Five members of the notorious Chicago O-Block street gang were arrested Wednesday in connection with the murder of a South Side rapper a year ago - after investigators used social media and rap videos to help crack the case.
Chicago rapper FBG Duck, 26, was shot to death by four people during the day in August 2020. Gunmen jumped out of two cars on a busy Gold Coast street and opened fire as FBG, or 'Fly Boy Gang', reportedly was shopping for his son's birthday present.
All five suspects, who police said are O-Block members, were arrested near 63rd and Martin Luther King on Chicago's South Side Wednesday morning.
Marcus Smart, 22, Charles Liggines, 30, Kenneth Robertson, 28, Tacarlos Offered, 30, and Christopher Thomas, 22 were charged under the federal RICO act, initially created to help law enforcement dismantle the mafia, ABC 7 Chicago reported.
Pictured: South Side rapper FBG Duck in his music video for the song 'I'm From 63rd,' which has garnered 6.6 million views on YouTube
21 Savage, pictured, remixed FBG Duck's 2018 single 'Slide' with the slain rapper being associated with the notable recording artist
Investigators and city officials claim the rapper, who's real name is Carlton Weekly, was a gang member whose bragging on music videos irked members of a rival gang, ABC 7 Chicago reports.
The majority of Fly Boy Gang's music group are Gangster Disciples, according to the website HipHopDatabase. The Disciples have been engaged in a violent and bloody turf war with O-Block's Black Disciples gang, which features prominent rappers like Chief
