The Latest Breaking News from Kenneth Roberson

Federal prosecutors have linked the rapper’s killing to a yearslong gang war between Duck’s Tookaville faction of the Gangster Disciples and the O Block set of the Black Disciples.

A motion filed Tuesday claims Aleta “Mickey Truth” Williams was pulled out of court last week after she falsely claimed that another YouTuber had been paid to testify in the case.

In Chicago, the price of illegal guns soared during the pandemic, but gangs were able to pay for them with fraudulent PPP and other COVID-19 relief money, agents say.

Gang assassin Gakirah Barnes and rival Chicago rapper King Von were key players in a feud that led to the daytime killing of FBG Duck as he shopped on Oak Street for his young son’s birthday, a new court filing says.

One Paycheck Protection Program loan recipient who used a Salvation Army address said he was a farmer. A dozen others said they operated barber shops or beauty salons. Most got loans of about $20,000, the maximum based on a yearly income of at least $100,000.