Florida has produced some of the hottest rappers in the last few years,
but it’s also a state known for beef.
Nearly every popular Florida rapper is going at it with somebody else in the industry,
which has created a lot of buzz for the music
but has also led to police raids and bodies dropping left and right.
Gun fire erupts inside a northwest side apartment complex
it leaves this 16-year-old dead.
Neighbors say that the shooting sounded like a war zone
The most recent beef to pop off is between Julio Foolio and Kodak Black.
Although for now, it’s all been online,
Foolio has already shown up to Kodak’s old hood and exposed a text message
where Yak claims that Youngeen Ace put 200k on foolio’s head.
Let’s take a closer look at this beef.
Kodak Black is now a young veteran of the Florida rap game.
He first started blowing up back in 2014 with the track No Flockin.
He would go on to drop huge songs like Tunnel Vision, Roll in Peace
with XXXtentacion, and ZeZe with Travis Scott and Offset.
Plus, in 2017, Cardi B would take inspiration from his breakout single
and create her own version called Bodak Yellow.
That song stayed on the Billboard charts for three weeks straight
and was even nominated for several Grammy’s and BET awards.
Kodak got a writing credit on the song
and has been credited with influencing the sound of rap in the late 2010s.
But besides being a popular artist, Kodak has been in the streets since he was young.
He grew up in the Golden Acres Housing Projects in Pompano Beach, Florida,
and is the son of a Haitian immigrant.
Kodak first started rapping in elementary school
and used to record his music at a local trap house.
Growing up, he would get in brawls and break into houses with his friends,
which would get him expelled in the 5th grade and locked up in middle school for auto theft.
Kodak is also affiliated with the Zoes, a Haitian gang based in South Florida.
He’s been in and out of jail for his entire career but has managed to maintain a loyal fanbase
and his respect in the streets.
Most recently, was locked up on a firearm charge
after failing to disclose that he was a convicted felon on an application for the weapon,
then trying to cross the border with it.
For that, he was sentenced to 2 years and 7 months in prison
but was eventually pardoned by former President Donald Trump in early 2021.
Only on local 10, South Florida rapper Kodak Black released from jail early this morning
And only our cameras were there as he walked out of jail with a new name and a GED
Check out our previous video on Rappers Pardoned of Their Crimes
for more info on Kodak Black’s criminal past and presidential pardon.
Since coming home,
Yak has reclaimed his position as the young OG of the Florida rap scene.
But, while he was locked up, a whole new generation of Florida artists had taken over.
One of those artists is Foolio, the rapper from Jacksonville
who is beefing with Yungeen Ace and his KTA crew.
Foolio grew up in Jacksonville and got caught up in the streets at an early age.
The rapper dropped out of high school in the 9th grade,
after getting shot while getting off the bus.
After that, he was in the streets full time and decided to become a rapper.
He ended up attracting the attention of some major names in the industry
and even dropped a collaborative project with Gucci Mane’s producer Zaytoven
called 6toven in 2018.
But, he didn’t start to blow up on a mainstream level
until his beef with Yungeen Ace.
Yungeen Ace blew up back in 2017 with the track Go to War
and has been steadily building a fanbase.
But ever since he started gaining attention,
he’s been locked in a heated war with Foolio and his KTA gang.
In 2017, the same year that Ace started to buzz with his music,
Foolio’s cousin Zion Brown would be killed.
Someone threw a brick through his window and fired several shots into the house,
hitting Zion and his two sisters.
A 19-year-old named Doentrae Thomas, aka Drae Shorty,
was eventually arrested for the murder.
Drae Shorty had ties to Yungeen Ace
and at that point, Foolio’s KTA gang and Ace’s ATK gang were already beefing.
This brought it to a whole new level, which only got worse after Ace’s car was shot up,
killing his brother and two friends.
18-year-old Trevon Bullard,
19-year-old Jercoby Groover,
and 18-year-old Royale Smith. They lost their lives late last night.
Police say the shooter followed the three along with the fourth survivor,
from a restaurant from a restaurant at the St. John's town center
to the town center parkway then opened fire
Check out our previous videos on the War in Jacksonville for more info on this beef.
Ever since then, the two rappers have been caught in a deadly
war that produced two of the most disrespectful tracks of all time,
Who I Smoke and When I See You Remix.
But, all the beefing and dissing of each other’s dead homies
has also captured the attention of the hip hop media and has made Foolio and Ace
two of the hottest rappers in Florida.
Now Foolio is involved in an entirely new beef with the Project Baby himself Kodak Black.
It’s not entirely clear how this beef started, but there are a few rumors going around.
Kodak has had some of his own drama recently, after two of his artists,
Wiz da Wizzard and Jackboy went on social media to tell the world
that they were not happy with their situation on Kodak’s Sniper Gang Label.
Jackboy said that he felt Kodak was taking all the shine for himself
and Wiz claims that he wants to buy himself out of his own contract,
after learning that he had only signed for 30K.
Foolio is cool with Wiz Da Wizard
and somehow got swept up in the drama between him and Kodak.
Another theory is that Foolio feels some type of way
after Kodak disrespected him and then linked with Yungeen Ace.
Back in April, Kodak went on Live
and threw some shade at some of the up-and-coming Jacksonville artists.
Kodak was talking with two rappers from Jacksonville who are in a crew called 448.
During the video, Kodak tells the rappers that “there are some babies up there in Duval”.
Man there some babies up there in Duval
He then calls out Baby Soulja, Foolio and Yungeen Ace by name
and tells them that they better know that Duval is his section.
Y'all make sure Baby Soulja,
Yungeen Ace, Foolio
whatever, whoever up there, make sure they don't- 448
Whoever I dont give a ****
Whoever the whole Duval make sure the whole Duval know because
Duval my section man.
The funny thing is that Kodak is tucked into bed while saying this,
so he doesn’t seem all that serious.
But it’s possible that Foolio saw this video and felt disrespected.
It’s also been rumored that Kodak has recently linked up with Yungeen Ace,
Foolio’s sworn enemy.
There is a video of Kodak on Live singing along to Ace’s famous Who I Smoke song,
and they recently connected behind the scenes.
So Foolio probably feels angry that the biggest artist in the state
would link up with his enemy instead of him.
Whatever the reasoning, Foolio would make his beef with Kodak known to the world,
after pulling up at his old hood Golden Acres and filming a video by the entrance.
Foolio even tagged the name of the projects and the time he was there,
so there wasn’t any mistake about where he was and what he was trying to do.
Kodak quickly got on social media to address the video.
He says that the Golden Acres sign is right on the main street with tons of traffic,
so if he wanted static he wasn’t going to find it there.
Comon man,
***** go outside with a sign that is on a main street like where traffic at
He also said that what he did was lame
and that he just jumped out of the car and snapped a picture on some “6ix9ine shit”.
Jumped out take a little picture act like that- ****** on some 6ix9ine ass ****
Clearly, Kodak doesn’t still live in the projects that he grew up in.
Plus, he says that most of his day one homies are locked up.
Foolio responded to Kodak by going back on Live
and claiming that Kodak tried to call him to settle the situation,
but then went and started talking tough for the internet.
He said that he doesn’t have any beef with Kodak, he just had to let him know that he’s serious.
On the video, he even included a caption that says “I’m not beefin with you –
I’ll pull up in your hood comfortable”
then “U tried to throw the cross that shit ain’t work”.
You gotta stop that bro, cause you calling me explaining yourself,
bro I ain't got no beef with nobody.
I just really know what's going on, you can't throw the cross at me bro.
I know what's going on bro, you heard me.
So clearly, there’s more going on behind the scenes that they haven’t revealed.
Foolio even took it a step further and exposed a DM from Kodak
that allegedly claims Yungeen Ace put 200K on his head.
Foolio shared a screenshot of the home screen of his phone
with a DM from Kodak that says “Dat **** n***** was just tryina tell me to tell ace
he put wam round you to knock you off fa 200 racks…
I ain’t on no police shit but this n**** lame af doin the most”
Foolio included a caption under the DM that said
“This man explaining hisself lol the police”.
It is a pretty wild accusation, but it’s hard to tell if it’s real or not.
Foolio didn’t provide any context or other messages that came before or after it.
So it’s tough to know exactly who Kodak is talking about and why he gave up that info.
Plus, it’s just a screenshot from an iPhone screen,
which could have easily been edited or taken out of context to make things look crazy.
Kodak wasn’t feeling the disrespect and went on Instagram to air out the situation.
He said that Foolio must not care about his life
because he’s trying to start problems with someone who is out of his league.
You know what I'm saying, must not care about your life
He even starts asking Who Foolio thinks he is because before this he wasn’t even on his radar.
He said that Foolio stays saying the wrong things on the gram,
and that he isn’t even street like that and he’s just clout chasing.
Who are you homie?
like how you even get on a ***** radar where you come from?
I don't even know you dude like,
Where you come from jit, who the **** are you homie?
Saying the wrong **** on the gram,
**** like that you ***** ain't street
Clout chasing ass *****
He also tells Foolio that even if he and his homies have a disagreement,
he’s not going to let some outsider talk crazy about them
confirming that the beef might involve Wiz or Jackboy.
If any, of my home boys
have a disagreement with one another homie
I'm still ain't gonna let no outside ***** play with my ***** talk
on my ***** talk like that bro
facts
He also says that the beef is between him and Foolio
and he’s not linking with anyone he’s got beef with intentionally.
I ain't linking with no ****** who you got static with
or any ****** coming after you or coming at you homie
you know what I'm saying that me and your **** or however
Kodak also pulled up in Foolios own hood on Live
and started asking the people there, where he was at?
So clearly Kodak wasn’t intimidated by Foolio’s threats.
Other rappers even jumped into the conversation.
NBA Youngboy’s right-hand man, NBA Herm
went on Live and said that Foolio was stupid for dissing Kodak.
Herm has been dissing Foolio for a while
and it doesn’t seem like the NBA camp is really rockin with him like that, to begin with.
But it shows that Foolio is making a lot of enemies because of his constant beefing.
Foolio responded after Kodak went live and said that Yak clearly knows who he is
and has been on his dick for a long time.
You've been watching me *****.
Man you called me by Quando man.
You been on my dick man.
He also says “now you gone get stepped on like Ace and them…
like them boys you tryina hang around”,
Now you gone get stepped on like them boys, like that ***** ace and them.
like the ****** you tryna hang around
confirming that the beef also has to do with Kodak’s relationship with Ace.
He also said that he wasn’t even trolling when he pulled up to Kodak’s hood,
he was linking with some of his artists – including Wiz da Wizard
– and that he was just getting caught up in all the drama between him and Kodak.
You thought they weren't gonna tell me, your hood don't **** with you bro
your hood called me bro
****** call me saying you talk too much bro
During that Live session, Kodak actually popped up in the comments and said
“I’m here right now” and “you too internet”.
Foolio didn’t respond to the comments, because he probably didn’t see them,
but he wasn’t done there.
He posted a video to his story where he told all the “industry rappers”
to stay out of Jacksonville beef and stop linking with his opps.
Attention all industry rappers whatever y'all wanna be
Stop hopping on Jacksonville beef if you **** with my opps,
Just cause you **** with my opps that do not mean we beefing bruh.
that's it, that's all
He also followed up with another post
that made it seem like Kodak started treating Foolio like an opp
just because he was cool with Ace,
when in reality he’s not involved in what goes on in Jacksonville.
He also said that he could name over 30 dead opps that he’s beefed with in the past
and even went as far as naming them in the post.
So, it seems like the beef is really getting serious and isn’t just for the internet.
But as of yet nothing too crazy has happened.
It’s hard to tell exactly what’s going on
because they’ve clearly been talking behind the scenes.
But all fans have to go by is their rants on social media.
Beefing with Kodak probably isn’t the smartest move Foolio could make for his career –
even if he is linking up with the opps.
Foolio is still an up-and-coming artist
and Kodak is one of the most influential rappers in the state - if not the country.
Collaborating with Kodak or at least being cool with his people
could probably open doors for him within the industry and in other parts of Florida.
But it doesn’t seem likely that that will happen now.
All the beef is probably good for some quick streams,
but that doesn’t always lead to long-term success.
But then again, it’s hard to tell what Kodak did to spark the beef
and what kind of relationship he has with Yungeen Ace.
If all they’ve done is link up and work on music, then Foolio might be overreacting.
But if Kodak really is trying to get involved in the beef and has tried to plot against Foolio,
then maybe he’s more justified.
At this point, it’s hard to tell if this is a real beef or just a misunderstanding.
It doesn’t seem like either rapper wants to make it a serious situation,
but then again neither of them is backing down either.
Hopefully, they can just get on the phone and squash the problem
before it gets out of control.
But in a wild state like Florida, anything can happen.
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