Kodiyakredd and Flyysoulja, aka the Island Boys, might look like clowns;
but now they’re involved in a serious situation.
A SWAT team recently raided their house and arrested a dude named Andrew Thomas,
who allegedly killed an eight-year-old girl.
Here’s what happened.
On February 8th, a SWAT team was sent to a home
the Island Boys were renting in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Flysoulja was home when the police stormed in.
TMZ reports that Thomas ran towards him with a pistol with an extended magazine
and begged him to hide it.
Flysoulja ain’t wanna get involved,
so Thomas hid the gun in the laundry room - where the police later found it.
After it all went down,
Flysoulja told an interviewer that he cried while his friend was being arrested
for first-degree murder.
The Island Boys’ manager said that Thomas was crashing on their couch for a while,
but no one knew he was in the streets like that.
The manager said
“We knew him as a quiet, quiet kid that would come around and do his thing.
But apparently… he has a little monster inside him.”
Thomas was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder,
and being a felon in possession of a firearm for the murder of Ron’Ziyah Atkins.
She was playing outside with her cousins and siblings when she was hit by a stray bullet.
She was rushed to the hospital in critical condition but later died.
Thomas also has a criminal history
and was convicted on charges related to an armed robbery in 2019
and sentenced to six years probation.
Police don’t have a motive for the drive-by, but they’re still investigating the case.
Thomas apparently grew up with Flysoulja and Kodyakredd,
but the Island Boys obviously took a different path in life.
Kodak Black got on Instagram live with Kodiyakredd
and called them out for snitching on their homie.
Kodak told them they gotta stay solid. Kodiyakredd told him
“Listen bro, I been solid,”
but it don’t seem like Kodak believes him.
Y'all gotta get on some soild shit man.
What you mean? I am solid.
Already like,
you already be looking at me crazy
Ay listen bro I've been staying solid I don't know what you talking about
Kodak tried to press him a little bit, but Kodyakredd called it all “cap”
and changed the subject as fast as he could.
Yeah ok, yeah all that **** cap
The Island Boys have had a rocky career so far.
The rap duo went viral in 2021
after a TikTok of them freestyling blew up and got millions of views.
Kodiyakredd originally went by the name Redd4x
and released a few solo tracks,
but switched it after he linked up with his brother to start The Island Boys.
They dropped a few songs like Smoke and Rain before blowing up,
but nothing that gained any real attention.
What kicked everything off was when Flysoulja went on Instagram Live with Hotboii.
Apparently they were in jail together for a while but were in different dorms.
During the Live session Hotboii claims he was running everything on the inside,
but Flysoulja said it was cap and that Hotboii only had clout because of his name.
At the end of the video,
Hotboii says Flysoulja was scared of him in jail and then ends the session.
Damn I ain't gonna lie, you was the scariest ***** in your dorm on my momma *****.
You was quite was **** I don't even know how you turned into a rapper
Right after that, the Island Boys did a No Jumper interview
that exposed them to a bigger audience.
One thing that helped them get people’s attention was their unique look.
They both have crazy hair and are covered in face tats.
Kodiyakredd even claims he started tattooing people when he was 12 years old.
After the No Jumper interview,
their TikTok blew up and the Island Boys went viral overnight.
They tried to act hard by flexing guns and stacks of cash.
But people immediately started to question how real the Island Boys was.
They got roasted all over social media for their hair, tats, and music.
After they went viral, almost every video they’ve posted since
has just been them replying to people trolling them.
While Kodiyakredd and Flysoulja both claim they’ve been arrested a few times,
information recently surfaced showing that they come from a rich family.
Even if they’ve had run-ins with police,
that don’t mean the Island Boys were really living the life they rap about.
Things died down for a while,
then they gained more attention after walking out of an interview on Logan Paul’s podcast.
One of the hosts, George, said that even if their music failed they could sell their jewelry.
I think that if God forbid it doesn't go in your direction, for real
I think you guy take all of your jewelry assets and invest it in something
So you guys will never every be broke again
The twins were offended and decided to dip instead of finishing the podcast.
Hey George. I- hold on.
You gonna keep talking? Nah nah, hold on. I am this is a podcast.
Here I'll move it for you
I was giving you nice advice bruh
Then a few days later,
Kodiyakredd and Flysoulja were walking up to their ringside seats at Jake Paul’s Boxing match
when the crowd started loudly booing and throwing drinks at them.
At this point it was clear that the Island Boys ain’t have a lot of fans.
Get them out, get them out,
get them out, get them out
They had a big following on social media,
but it looked like everyone was watching just to hate on them.
The situation got even worse when a video surfaced showing one of the Island Boys
allegedly assaulting a woman, then start crying after she hit him back.
The video has been deleted, but people on social media ain’t letting it go away quietly.
Fans started commenting things like
“I’m a cryland boy,” on their TikTok videos and questioning them about the assault.
Then everything took a weird turn after the Island Boys showed up in a TikTok
posted by an Army recruiter.
The recruiter used Cameo to hire them and promote recruitment
without asking the Army if it was ok.
Now the TikTok has been deleted and the recruiter is under a serious investigation.
Kodiyakredd and Flysoulja ain’t commented on the situation,
but it seems like they were just trying to make some easy money
and ain’t really care about recruiting kids to the military.
People have had fun roasting these guys on social media for the past few months,
but now the headlines they’re making are tragic instead of funny.
For a while it looked like the Island Boys
were just another viral trend that would disappear and be forgotten about.
But now that one of their best friends was involved in the death of a child,
it looks like they’ll stay in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Rest in peace to Ron’Ziyah Atkins.