PGF Nuk came up in Englewood on the south side of Chicago,
and now he’s one of the hottest new drill rappers in the city!
From slanging candy in the streets,
to his own mom getting into shootouts with the opps,
this is the wild story of PGF Nuk.
Nuk’s dad was in and out of jail when he was a kid,
so he was raised by a single mom in Englewood.
Nuk told 16ShotEm Visualz
that they would get their gas and electricity shut off at home,
so he spent a lot of time running around the hood getting into trouble.
His mom claims GD, so Nuk got away with a lot growing up.
He saw dudes in his hood hustling and making money,
so he hopped off the porch at 10-years-old and started robbing people.
There was a time when he stole his cousin’s burner,
then his cousin came to his crib and held Nuk and his homies hostage
until he gave up the gun.
Nuk’s cousin wasn’t really tripping about it though
and ended up coming back later and giving him another gun!
When he was in the fifth grade, Nuk moved from Englewood to Moe Town.
Moving to a different hood can come with a lot of problems,
but luckily Nuk’s homie Huncho already stayed over there.
They linked up at school, then Huncho introduced Nuk to his boy Psycho.
Psycho and Nuk got close,
and the three of them started OTM, AKA Only The Members.
Nuk caught a lot of fades after moving to Moe Town since he was the new guy,
and that’s one of the reasons why OTM was started.
Nuk and his homies ain’t want to inherit anyone else’s beef,
so they created their own clique so they could move how they wanted to.
OTM had their own movement going,
but then in 2017 Psycho was tragically murdered while playing basketball.
On August 16th, 2017,
Psycho was hooping at Bradley Park.
At around 4:30,
a car pulled up and a 25 year old named Tororicius Berry
walked up and popped Psycho in the head!
Psycho fell to the ground,
then Berry stood over him and let off more shots before running away.
Psycho played ball in school too,
and his coach told the Chicago Tribune
“This kid was good. He loved his parents,
his parents loved him, everybody loved him.
It’s a shame that good kids like him are the ones getting killed.”
What makes the situation even more tragic
is that Psycho wasn’t even from the area!
He lived in O’Block, but he hooped at Bradley Park because he thought it was safer.
After he died,
OTM became Psycho Gang Family -
and that’s when Nuk started going by PGF Nuk.
Psycho’s death had a heavy impact on Nuk.
It pushed him deeper into the streets,
and Nuk eventually got booked on an armed robbery charge.
But Psycho was also the one who got him into music,
and after he died Nuk decided to hop in the booth too.
A lot of street rappers go straight to YouTube and start dropping videos,
but Nuk wanted to build up his fanbase first.
He told Adam22 during a No Jumper interview
that he was rapping on Facebook for a year before he ever released a video.
He dropped the track HennDusse, which blew up on Facebook.
In an interview with Audiomack,
Nuk said “I went viral on Facebook rapping that song just with my homie recording me.
And then I was like, ‘I gotta shoot a video.’
First time ever shooting my own music video
and that mother***** did like 100K in a month.
Then that ***** went to 200K the next month
and every month it got 100K new views.”
HennDusse was his first track that blew up,
then in 2021
he took it to the next level when his song N****s Be B****** went viral
and racked up over a million views!
Then a few months later,
he dropped his breakout hit WADDUP.
The track has millions of plays,
and the remix with Polo G has even more than the OG version.
Nuk and Polo are actually cousins through marriage,
and Nuk told Audiomack “Polo really locked in with his city.
When it comes down to really working with people that’s upcoming,
he always in the city doing it...
I just started DM-ing him and ****,
but he never would DM me back.
Then, his birthday comes, and he on IG Live, drunk as hell, playing my song.”
Linking up with Polo was huge for Nuk’s career,
but he already had connections in the industry since he came up in the streets.
He told Audiomack
“I’ve known Lil Durk my whole life. I been knowing G Herbo.
Chief Keef was at my crib before he got on.
I really be in the street.
That’s why it was so easy for me to get as big as I am now.
I got real hood connections with people.”
After his music started popping, Nuk dropped out of school in the 9th grade.
He was supposed to already be a junior,
but he told 16ShotEm that he only went to class a couple times a month
so he failed all his classes.
He ain’t like showing up to school with people acting like fans,
so Nuk just completely stopped going.
A lot of rappers start making music to get fans,
but Nuk says it was all about making money at first
and he ain’t even care about having fans.
Nuk and his brother PGF Tavo went on No Jumper
and talked about how they don’t send direct shots at people on their tracks,
but that don’t mean Nuk don’t have beef with other rappers.
When 16Shotem interviewed him back in March,
Nuk called out Quando Rondo’s homie Lul Tim for getting $10K for a feature.
He said “I just saw the other day Lul Tim lil goofy ass talking some $10K a feature.
You hurting fool, I was charging that already.”
Quando jumped in to defend his homie and told Nuk on his IG story
“Boy you broke as hell and we up come get y’all hat bac boy.”
Then Nuk clapped back by tagging Quando on his story with the caption
“@quando rondo yo ass a whole goofy.”
Nobody knows exactly why Nuk went at Tim,
but he turned up the heat and wrote “I’ll smoke @quando_rondo bitch ass on lo..
Lil Tim a die to ..
He already got a bag on his shit I might come get it.”
After Nuk started talking about the bag on Tim’s head,
people online started calling him out for dry snitching.
Back when Von was killed in 2020,
rumors started flying that Lil Durk put a mil on Tim’s head.
There’s no evidence to prove that’s true,
but Nuk definitely added fuel to the fire
and some people clowned him for airing out street business on social media.
Even though Nuk was sending death threats,
Lul Tim don’t seem too pressed about the situation.
He did an interview with Fucious TV back in May and said
“Like why you on a n**** d*** though?
You don't even,
You don’t even know a n****, talking about goofy.
The beef cooled down after that,
but now Nuk is coming for Lil Jay,
AKA the Chiraq Wolverine.
Jay got out of prison back in April after serving seven years on a murder charge.
After he was released,
he hopped right back in the booth and started dropping new tracks.
His first comeback song First Day Clout racked up over two million views on YouTube,
and a lot of fans say he’s the hottest artist in Chicago right now.
Fans were also comparing Lil Jay and Nuk,
but Nuk wasn’t with all that.
He hopped on IG and wrote “on lo
stop comparing me to lil jay
ain’t nobody bumping dude music in da city
ian never heard it.”
Jay clapped back on IG Live and said
“Who the **** comparing dude to me? Who are you my son or somethin’?
Stop that **** I don’t even know you shorty,
keep my mother****** name out your mouth homie...
I’m the real goat, you a shorty man.”
He also tagged Nuk in the caption and said
“lmao you can’t compare to me shorty I’m a Chiraq legend.
Clout up son son @pgfnuk
must be mad I get more views den him with no major or minor features.”
Nuk responded on IG and wrote
“I’m the HOTTEST in the city (right now).
You can’t compare me to n****s with *** rumors.
Y’all (know) I’m STAMPED in this industry.
Ain’t no Bs behind my name #SwitchMusic.”
Nuk allegedly went after Jay because he’s Durk’s opp,
but Nuk is also beefing with his own people too!
A few months ago, Nuk posted a video on his IG story
with his homie BG Lil Pat knocked out in the passenger seat of his whip.
Pat was off the xans,
so Nuk started slapping him in the face with a bunch of cash.
When Pat finally woke up,
Nuk yelled “**** is you doing bro? What?
Stop going to sleep *****, we in the trenches.”
Ain't take a half *****
Stop tweaking wake up!
Lil Pat posted a screenshot of the video on his story with the caption
“On my son I love you ***** love You keep me on point.”
It looked like it was all good between them,
but apparently there was more going on behind the scenes.
Back in May, Pat hopped on IG Live and told Nuk to stop playing on his baby momma.
He said “When I see you,
just be ready on [unintelligible] I’m blastin yo ass.
You better be with your homies when I see you, ‘cause I’m taking your watch *****,
on my son *****.”
Nuk also made a lot of people in Chicago mad
when a video started going around where he allegedly dissed FBG Duck.
King Yella posted a clip from Nuk’s Facebook Live where he said
“Y’all ass in the streets doing dumb ****, jamming guns.
That’s probably why Duc k’s ass died,
he probably bought a brand new Glock with a switch on the chopper.”
Then Yella called out Nuk in another video and said
“That shit lame as hell. Y’all n****s doing anything.
You playin’, you a kid.
I wasn’t gonna say anything crazy,
but now you playin’ with my brother though...
**** wrong with you?
Duck would’ve smacked the **** out of you.”
Dissing opps in the drill scene is just part of the culture,
but Nuk is going after dudes he don’t even need to beef with.
He told 16Shotem that he started OTM back in the day
so he ain’t have to take on anyone else’s beef,
but now he’s allegedly sending shots at dudes just because he’s linked up with Durk.
If Nuk keeps his head down and focuses on the music,
he could be the next Chicago drill rapper to break out.
Dissing opps can get you some clout and more views,
but it can also get you killed in a wild city like Chicago.
So hopefully he leaves the streets behind and makes it out of the city,
because he definitely has what it takes to really blow up in the industry.