Yungeen Ace has spoken for the first time about the murder of his rival Julio Foolio and detailed their last conversation before his death.
Ace had been accused of putting a $10,000 bounty on Foolio, who was shot to death while celebrating his 26th birthday last month.
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In his first comments since Foolio was killed, the “Oops” rapper has denied playing a role in the murder.
Speaking on Instagram Live, he said: “That shit sad, I ain’t gonna lie, bruh. Leave the streets alone, playa. I don’t condone shit like that.”
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In a surprise turn of events, Ace then revealed that he and Foolio were actually on good terms before his death and that he advised his one-time foe to stay away from the streets.
“It’s so funny ’cause we were cool and shit,” he added. “I was just talking to him and I was like, ‘Bruh, you gotta stay out of the way. You know a n-gga love you out here. I fuck with you, real shit.'”
In an anonymous video posted online earlier this month, the alleged killer of Julio Foolio said: “On everything I love, on the dead homies, I put it on everything on my soul, on my kid, n-gga: I’m the one that smacked Julio Foolio that night when he got dropped at his birthday celebration.
“I ain’t gonna show my face or give my identity away or nothing like that, but you know, I did that.”
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He also detailed how Yungeen Ace allegedly ordered the hit: “There was money on his head. I rock with Ace and them boys, ATK. I be in Jacksonville heavy. If you know, you know.
“I handled that because Ace had that money on his head, Ace had them put that 10K up. Told me to slide, told me to smack Foolio ’cause he got tired of that n-gga running his mouth, playing all the time, you feel me?”
The purported culprit also expressed no remorse over Foolio’s death: “It is what it is, bruh. A n-gga don’t give a fuck. About that money, anybody can get it. Foolio had it coming to him so I don’t really feel sorry.”
No formal suspects have yet been identified by the police for the rapper’s murder.
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Julio Foolio and Yungeen Ace, as well as their respective crews KTA and ATK, had been feuding for years after Julio’s cousin was shot and killed in 2017, with Ace later hit in a retaliatory attack.
