Media Take Out confirmed that yesterday Florida Rapper 320Popout Shot & Killed In Jacksonville. If you havent noticed, something big is happening in Jacksonville right now. Theres been one other arrest this week that also may have a link to the violence. Yungeen Ace escaped death again in March 2019 after another attempt on his life in Waycross, Ga. A 30-year-old man was killed in that shooting and three men were arrested. Jacksonville Rapper Foolio Names 30 Of His Opps That Are Dead After Kodak Black Called Him Out. Yungeen Ace, whose real name is Kenyata Bullard, pleaded no contest in an Orange Park robbery that occurred seven months before Brown's murder. Abdul Robinson and his son, Willie Addison, are pictured at the rap event before the shooting. Im not letting go and JSO is not letting go and justice will be served, Benton said. He's also a rapper who goes by the moniker "Spazzsobrokee." Prince Holland's. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The music and beats heard in the music videos are catchy, and millions of people have heard the songs on YouTube and other streaming services. Robinson is a well-known associate of Jacksonville rapper Yungeen Ace, whose real name is Kenyata Bullard. Luckily the man who was shot survived despite being hit twice with high caliber ammunition. Copyright 2023 PopCulture.com. Rappers Spinabenz, Whoppa Wit Da Choppa, Yungeen Ace and FastMoney Goon released a video three weeks ago of a track called "Who I Smoke." They got loved ones, theyve got kids, Benton said. The one thing constant in both is the "K" stands for "kill.". Addison, a rapper known as Boss Goon, was shot on Jan. 16, 2019, after he performed at a late-night rap music event at the Paradise Gentlemen's Club at 8669 Baymeadows Road. 5.6k. Robinson allegedly killed the two men in separate gang-related shootings, police said. Dont wish jail on nobody, I swear they need to free that man so he can catch a head shot, Julio Foolio raps. Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. The Violence Reduction Section within JSO is actively working to proactively disrupt these feuds. After the death of Rothermel, Barner, Derek Hudson, Christopher Brown and Janera Smith were all eventually charged in connection with the murder. Two weeks later, Damon Rothermel was shot and killed while riding his bicycle on Emerson Street. First Coast News spoke with the victim's cousin, Roderick Holmes, who tells us the victim was 21-year-old Joshua Holmes. Copyright 2021 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved. He is charged only in the McCormick murder. 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Fatal shooting at Shore House Apartments in Arlington, Man shot dead by security guard at Florida supermarket. Barner said he and others waited until McCormick left his house and followed him to a shopping center on Merrill Road. They might implicate a person, Jefferson said. Robinson also made local headlines in September 2019 when he released an album cover featuring Jacksonville murder victims, reports News4Jax. Most of those impacts are positive," Williams said during a news conference Jan. 30, 2019 where he, the mayor and State's Attorney announced the arrests of six convicted felons who were seen with firearms in rap videos. Police are investigating Jackson Mahomes, the 22-year-old brother of Patrick Mahomes, for an incident that occured at a Kansas City area bar. A second-degree murder count was later added. Carter became popular among pre-teen and teenage audiences after having released his debut studio album at the age of nine. Right now in Jacksonville, the rival factions are ATK vs. KTA. Ksoo stands accused of killing two rival Jacksonville rappers: Charles McCormick (also known as Lil Buck, killed in January 2020) and Adrian Gainer (also known as Bibby, killed in February 2019). "Bibby" is Adrian Gainer, a 16-year-old friend of rapper Julio Foolio who was shot and killed in the Hilltop Village Apartments in 2019. Awitness saw Hakeem Robinson and another man identified later as Whitaker get out with semi-automatic rifles and begin shooting, the warrant said. However, while he was still in jail, Robinson was charged with the murder of Gainer. On Thursday, JSO issued an emailed statement to News4Jax about the violence. MTO News has learned that its one of the top songs on the Chinese streaming platform. A witness said he saw Gainer fall to the ground as he was shot, trying to protect himself, the warrant said. Flip the pages to check out Foolio naming his dead opps, after . The rapper also calls out Hakeem Robinson by his rap name, Ksoo, and references his current incarceration. ), Spazz face hot (on gang! But people also love Ksoo, and his life is in jeopardy because of egos and politics, not reliable evidence.". They attempted CPR and it was suggested that this did keep Holmes alive long enough for him to be taken to the hospital, but he, unfortunately, was later pronounced dead. Waters said JSO is constantly monitoring social media and every video that goes online. Barner told detectives he was driving the Nissan with Hakeem Robinson andLeroy G.Whitakeras they searched for McCormick "with the specific intent of killing him," the warrant said. Click here to take a moment and familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines. Marshals Service offereda $5,000 reward for information that ledto his arrest. It's being used as a joke here where the rivals are saying who they're "smoking" to denote whose been killed. He performed under the name 320Popout. Its not funny. The sheriff said the videos are used to glorify guns, drugs and intimidate rival groups or gangs "that can lead to acts of retaliation and drive-by shootings.". Barner is also charged in connection with McCormicks murder. He happened to be Ksoos half-brother. One of the victims referenced in a KTA song is Freddy Patterson, a 30-year-old father of 12 who was shot and killed in November 2020. "You'll get hella high," he said. Rapper SpotemGottem was hurt in a drive-by shooting at about 3am Friday morning, according to police reports. These vloggers, and social media posts from Yungeen Ace and Julio Foolio, concede that this beef went from bad to deadly with the May 2017 killing of 19-year-old Zion Brown on Jacksonville's Westside after a man stormed a home there and shot him to death. The best thing for us to do at that point is to put that information on those videos with some physical evidence, with some things that we know will help put that together and make a much stronger case, Waters said. (Damn.) Three days after Whitaker was arrested, Arlisa Tarver, a JSO employee, was arrested for alerting gang members of pending arrest warrants. They are focused solely on this issue, Waters said. There were 116 murders reported at the same time last year. Who I Smoke by Jacksonville rapper Yungeen Ace and others, which features a sample from Vanessa Carltons A Thousand Miles, has been viewed more than 33 million times since it was first published in March. For years, South Florida has dominated the states rap scene, led by artists like Uncle Luke, Trick Daddy, Trina, Plies, Rick Ross, Kodak Black, and XXXTentacion. The song was created last year, but its BLOWING UP on Tiktok this week. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office later. JUST IN | Hakeem Robinson, a Jacksonville rapper whos also known as Ksoo, has been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder. Then on June 24the U.S. Leeke got shot (well damn! Poppy was loved. Brown, was Julio Foolio's cousin. There are hundreds of videos on YouTube describing what both acronyms mean with some slight variations. To fully understand whats happening right now, you need to go back to the beginning. But Who I Smoke is probably the best, and by far the most disrespectful. The diss track uses A Thousand Miles as a back track, coming after deceased rappers Bibby, Teki, and Lil Nine, who the guys are supposedly smoking in the clip. The bloodshed continued in January 2019 with another mass shooting. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, the sound of Jacksonville hip-hop started to shift away from glossy party music. A week after the arrest of Hakeem Robinson, a Jacksonville rapper known as Ksoo, in connection with the shooting death of a 23-year-old man in Arlington, a warrant for his arrest suggests a feud over a rap song may have led to the murder. Example video title will go here for this video. Copyright 2023 News4JAX.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. Artists like Foolio point out how fans involve themselves in conflicts and magnify violent situations. One viral song at a time, the balance of Florida rap is shifting. The rapper, whose real name was Adolph Robert Thornton Jr, was buying cookies at Makeda's Butter Cookies at about 1pm Wednesday when a gunman drove up and shot through the window. News4Jax previously reported incorrectly that Hakeem Robinson was charged in connection the Rothermel murder. This arrest came. The case against Robinson got a break when investigators used a confidential informant inside the pre-trial detention facility to record conversation with Barner. In addition . Treating real-life situations like Grand Theft Auto Online recap videos, some of these outsiders have given people quirky nicknames, often making slick remarks about dead Black kids. Unfortunately, gangs and Entertainment Groups are creating violence over these rap videos on publicly shared media. Hakeem Robinson better known as Jacksonville rapper Ksoo is charged with first-degree murder, while his brother Abdul Robinson Jr. is charged with second-degree murder. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call around 11:15 p.m. Monday night at the Shore House Apartments at 401 Century Drive 21. he was on the come up fr dude was talented. While they wait for justice, the music videos coming mostly from two rival rap groups in Jacksonville have gained popularity across the country with songs glorifying their sons murders. Watch a news report about the tragedy as well as a music video from 320Popout below. Even for those who have found success, though, it has always felt like there was a glass ceiling on rappers trying to emerge from Jacksonville. straight_og_josh 2 yr. ago. Bibby had a closed casket, I wasnt surprised, Ksoo says in the song. Robinson is currently in jail, charged with second-degree murder in Gainers death. On the other, the national attention is putting a bigger spotlight on local street beefs, which has only amplified tensions. But beyond all the shock value is an undeniably talented new era of rappers, who are all drawing attention to themselves in their own ways. Holmes was a rapper in Jacksonville who performed under the name 320Popout. A lot of times the rap videos sends out a message, and youve got to pay close attention to the lyrics of it. Copyright 2020 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved. A sixth suspect sought in the early 2020 shooting death of 23-year-old Charles Quentin McCormick in a Jacksonville shopping center has been tracked down to Atlanta, according to the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. Thomas and Bullard were both implicated in that robbery where the two conspired to rob someone who was reportedly selling marijuana, according to a June 2018 article in The Florida Times-Union. Bullard was the only survivor of an ambush shooting on Town Center Parkway in 2018 that left three others dead, including his brother. He is also charged with second-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of Charles McCormick, also known as rapper Lil Buck. Robinson later posted a video to his story which showed him at a nail salon getting a pedicure with the caption Kill a n**** than go get my toes done.. The warrant states Barner could be heard in the tapes discussing details about the McCormick murder. Officials said that Balzado, who was wearing a seatbelt, began to drift after approaching a curve while travelling south on State Highway 42. The posted video had the caption Byeeee byeeee with waving hand emojis, according to the warrant. Foolio added that these dead opps are also from Jacksonville, but he stopped listing names, after naming 30 of them. filter list by All Voters rank it your way 1 YNW Melly 5,023 votes Born and raised in Gifford #6 of 27 The Best New Rappers Of 2019, Ranked #25 of 97 You never know what God has planned, ya know? Jones said. Since crimes may have been committed, MTO News will not reveal the identity of either the Jacksonville rapper who posted the video nor the shooting victim. Waters said police cannot make arrests on the lyrics in the music videos alone. Florida is one of the biggest States in hip hop - the State has produced several influential figures like Rick Ross, Trina, Trick Daddy, Uncle Luke, Kodak Black, and many more. If you're not a fan of hip hop music, you're probably unaware of the level of talented musicians coming out of Jacksonville right now. Then in early 2020, McCormick was shot and killed in Arlington during the daytime ambush in a shopping plaza. The rapper captioned the video saying that the opps was lucky I aint get the head shot.. Gainer was 16. For assistance with WJXTs or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801. The rapper was not linked to any of the victims on the cover. Police have not released any suspect information or a motive for the shooting. Robinson Sr.s attorney told News4Jax the songs are how the artists express themselves, adding there is no proof that the rap groups are linked to the murders. 2:23. The three others, including his brother, Tre'von Bullard , 18, died. The rappers in Jacksonville are taking violence, hip hop and videos to the extreme. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Hip-hop heads rejoice because heavy hitters Wu-Tang Clan and Nas have announced their State of Mind Tour 2023 and Jacksonville is on the list. Addison,a rapper known asBoss Goon, was shoton Jan. 16, 2019, after he performed at a late-night rap music event at the Paradise Gentlemens Club at 8669 Baymeadows Road. He's accused of killing two people in separate Jacksonville shootings; the Feb. 25, 2019 killing of Adrian Gainer Jr., aka Bibby, and the Jan. 15, 2020 killing of Charles McCormick, aka Lilbuck. He has been in a Duval County jail since September 2020, after police arrested Robinson in the shooting of McCormick. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A week after the arrest of Hakeem Robinson, a Jacksonville rapper known as Ksoo, in connection with the shooting death of a 23-year-old man in Arlington, a warrant for his arrest suggests a feud over a rap song may have led to the murder. The artists themselves play a big part in beefs being publicized, and most of them acknowledge that to be true, but as someone born and raised in Jacksonville, its been troublesome to see people who are not affiliated with these beefs make jokes (and content) out of a serious situation that doesnt involve them. Jacksonville Science Festival returns to the First Coast, Arrested in that shooting was 19-year-old Deontrae Thomas, Yungeen Ace was the target in a retaliatory shooting, death of Julio Foolio's little brother, 16-year-old Adrian Dennard Gainer Jr., aka Bibby, Yungeen Ace escaped death again in March 2019 after another attempt on his life in Waycross, Ga, taunting Julio Foolio about "smoking Bibby. It's often a difficult, nearly impossible, task to put context or assign motives to stories about murder, but a disturbing trend in Jacksonville is making that easy. JSO said it believes having several of ATKs members in jail is helping. Its been hell, its patience and its a wait. There's a deadly feud happening here, which is nothing new, but now it's taking place on social media for all to see. Hakeem Robinson, aka Ksoo, celebrated these latest killings by putting the fallen KTA victims on the cover of his album entitled "Bibby Out" named for Julio Foolio's little brother. Meanwhile, Ksoo has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Jacksonville rapper Spinabenz faces trial delay on firearms charges Share Watch on The rapper will likely spend the extra weeks behind bars since his bond was revoked for allegedly removing his ankle monitor. Yungeen Ace, whose legal name is Kenyatta Bullard, is affiliated with ATK and is one of the biggest Jacksonville rappers on the scene right now. Ksoo, whos helped popularize the murder rap genre, is believed to be a member. "Who I Smoke" is a disturbing twist on Vanessa Carltons A Thousand Miles. The main hook of the song is Ace singing the catchy phrase "who I smoke" followed by the name of an KTA rival. Julio Foolio mocks their deaths in his video. Willie Addison, a rapper known as Boss Goon, was killed. The music videos give details about horrific crimes, and the heartbroken mothers who are still waiting for arrests, or trials, for their sons murders say the lyrics have gone too far. Instead of continuing to let outsiders control the narrative of a city that they have never stepped foot in, I want to give a platform for these rappers to tell their truths. Hakeem Robinson, aka Ksoo, was indicted by a grand jury March 24 of first-degree murder. This stunning home is on a dead end stree. Hakeem Robinson better known as Jacksonville rapper Ksoo is charged with first-degree murder, while his brother Abdul Robinson Jr. is charged with second-degree murder. The Florida rappers remixed Vanessa Carltons classic pop record A Thousand Miles, which has become a favorite for rappers worldwide. The warrant obtained by News4Jax on Wednesday begins to unravel a tangled web of gang-related murders that has played out in Jacksonville over the past two years, all involving local hip-hop artists. The Jacksonville Sheriffs Office said it could not comment on Tarvers case, citing an ongoing investigation. Family identifies man shot to death at Arlington apartment complex as Jacksonville rapper Family members tell First Coast News that Joshua Holmes, 21, was shot and killed at the Shore House. And its worth noting that not all of the rappers, including Yungeen Ace and Julio Foolio, are even suspected of crimes. In a recent interview, Jones was asked if he and Bullard could ever move past their feud. Robinson had a handgun and Whitaker had an AR rifle, he said. Authorities said Eric Holder fired the shots that killed Nipsey and wounded two other people. Skybourne904 2 yr. ago. He had just performed at the club. In 2019, there were 131 murders in the city, and in 2020 that number shot up to 176. Four days before the indictment, Cinematic Music Group CEO Jonny Shipes told a county judge he wanted to post Robinson's bond.
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