Six O Block Gang Members Convicted for Rapper FBG Duck's Murder
The convicted individuals, implicated in a prolonged gang war, face life imprisonment for the 2020 murder.
- Six alleged gang members from O Block, a notorious area in Chicago, were convicted by a federal jury for the 2020 murder of rapper FBG Duck.
- The convicted individuals, including rappers Marcus Smart, Tacarlos Offerd, Ralph Turpin, Charles Liggins, Kenneth Roberson, and Christopher Thomas, face life imprisonment.
- The murder was part of a prolonged gang war between FBG Duck’s Tookville faction of the Black Gangster Disciples and the O Block Gangster Disciples.
- Claims have arisen on social media that former First Lady Michelle Obama grew up in O Block, which was not named as such during her formative years.
- O Block, renamed in honor of Odee Perry, a resident and gang member who was shot dead in 2011, is now considered one of the most dangerous localities in Chicago.