NOW TO OUR I TEAM INVESTIGATION. KILLER BEATS RAP MUSIC VIDEOS ABOUT MURDERS
IN JACKSONVILLE, FUEL FIRE IN
THE COMMUNITY. MOTHERS OF THE
VICTIMS ARE SPEAKING OUT
SAYING THE VIDEOS IN LYRICS
HAVE GONE TOO FAR.
>> GIVING SPECIFIC DETAILS
ABOUT THE HORRIFIC CRIMES.
>> I CAN INVESTIGATE. CORLEY
PEEL IS JOINING US LIVE TO
SHOW US HOW THIS DEADLY MUSIC
VIDEOS, HOW THEY ARE REALLY
DAMAGING FAMILIES. CORLEY.
>> WELL, TARA CAN STAY SEE
MANY OF THESE PARENTS I’VE
SPOKEN WITH ARE STILL WAITING
FOR ARREST OR THEY’RE WAITING
FOR A TRIAL FOR THEIR SON’S
MURDERS WHILE THEY WAIT FOR
JUSTICE MUSIC VIDEOS FROM
RIVAL RAP GROUPS IN
JACKSONVILLE HAVE GAINED
POPULARITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WITH SONGS GLORIFYING THEIR
SON’S MURDERERS.
>> THE MUSIC AND B ARE CATCHY.
>> I’M GAINING MILLIONS OF
VIEWS AND PLAYS ON YOUTUBE AND
STREAMING SERVICES. GOT SHOTS
TAKE GOT SOCKS AND IT GOT
DROPPED THEY LOCAL RAPPERS
RISING TO FAME WITH LYRICS
ABOUT MURDERS OF YOUNG MAN IN
JACKSONVILLE.
>> THE VICTIMS BEHIND THE
LYRICS. ARSONS. WHAT IS IT
LIKE WHEN YOU SEE?
>> YOUR SON’S NAME AND HIS
MURDER TALKED ABOUT IN THESE
RAP SONGS IS SOMEBODY AT STAKE
IN OPEN A AND OPENING IT
BACKUP AND STABBING OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
>> I HOPE PRAY THAT, YOU KNOW,
THE PERSON, OTHER PERSONS WHO
ARE RAPPING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
HAVE A MOM, TOO. AND WOULD YOU
WANT YOUR MOM TO FEEL THE
WEIGHT? THE OTHER MOMS FEEL?
JSO SAYS THE DIFFERENT RAP
GROUPS KNOWN AS 80 K AND K T
A.
>> OUR RIVALS ON THE STREETS,
80 K AND K THOSE ARE THE
GROUPS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT A
LOT.
>> ARE THEY THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM FOR JACKSON, THOUGH?
THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE MOST
PART.
>> IN THIS MUSIC
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>> THE MAN IN THE GREEN SHIRT
IS CANADA BULLARD. HE’S KNOWN
AS RAPPER YOUNG AN A’S. HE WAS
THE SOLE SURVIVOR IN A DEADLY
QUADRUPLE SHOOTING AT THE TOWN
CENTER IN 2018. IN THE VIDEO
HE WEARS AN ATK CHAIN AROUND
HIS NECK. SO WE’RE EXPRESS
PRINCE. 3 MEN KILLED IN
SHOOTINGS LAST MOBILE, 9 MALL
LAST
>> ONE OF THE VICTIMS KNOWN AS
BABY IS 16 YEAR-OLD ADRIAN
GAINER WHO JOY, WE DID WAS
LAUGH AND HE WAS SHOT AND
KILLED IN THE HILLTOP VILLAGE
APARTMENTS IN 2019. NOBODY CAN
DO ANYTHING WORSE TO MEANING
GETTING IT TOOK 2 YEARS FOR AN
ARREST TO BE MADE. THE MAN
ACCUSED OF KILLING HIM. IT’S A
ROBINSON KNOWN AS RAPPER
>> YOU UP A WEAK IT TO THE
FACE, THOUGH. ROBINSON IS
CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER. GAINER’S MOTHER
ELIZABETH GAINER SAYS ROBINSON
AND OTHER RAPPERS CONTINUOUSLY
MOCKED HER SON’S DEATH IN
MUSIC VIDEOS AND ON SOCIAL
MEDIA FOR YEARS THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE SMOKED BIT.
>> SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAS BEEN
SAID ABOUT YOUR SON AND SONGS.
I’VE HEARD ANYTHING FROM.
>> WHERE HE WAS SHOT AT HER.
>> WHAT IS WERE WHERE THEY’VE
HAD TEST. I WAS THIS IS NOT
THE ONLY MURDER ROBINSON IS
ACCUSED F.
>> HE IS ALSO CHARGED WITH
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN THE
2020 DEATH OF CHILES.
MCCORMICK, AKA RAPPER LITTLE
BUCK, HIS FATHER, ABDUL
ROBINSON, SENIOR AND HIS
BROTHER, ADEL ROBINSON, JUNIOR
ARE ALSO ARRESTED IN
CONNECTION TO THE CRIME. JSO
SAYS THE ROBINSONS ARE LINKED
TO THE GROUP ATK JSO CHIEF OF
INVESTIGATIONS TK WATERS SAYS
ATK IS LINKED TO MORE THAN A
DOZEN MURDERS AND OTHER CRIMES
COMMITTED IN RESPONSE TO
PERCEIVED INSULTS. IT’S A
RANGE OF THINGS COULD BE
DRUGS.
>> IT COULD BE SOMETHING AS
SIMPLE AS ME MAKING A RAP SONG
ABOUT YOU AND YOU DON’T LIKE
IT. SO ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS OF
ONE OF YOUR ONE OF YOUR
ASSOCIATES SAYS WE NEED TO GET
BACK AND SAY AND WE’RE GOING
TO DO SOMETHING THAT WILL
START ISSUING MORE.
>> DOMINIQUE BARNER AND
WHITAKER ARE ALSO CHARGED IN
CONNECTION TO MCCORMICK’S
MURDER. THIS SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO SHOWS 2 SUSPECTS RUNNING
THROUGH A BACKYARD AFTER THE
SHOOTING. INVESTIGATORS SAY
THEY HELD A WOMAN HOSTAGE
BEFORE TAKING OFF.
>> I CAN. ROBINSON’S ATTORNEY
SAYS ATK IS A CERTIFIED
BUSINESS, NOT A GAME. YOU CAN
SEE.
>> ATK IS LISTED HERE ON APPLE
MUSIC RIGHT UNDERNEATH SONGS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIFE OF
A TO K WEB SITE, THE FRONT
PAGE SAYS OPENING SOON.
>> THE GROUP, KT A IS ALSO NOT
SHY ABOUT NAMING MURDER
VICTIMS AND ITS MUSIC VIDEOS.
THIS VIDEO WAS MADE IN
RESPONSE TO THE WHITE SMOKE
VIDEO THAT IS GOING TO ATK GOT
SHOT WITH FAST PACE GAME ONE
VICTIM HURTING SONGS AS 30
YEAR-OLD FATHER OF 12 FREDDIE
PATTERSON. HE WAS SHOT AND
KILLED IN NOVEMBER 2020. HIS
MOTHER, SEAN TINA BENTON SAYS
SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHO THE
RAPPERS ARE OR WHY THEY WOULD
BE TALKING ABOUT HER SON’S
DEATH. I MEAN, IT’S NOT A
THING SOME ADDED YES, SOMEBODY
GET CUTE. THAT’S NOT FUNNY.
YOU KNOW, THEY GOT LOW. WILL
THEY GET KEY? THE LYRICS ALSO
REFERENCE CORBIN JOHNSON BACK
IN THAT THEY FOUNDED BOWLS. HE
WAS RIGHT. SHE WAS 18. HE WAS
JUST A BABY. JOHNSON’S MOTHER,
MELISSA JACKSON REPORTED HIM
MISSING IN 2018 A YEAR LATER.
HIS REMAINS WERE FOUND IN A
WOODED AREA TO THIS DAY. NO
ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN MY
HEART. I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IS
SOMEONE THAT HE KNEW.
>> BECAUSE CORBYN WOULD JUST
LEAVE WITH ANYONE THE CAN THAT
LAST?
>> DESPITE THE HEARTBREAKING
MERRICK’S, JOHNSON’S MOTHER
FEELS IT COULD HELP POLICE. I
FEEL SORRY FOR THEM ACTUALLY
BUT FOR ME, I WANTED KEEP
MAKING THE BECAUSE YOU’RE
GOING TO SAY THE RIGHT THING.
AT THE WRONG TIME. THERE’S
GOING TO BE PACIFIC TO THE
DETAILS THAT WE DON’T KNOW
ABOUT CORBYN’S CORBYN’S
MURDER. SO KEEP KEEP TALKING.
>> NOT ALL THE RAPPERS IN THE
VIDEOS ARE CHARGED OR SIPS
PECTIN OF CRIMES. I DID REACH
OUT TO SEVERAL OTHER RAPPERS
AND THEIR ATTORNEYS TO SHARE
THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY. NONE
OF THEM AGREED TO DO AN
INTERVIEW. ROBINSON, SENIORS
ATTORNEY TELLS ME THAT THE
SONGS ARE HOW THE ARTIST
EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND HE SAYS
THERE IS NO PROOF THAT THE RAP
GROUPS ARE LINKED TO THE
MURDERS. TAR CAN STACY, WE’RE
CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THESE
CASES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP YOU UPDATED AS SOON AS WE
LEARN MORE INFORMATION.
>> SO CORLEY SINCE THEY’RE
GIVING A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT
THE MURDERS IN THE MUSIC
VIDEOS. CAN’T POLICE ARREST
THEM?
>> TIGHT ACTUALLY KNOW RIGHT
NOW THE MUSIC VIDEOS ARE
MERELY DESCRIBING CRIMES.
THEY’RE NOT CONFESSION. SO JSO
SAYS THE LYRICS ALONE ARE NOT
A CHARGEABLE OFFENSE. WE WILL