and his homie John
were chilling on the 1200 block of Clark Street
when someone in a white van pulled up and started letting off shots.
Leeke was hit multiple times and had to be treated at the hospital,
but John was tragically shot in the head
and pronounced dead at the scene.
Nobody was ever booked for the hit,
but Leeke and John were allegedly targeted
by somebody they had robbed a few days earlier.
A month after Petey was killed,
a dude named Jumpout Squeeze dropped the track Opp S***
and took shots at Leeke, his homie John,
and a bunch of other dudes from 1200.
Jumpout had already been shot once and survived,
but dropping a diss track in a wild city like Jacksonville
is one of the most dangerous things you can do.
Ten days after the track came out,
Jumpout was standing outside an Amazon warehouse to apply for a job.
It was 2 PM in broad daylight,
but two shooters hopped out of a car
and started dumping shots.
Jumpout was killed at the scene,
and two bystanders got hit but survived.
The cops said they had a bunch of eyewitnesses
and surveillance cameras caught the car the shooters got away in,
but nobody was ever arrested for his murder.
Rumors say Leeke and his boy were the ones behind the hit,
and his boy allegedly admitted to it on IG.
Somebody on IG asked Leeke’s homie
what his favorite memory with Leeke was,
and Leeke’s homie responded by posting a video of Jumpout.
There’s no evidence to prove they were actually involved,
but it looks like his boy is confirming the rumors.
If all the rumors are true,
Leeke was one of the most active dudes in the city.
But it didn’t take long for all of the violence to catch up with him,
and Leeke was unfortunately shot and killed in September 2020.
Leeke, Spinabenz,
and a few other dudes
were sitting in a car at the intersection of Atlantic Boulevard
and Monument Road at around one in the morning.
Leeke was allegedly driving high off of lean,
and another car pulled up and started letting off shots.
Leeke was rushed to the hospital
with life-threatening injuries,
and he died a few days later.
When the cops pulled up to the scene,
they found a car speeding off and chased them down.
One of the dudes in the other car got shot,
and the cops ended up arresting everyone in the whip.
Rumors say Petey’s brother Curt
took Leeke out as revenge for killing Petey,
but it hasn’t been confirmed.
Nobody was ever charged for the hit,
but Leeke’s sister went on TikTok
and said that Foolio was involved with his death.
After Leeke died,
all the opps started dissing him on tracks -
especially Foolio.
On Rod K’s track All Gas,
Foolio said
“Shot my car up twice then hit my b****
Now Leeke rest in peace.”
Foolio also dropped a track
named after Leeke and said
“100K, he’ll shake the room,
sweep his block, we don’t need no broom
They ask me how high I am,
I’m Leeke high, I’m to the moon.”
Foolio took the disrespect to the next level
when he got custom weed packs
made with Leeke’s face on them.
Taking Leeke out was a huge win for the opps,
but it allegedly led to them losing even more people.
Two months after Leeke died,
a dude from 6 Block named Spazz2x
was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Hilltop Village apartments.
Then the next day, Rod K got chipped in the same spot.
It’s not clear who took them out,
but Whoppa Wit Da Choppa hopped on IG and wrote
“You can talk about Leeke all dayyy
but not yo dawgs who got smoked after him.”
And on the track I Don’t Smoke Kendre,
Spinabenz said
“Rod K died, he was spinnin’,
guess he freezed up
F*** his last words,
Ku, the last thing he seen was us.”
and “Spazz2x got dropped,
how he do that?
Scrollin’ through his phone in Hilltop, thought you knew that?”
Leeke was apparently really going at his opp’s necks,
and on the track Alone
Spinabenz shouted him out and said
“The field s***, real,
this s*** out here ain’t for everybody
And I kill, kill, kill,
I swear these n****s ain’t caught no body
And know it’s Leeke this and Leeke that
But if Leeke was here,
he’ll blow ‘em down and they don’t mention that.”
Last year Lil Uzi Vert’s artist
hopped on the track Pop Out with Foolio and said
“I’m with Foolio… He got me smokin’ on Leeke.”
In September
Desto and her homegirl were driving in Houston
when two dudes walked up and started letting off shots.
Desto shot back and hit one of them in the stomach,
but unfortunately
they caught her in the head and she died at the scene.
There’s no evidence tying anyone from Jacksonville to the hit,
but after she died Jdot Breezy hopped on IG and wrote
“Now u dead.
Wasn’t even in yo hometown
should’ve acted like the gender u are
but you wanted to act like u a n**** now look atcha fitted casket.”
Even though he’s losing homies to the beef,
Foolio is still taking shots at Leeke and his family.
Back in May,
Leeke's cousin Luh Coby was shot outside of his school.
He was walking with some homies
when somebody pulled up and started letting off shots,
then everyone started running away screaming.
Coby ran back inside for help,
and luckily he survived after he got taken to the hospital.
A few months later,
Foolio hopped on IG and wrote
“How lil coby still alive
he got a medkitttttt” with laughing emojis.
Losing Leeke was a huge blow to 1200,
and now they’re facing another loss if Spinabenz loses his gun case.
He caught the charge after the police pulled him and his girlfriend over
and found a Glock in the car.
The gun was registered in his girl's name,
but the prosecutors are trying to prove
that she actually bought it for him
and that his DNA was on the gun.
Spinabenz is facing possession of a firearm by a gang-related felon,
which makes the case even worse for him.
Without the gang enhancement on the charge
he would be facing 30 years -
but now if he gets convicted they could put him away for life.
At this point,
the war in Jacksonville has become one of the deadliest beefs in rap history.
There are a lot of crews involved,
but even the ones who don’t catch as many headlines as ATK and KTA
are out there catching bodies and losing members.
Hopefully at some point
the situation can finally cool off
and people will stop losing their lives,
but it will be hard for anyone to move on
after so much blood has been spilled on all sides.
Rest in peace to Leeke and everyone else who lost their lives.