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    Fbg Duck’s Father Shares Heartbreaking Truth: Son Killed 7 Days Before His Release After 27 Years

    Tragedy strikes the Chicago rap community when, on August 4, 2020, Carlton Weekly-known by his stage name FBG Duck-is gunned down in the affluent Gold Coast neighborhood of the city. Only 26 years old, Duck had carved out a niche among those into the Chicago drill music scene, known for his unapologetic lyrics and raw talent. But such a promising career and life were shorn off by a violent feud gripping Chicago for decades.

    FBG Duck’s death became significant, given that an artist died, and it was a gut-wrenching indication of the city’s enormous ordeal due to gang violence. His killing, which was later connected with the rivalry between the Gangster Disciples’ Tookaville faction and the Black Disciples’ set known as O Block, highlighted the deep-rooted conflict that had torn families and communities apart.

    The murder happened in broad daylight on Oak Street, an upscale shopping district far afield from the neighborhoods where such violence is tragically more common. Duck was the target of a drive-by shooting involving multiple shooters; six reputed members of the O Block gang were eventually found guilty of orchestrating and then carrying out his murder.

    Authorities confirmed that Duck’s killing was the result of a gang war that had already taken away many young men in Chicago. These streets have time and again acted as battlefields for the different factions that vie for dominance, while social media adds fuel to the fire as insults and threats escalate into deadly violence.

    His life was never without struggle: not having a father, being incarcerated his whole life-a sentence 27 years in coming well before Duck was born-set the stage for the young rapper.

    Speaking to a correspondent in 2017, Duck insisted his pa was innocent and his conviction a miscarriage of justice. Though he is hopeful, this is despite the challenges. He said that his father was appealing his case. “He’s a good man,” Duck says, “and I just want him to get the chance to prove it.”

    Ironically, his father was released just days after Duck’s murder in 2020, further compounding the grief of the family. His mother, LaSheena Weekly, said the bittersweet moment it had been to see her partner freed after almost three decades later, the loss of her son in such a senseless manner, was indescribable.

    Duck’s story seems to be another case of this systemic fight going on with all families in highly under-resourced city areas in Chicago. Growing up with a parent being incarcerated suggests coming up through hard economic times, possible emotional trauma, and loss of opportunities-the very issue he channeled into the music.

    The epidemic of gun violence in Chicago keeps on being blatant. FBG Duck is just one of many who died in the process; this shows how urgent reform and community investments truly are. For families like his, trying to make their way through the pain and loss, the way forward includes advocating for change that would prevent such tragedies from happening again.

    LaSheena Weekly has been very vocal about keeping her son’s memory alive and speaking frequently about what their family had to go through. She remembered how depressing it was bringing up her children with their father behind bars, then the great loss of losing Duck just close to what was supposed to be a celebratory time for the family.

    JoJo Capone, a Chicago community leader and mentor, also said something similar. He spoke of how heartbreaking it was to witness the father of Duck walking free for the first time and yet seeing his son taken away. “It was like giving with one hand and taking with the other,” Capone said.

    Despite his tragic demise, one thing that can never be taken away from FBG Duck is his impact on the music industry and his community. His songs, like the hit “Slide,” moved the fans because it was a raw representation of life in Chicago’s streets. He used his music to voice those whom no one usually hears and brought the real issue of gang violence and systemic inequality into the limelight.

    The tragic death of Duck galvanized calls for change: a demand from the community for further action to resolve the causes behind the violence. His story can be a cautionary tale of reform and yet a rallying cry of the talent lost to the chain of violence.

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