It started with Lil Jojo. Then it took L’A Capone. Then it took J Money.
Now, rap beef in Chicago has taken another rapper, Lil Marc’s life. The 20-year-old was shot in the head on the 300 block of East 51st street, DNAInfo reports. He was then taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was unknown.
The rapper, whose real name is Marc Campbell, was known as part of the Young Money 051 clique. The shocking part of this story? He was killed just 4 days after releasing a diss track, “No Competition”, aimed at Lil Durk’s OTF crew. In the diss track, he takes shots at dead members of the OTF crew, saying:
“Baldy pack, Moski pack, Tayski pack, Lil Rob pack, woke up, ate a bowl of Trix, I was blowing on D Thang, riding down to Steve Drive/Think I’m finna Odee/Took a trip to L’A while Kita, man, she throat me”, as well as:
“Mask up, young n*ggas on dummy, catch you in broad day leave em like J Money.”
Marc’s death highlights the ongoing problem of gang violence in Chicago, where people are being shot for even referencing someone’s name. The rappper was also seen in a video before the diss, FaceTiming Def Jam rapper and 300 member Lil Reese, reports local Chicago rap news site KollegeKidd.com.
“Die Y sh*t.”, Reese is heard saying in the video.
Marc responds with “Die Ls sh*t.”
Marc’s death comes 3 weeks after OTF rapper RondoNumbaNine, a friend of Lil Durk’s, was arrested and charged with the murder of Javan Boyd, a driver, which took place on February 22. Rondo is known for his song ‘Life of A Savage’, the remix of which features Lupe Fiasco. The song has reached over half a million views on YouTube, with the remix reaching over 6 times that amount on Hip Hop video site WorldStarHipHop.
These deaths, however, paint a bigger picture. In ‘Chiraq’, the new YouTube documentary series from Noisey, VICE Magazine’s music channel, there are a few opinions on who is to blame for the violence. Eliza Soloweij, First Defense Legal Aid, says that south side chicago’s resources are segregated, which leads to the population become segregated. She also says that because of this, no one is hearing about these neighborhoods aprt from on the news. Cierra Williams, member of FLY (Fearless Leading by the Youth), a charity which is aiming to build a Level 1 Trauma Center in the south side, says that the violence is due to nobody “rapping about positive stuff”.
Until something is done, by the police, or the government, gang violence and rap beef will be hand in hand for the unforseeable future.
Marc leaves behind a girlfriend and soon to be born son.
