Being a rapper is dangerous.
It’s like every other day,
another artist either gets killed over old beef or just plain jealousy.
Let’s look at some of the men who killed famous rappers.
FBG Duck
FBG Duck was one of the hottest Chicago rappers
before he got killed in August 2020.
Duck was a GD and grew up around 63rd and St. Lawrence in the Southside,
which aint too far from Parkway Gardens, aka O’Block.
Duck was from the STL/EBT set of the Gangster Disciples,
who beef with Black Disciples, including 600 and O’Block.
These gangs always beefed with each other but a few big murders,
turned it into an all-out war.
So that, combined with the rise of drill music
and all the dissing that came with it, made the war between these gangs
one of the deadliest ever in hip hop.
In January 2011,
a GD from STL/EBT named Shondale Gregory, aka Tooka
was killed while waiting for a bus.
They say he got chipped in retaliation for a BD named Eddrick Walker, aka Ty,
who was allegedly killed by the GD’s.
STL/EBT got revenge a few months later
when K.I. a teenage girl who became one Chicago’s most feared shooters
killed Odee Perry.
Odee was a top BD member from a set called Wiic City.
After he died, Wiic City changed they name to O’Block
and swore to get revenge on STL/EBT, who also changed they name to Tookaville.
So these two murders would set off the war in Chicago
that’s now lasted over 10 years.
O’Block had the most famous rappers
like Chief Keef, Lil Durk and King Von.
But STL/EBT had their own clique of rappers
called the Fly Boy Gang aka FBG.
FBGs most popular rapper was Duck, but there was also his brother Brick,
his homie Wooski and other GD rappers like Lil Jay and Billionaire Black.
O’Block and FBG would send shots at each other in their music,
and that just caused more violence in the actual streets.
Both sides have lost a lot of members in this beef.
But the most shocking was probably when FBG Duck got murdered last August
while out shopping in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood.
A few weeks before, Duck dropped a diss track called Dead B*****
where he took shots at several dead members of O’Block,
including Odee Perry.
Then on August 4th, 2020,
Duck was killed broad day, in one of the richest areas in Chicago.
Witnesses say two cars pulled up and four dudes hopped out
as Duck was walking out of the Dolce and Gabbana store.
Duck’s death aint just shock drill fans,
it shocked the entire city of Chicago.
Mainly because there was gang violence in a wealthy area.
Just recently,
Chicago police arrested five members from O’Block
for the murder of FBG Duck in a major RICO indictment.
They arrested “C-Murda”,
“Kenny Mac”, “Los”,
“C-Thang” and “Muwop”.
They also named a sixth member from O’Block
named Zell Munna, who took his own life earlier this year.
Police say social media and music videos played a big role in helping them solve the case.
Many O’block members bragged about the hit on social media and take credit for the murder.
There is even a video of Bosstop,
an O’Block member who damn near admitted to the murder in an interview.
When asked about Duck,
he pretty much said it was retaliation for dissing they dead homies.
The arrests just happened and nobody has been found guilty of the murder.
But many say this may be the end of O’Block.
Cuz it’s a RICO indictment,
the police might try to bring in other cases to take down the whole organization.
But right now, they focused on just this murder.
The case is still active, so stay posted for updates.
But FBG Duck ain’t the only rapper to get gunned down in his own city.
This next artist was hunted down while driving on the highway
and got killed while trying to escape the shooter on foot.
Mo3
Mo3 was one of the biggest rappers coming out of Dallas, Texas
before he was killed last year.
He racked up millions of streams on tracks like "Outside" (Better Days) and "Mop Wit It".
But he also beefed with a lot of other dudes in his city,
which eventually led to his downfall.
In November 2020,
Mo3 was driving down I-35 in Dallas but slowed down because of the traffic.
While he was stopped,
a masked man in a car that was following him got out and approached his car.
Mo3 must have seen him coming
cuz he got out of his own car and tried to run away.
The killer started chasing him and shot the rapper and also an innocent person.
That person survived, but Mo3 died.
A few months later, police arrested two men for his murder,
22-year-old Kewon Dontrelle White
and 28-year-old Devin Maurice Brown.
They think that White was the shooter and that he was hired by Brown for the hit.
White was known in Dallas for being a shooter.
He also rapped under the name Banzo Banks and had ties to other rappers in the city
like Go Yayo, Yella Beezy, and Trap Boy Freddy.
These rappers also had beef with Mo3,
after they got into a fight at a show a few years before.
This led to Go Yayo banning Mo3 from Fort Worth, which he ignored.
When he went to go perform at a club in Fort Worth,
he was pressed by Yayo and his goons,
which led to a shootout leaving an innocent person dead.
Since then, all the other Dallas rappers had to pick sides
and most of them chose Go Yayo.
So Mo3 would have problems with both Trapboy Freddy and Yella Beezy
and a lot of murders and shootouts would come as a result.
So, when Kewon White was arrested for the hit,
many thought it had something to do with this beef.
But the police think there was a different motive behind the shooting.
Police arrested White after a after a photo of the killer was released to the public
and a witness identified him as the shooter.
When the cops tried to question him, he took off on a dirt bike and then on foot.
They eventually caught up to him and found a 9mm in his pocket.
His cell phone records showed he was in the area where Mo3 was killed
on the day of the shooting and also made several calls to Devin Brown
right before the murder.
A female witness told police that Brown was mad at Mo3
because they were in a relationship.
Another witness said that Brown hit her up multiple times asking for Mo3’s location.
When questioned by police, Brown admitted he knew Mo3
and had been upset over a Facebook video that he’d seen with the rapper and one of the witnesses.
But he denied any involvement in the murder.
When they searched his crib, police found a stolen AK-47,
synthetic cannabinoids, also called K-2,
methamphetamine pills,
scales, baggies, and some cash.
So aside from the murder charge, Brown is facing up to 20 years
just for the drugs and guns.
White denied knowing Brown,
even though cellphone records showed they called each other multiple times.
Police think that Brown was angry with Mo3 over his relationship with a female
and paid White to kill him.
The case aint gone to court yet, so more details may come
as the trial progresses.
If you thought that was wild,
this next artist dissed one of the biggest rappers in the world,
then ended up dead a few weeks later.
Gee Money
Gee Money is a Baton Rouge rapper
best known for his beef with NBA Youngboy.
Gee was part of a crew called TBG,
a well-known gang and rap crew from Baton Rouge.
Gee Money and Youngboy grew up together and at one point it was like Gee was his mentor.
Youngboy was friends with his younger brother Lil Hurk.
Gee Money was a few years older and decided to take him under his wing
and teach him how to rap.
Early on,
Youngboy was signed to TBG and dropped his first mixtape,
"Life Before Fame", with the label.
But at that time, the project aint really do too much.
Meanwhile, Gee Money was one of the hottest rappers in the city
thanks to the track "iPhone 6".
So, Youngboy felt like TBG aint believe in his talent
and he left the label to create his own wave.
This is where NBA first began.
When he left TBG, they was on good terms.
But over time, the relationship got worse and worse.
Not long after leaving TBG, Youngboy’s career would was heating up
and he would send disses at Gee Money and the rest of TBG.
Gee Money would respond,
and this is how it slowly turned into some real beef.
Youngboy also said in a song that Gee Money had slept with his sister,
which Gee confirmed in an interview with Say Cheese TV.
They would send shots back and forth at each other over the next few years.
In August 2017,
Gee Money dropped the track Industry (NBA Youngboy Response)
where he went in on Youngboy, questioning his street cred
and sayin he would kill him
if it wasn’t for the relationship he had with Youngboy’s mom Sherhonda.
Less than two weeks later, Gee Money was murdered
after leaving a recording studio in Baton Rouge.
Because of his public beef with Youngboy, the NBA camp was immediately under investigation.
But it took police a few years to make an official arrest.
In January 2021,
police arrested Deantre Fields aka NBA Pap
for the murder of Gee Money.
Police questioned Pap three days after the murder,
but he told the cops he was out of town at the time Gee Money was killed.
Cell phone records later confirmed that this wasn't true,
and he was actually in Baton Rouge at the time of the murder.
When they asked Pap about who was the main shooter in the NBA crew,
he allegedly responded “to be honest…me”
NBA Pap was also a victim in a shooting in April 2020
that was captured on surveillance footage.
Police identified Miyoshi Edwards as the shooter -aka Lit Yoshi.
Lit Yoshi is another popular rapper from TBG, who was close to Gee Money.
Police think this shooting was revenge for the rappers death.
Both sides of this war are now feeling the pressure from police.
Not only is NBA Pap looking at a murder charge.
Youngboy is also facing decades in prison for a Federal firearm charge
and it seems like a RICO case is coming any day.
Lit Yoshi is also facing more than 7 attempted murder charges,
while his boy Fredo Bang is locked up beside him.
So both gangs are facing some real legal issues
that might take them off the streets for good.
But American rappers aint the only ones who gotta to be careful in their own city.
This next rapper was killed in his hometown of Toronto,
then got his memorial service shot up by opps just days later.
Houdini
Houdini was one of Torontos most popular rappers before he was killed last year in May.
He racked up millions of plays on tracks like "Backseat" and "Mansion"
and got cosigns from major artists in the industry like Meek Mill and Tory Lanez.
But Houdini was also from the Jane Driftwood neighborhood
one of the most dangerous hoods in the city.
He was from a large crip set and they beefed with another hood
called Regent Park.
On May 26th, 2020,
Houdini was murdered down while out shopping in downtown Toronto.
Just like FBG Duck, his killers waited until he had his guard down
and caught him lackin in a rich area, far away from the hood.
The killers parked down the street for like 40 minutes,
just waiting for the rapper to walk by.
When he finally did, the car moved from where it was parked
and a shooter started firing at Houdini and his crew.
Two of his boys started shooting back, and a 15-year-old boy they was with ducked for cover.
The 15-year-old ended up getting hit,
along with Houdini and an innocent woman who was standing in the doorway of her condo.
But Houdini would be the only one who died.
The rapper’s death was a major blow to Toronto,
as Houdini was one of its most promising young stars.
His funeral was held on June 8th in Mississauga, Ontario.
The next day, his friends and family had a vigil in Toronto.
Around 11:20 pm that night,
a car drove up along the curb
right across from the parking lot where the vigil was being held
and started letting off shots.
Two rappers that were there, GD and Burna Banz
fired back in retaliation and ended up facing gun charges.
At least nine people were in attendance and two victims suffered gunshot wounds
but later recovered.
Police announced that 6 people were identified as being involved in the shooting
and three were arrested.
They arrested a 21-year-old from Brampton,
a 25-year-old from New Market,
and a 37-year-old from Toronto,
but kept their identies confidential.
They also identified 30-year-old Glen Danchie,
19-year-old Javontae Johnson,
and 25-year-old Terrell Whitaker as suspects in the shooting
and asked the public for help finding them.
Police would also identify a 17-year-old
named Eleijah Robinson as the primary suspect in Houdini's murder.
He's currently wanted on multiple firearms charges,
including discharge with intent to wound.
He’s still on the run and is said to be armed and dangerous.
Police had to get special permission to give his identity to the public
because technically he is still a minor.
Unfortunately,
the rap game has lost a lot of talent over the years
to pointless beef and petty jealousy.
RIP to all the rappers mentioned,
at least their legacy will live on through they music.