K.I.
was one of the most feared shooters
in Chiraq history.
But many don’t know
that she once almost murked G Herbo.
Let’s take a closer look
at what happened.
Gakirah Barnes
was a teenage girl
who earned a reputation
for being a feared gang member
and respected shooter
in the city of Chicago.
She was exposed to gun violence
at a young age
when her father and brother were killed.
She later moved to the Jaro City neighborhood,
where she started getting cool
with the GD’s who lived there.
One of those GD’s
was Tooka,
who was from the STL/EBT set
and lived in the area.
K.I. and Tooka formed a close friendship
and she would start getting close with other dudes in the neighborhood
from Jaro City
and STL/EBT.
So,
when Tooka was killed in January 2011,
K.I. was heartbroken.
But this only made her turn up
and go harder in the streets.
Tooka was allegedly killed by the BD’s
in retaliation for the 2009 murder
of a dude named Eddrick Walker.
So,
K.I. directed her rage at BD sets
like 600 and Wicc City,
which would later become O’Block.
K.I. would later get revenge
in August of 2011
after she and FBG Butta
caught a BD named Odee Perry lackin
while riding his bike.
K.I. and Butta were out looking for opps
because it was Tooka’s birthday.
They were near the 400 Block
of East 64th Street
when they saw Odee ride past on his bike.
So,
they both started shooting at him.
Odee would be killed in the shooting
and many have alleged that K.I.
was the one who pulled the trigger.
Odee was a well-respected
and high-ranking member of the BD’s
and it came as a shock to many
that he had been killed by a girl.
After Odee was killed,
the BD’s in Wicc City
started going by the name O’Block
and vowed to get revenge on STL/EDT,
who were now going by the name Tookaville.
So,
K.I. was the one who first sparked the beef
between O’Block and Tookaville,
which continues to this day.
After Odee’s death,
K.I. got addicted to the street life
and became one of the most
feared shooters in Chicago.
It’s even been rumored
that she started training younger kids in the area
on how to rob and do drills like her.
One of those kids
was her cousin
Tyquan Tyler.
In 2012,
Tyquan would be killed
while attending a house party
with his sister.
During the party,
there was a fight
and shots ended up going off.
Tyquan was killed by a stray bullet
from another member of Jaro City
named Nasean Flowers,
was later sentenced to 55 years in jail
for the murder.
K.I. was also there that night
and saw Tyquan get killed.
After his murder,
she changed her name on Twitter
to Tyquan Assassin
and started really getting reckless in the streets.
In her Bio,
she also wrote
#tyquan assassin
PAID SHOOTA,
which let the world know
that she was now taking hits
for cash.
At one point,
a user on the website 4chan
even hacked K.I.’s Twitter DM’s
and revealed that she was actually taking cash for hits.
One of these messages
seemed to suggest
that she almost accepted $10,000 to take out G Herbo.
The DM exchange
shows a man whose face
had been edited out
holding a stack of money to his ear.
K.I. asks him,
When You Comin with Da Paperwork.
He replies
“I’m finna be in the Chi this weekend
we gone link up
I’mma put money on all them f*** n****”
So the person hiring the hit
wasn’t even from Chicago,
which is suspicious from the start.
The conversation continues with K.I. saying
“Ok cool
hit me up
I dn’t **** around fam
know you heard bout them twins”
The dude responds by saying
“hell yh
y’all mfs made o’block
took odee off the map”
So clearly
the dude ordering the hit
knows about K.I.s reputation
and can tell that she is serious about the hit.
After that
K.I. gets a little sketched
out and tells the dude to delete the DM’s
because the cops are on to her.
He tells her it’s all good
and he’ll hit her line when he’s in the city.
That’s when K.I. drops the bombshell
and says
“10k for Lil Herb up front”.
So K.I. was really agreeing
to take out one of Chicago’s most respected rappers
for 10 grand.
G Herbo,
also known as Lil Herb,
is a rapper from the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago.
As a teenager,
Herb became affiliated with the No Limit Muskegon Boys gang
who were made up of renegade sets of the GD’s and Black P Stones.
Herb and his childhood friend Lil Bibby
were originally members of a renegade Stone set
called No Limit.
They later formed an alliance with a renegade set of the GDs’
called the Muskegon Boys.
Together,
they formed NLMB
which stood for No Limit Muskegon Boys
or Never Leave my brother’s behind.
So being made up of two renegade sets
from larger, more powerful gangs in the city,
NLMB was beefing with pretty much everybody.
Their main opps were Lakeside,
KTS,
Blackmobb,
No Limit,
Death Row,
and many others.
But they were not known to beef with STL/EBT.
NLMB is based in the East Side
and STL is based on the Southside,
so they never had any real reason to beef.
NLMB did have problems with Jaro City,
which is maybe the reason why K.I. was willing to do the hit on G Herbo.
But it doesn’t explain
who was behind the messages.
Before blowing up as a rapper,
Herb had a lot of enemies in the streets.
His main beef
was with a GD set called KTS,
which had two popular rappers
KTS Von
and KTS Dre.
The beef between NLMB and KTS
goes way back to 2008
with the murder or a dude named Lil Pez.
Lil Pez was affiliated with members of KTS
and he was allegedly killed by a member of NLMB
so they’ve been at war ever since.
The dude behind the hit
may have been affiliated with one of Herb's opps,
like KTS.
But the fact that he said he was only going to be in the Chi for the weekend
makes it seem like he was from out of town.
Plus,
if he was gang-affiliated,
he should be able to do the hit himself.
G Herbo and Lil Bibby first started to blow up in August 2012
with the track Kill Shit.
The conversation between K.I.
and this mystery man
likely would have taken place
right around the time that Herb was building a buzz in the music industry.
So,
maybe the person had beef with Herb for reasons that had nothing to do with a gang
and decided to hit up one of Chicago’s most famous shooters to handle the problem.
Another popular theory
is that the guy was just trolling,
but K.I. was dead serious.
Or maybe he was serious
and just didn’t have the $10 grand
K.I. was charging.
The hit clearly never took place
because G Herbo is still alive.
There are also a few other rumors to explain why K.I.
never went through with the hit.
Maybe K.I. got spooked
and felt like the guy messaging her
was working with the police.
At that time,
K.I. was well known by the Chicago PD
and they had been trying to take her down ever since the murder of Odee.
But she was smart with how she moved
and they were never able to get enough evidence
to convict her of any crimes.
Maybe her instincts told her
that this dude was going to get her caught up in a case
and decided not to risk it.
Another rumor
is that the dude backed out
after feeling like it may be a setup.
K.I. was known to rob people.
So,
it wouldn’t be surprising
if she decided to convince this dude that she was going to do the hit for 10k,
only to have the boys from STL waiting to take his cash and run.
Or maybe the plan was still in motion
when K.I. was killed.
On April 10th, 2014,
K.I. was on the way to a friend’s house
for lunch with FBG Butta
and another friend,
when a shooter in a grey hoodie came up
and started letting off shots.
K.I. had recently revealed her location on social media,
which turned out to be a big mistake.
Chief Keef’s cousin Blood Money
was just recently murdered
and rumors were going around
that K.I. was the shooter.
So,
when she revealed her location,
the BD’s decided to get revenge.
K.I. was shot nine times in the neck,
jaw, and chest
and was later pronounced dead at just 17 years old.
The rumors are that it was a group from O’Block
who planned the hit
and it was King Von who fired the kill shot.
Chicago police later leaked paperwork
that confirmed
Von was the primary suspect in the investigation,
but the DA refused to take the case
due to lack of evidence.
In just a few short years,
K.I. earned a reputation as one of the most respected gang members in the city.
She was so well known
that random dudes from outside of the city
were willing to pay her
to perform hits on famous rappers.
It’s still not clear who wanted G Herbo dead.
It's also not clear if K.I.
would have just finessed the dude
or actually would take out Herb.
But it does prove
how influential she was in the streets of Chicago
and how deadly she was as well.
Who knows what would have happened
if K.I. actually went through with it
and took out G Herbo?
It may have caused a war between STL and NLMB
and fans would never have gotten the chance
to see the rapper reach his full potential.
Luckily,
the murder plot never made it past the DM’s
and Herb was able to make it out of the streets
before he suffered the same fate as K.I.