The FBG gang, short for Fly Boy Gang, is a Chicago South Side rap collective and street faction tied to the “Tookaville” set of the Gangster Disciples, best known through rapper Carlton “FBG Duck” Weekly, who was shot and killed in a daytime ambush in the Gold Coast on August 4, 2020. In January 2024, six members of the rival O-Block faction of the Black Disciples were convicted of federal racketeering charges for his murder, each facing mandatory life in prison.
Where FBG Came From
The “Tookaville” identity at the core of FBG traces to Shondale “Tooka” Gregory, a fifteen-year-old shot and killed at a bus stop at 63rd Street and Saint Lawrence Avenue on January 12, 2011. Police called the killing gang-related. Gangster Disciples members in the area adopted the Tookaville moniker in his memory.1The Clio. Shondale Gregory Memorial
The faction’s main rival was O-Block, a Black Disciples set based at the Parkway Gardens low-income housing complex on the 6400 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. O-Block was named for Odee Perry, a twenty-year-old gang member killed in 2011.2Chicago Sun-Times. O-Block, Most Dangerous Block in Chicago Tookaville operated a few blocks east, near 63rd and Saint Lawrence, and the two territories fed a long cycle of retaliation. Drill rap amplified it: artists on both sides taunted dead rivals by name in songs that prosecutors later argued helped drive real shootings.3Chicago Sun-Times. FBG Duck, King Von, and the O-Block Tookaville Gang War
FBG Duck and the Music
Carlton Weekly, born in 1993, built a local and then national profile as FBG Duck. City officials and investigators identified him as a gang member, and prosecutors later said he used music and social media to raise Tookaville’s profile.4ABC 7 Chicago. FBG Duck Murder, O-Block Members Arrested His songs openly attacked O-Block. A track called “Dead Bitches,” released days before he was killed, disparaged deceased members of the rival faction; federal prosecutors later pointed to it as a provocation that accelerated the plot against him.5Billboard. FBG Duck Murder Charges
Weekly wasn’t the only FBG member killed. His brother, Jermaine Robinson, who rapped as FBG Brick, died in a double homicide in Woodlawn in July 2017 alongside a friend, Stanley Mack.6Chicago Sun-Times. FBG Duck Murder, Tacarlos Offerd Ordered Detained
The Gold Coast Shooting
On August 4, 2020, around 4:26 p.m., Weekly was shopping on East Oak Street in Chicago’s Gold Coast when he was ambushed. According to prosecutors and an FBI affidavit, Ralph “Teezy” Turpin spotted him outside a boutique and called fellow O-Block members downtown to kill him.7WBEZ. FBG Duck Murder Suspects Set To Go on Trial Four masked gunmen arrived in a Ford Fusion and a Chrysler 300, having driven up from Parkway Gardens.8Fox 32 Chicago. 15 Seconds of Mayhem on Gold Coast
The attack lasted about fifteen seconds. Two shooters got out of the passenger side of each vehicle and opened fire on Weekly and his girlfriend, who was in a nearby sedan. Investigators recovered 38 shell casings. Weekly was struck multiple times and died shortly after. His girlfriend was shot twice in the wrist. A bystander who ducked behind the car was shot three times and left in critical condition.8Fox 32 Chicago. 15 Seconds of Mayhem on Gold Coast
The Alleged Bounty and King Von
Prosecutors argued rapper King Von, born Dayvon Bennett, had placed a $100,000 bounty on Weekly’s head. According to Chicago Sun-Times reporting based on police documents, an informant in Chicago police custody told FBI agents and detectives about the bounty roughly two weeks after the shooting. The informant said a Black Disciples-affiliated individual first offered $50,000 for the killing, then doubled it to $100,000. A second source separately told investigators “Duck had a price on his head.”9XXL Magazine. FBG Duck Bounty
At trial, a cooperating witness testified that defendant Kenneth “Kenny Mac” Roberson had admitted joining the shooting because “Von had placed a hit on Duck.” Prosecutors also showed King Von spent $128,000 on diamond-encrusted O-Block pendants, some bought after the killing, as evidence the gang glorified the murder.3Chicago Sun-Times. FBG Duck, King Von, and the O-Block Tookaville Gang War King Von himself was never charged. He was killed in an unrelated shooting in Atlanta in November 2020.
The Federal Racketeering Case
On September 30, 2021, a federal grand jury in Chicago indicted five defendants in United States v. Liggins et al., case number 1:21-CR-00618, in the Northern District of Illinois.10U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Indictment, Case 1:21-CR-00618 They were charged with murder in aid of racketeering, assault in aid of racketeering, and federal firearm violations. Prosecutors alleged O-Block operated as a criminal enterprise whose members used violence, social media, and music to maintain status and territory.11U.S. Department of Justice. Five Alleged Street Gang Members Charged With Federal Racketeering Offenses A sixth defendant, Ralph Turpin, was added later. Another alleged shooter, Ezell Rawls, died by suicide during the investigation and was never charged.12Chicago Sun-Times. Jury Verdict in FBG Duck Murder
Trial began in the fall of 2023 before U.S. District Judge Martha M. Pacold and ran about three months. The government put in drill music videos, social media posts, phone records, surveillance footage, and testimony from a cooperating witness. Defense attorneys argued the music was “strictly for entertainment,” but the court admitted several videos, including King Von’s “Took Her To The O,” which prosecutors said foreshadowed the murder.3Chicago Sun-Times. FBG Duck, King Von, and the O-Block Tookaville Gang War
On January 17, 2024, the jury convicted all six defendants of murder in aid of racketeering. The alleged gunmen were Marcus “Muwop” Smart, Charles “C Murda” Liggins, and Christopher “C Thang” Thomas. The alleged getaway drivers were Kenneth “Kenny Mac” Roberson and Tacarlos “Los” Offerd. Ralph “Teezy” Turpin, who summoned the shooters to Oak Street, was convicted on the murder and conspiracy counts. Each murder-in-aid-of-racketeering conviction carries a mandatory life sentence.13U.S. Department of Justice. Six Members or Associates of Violent Street Gang Convicted of Federal Racketeering Offenses14ABC 7 Chicago. FBG Duck Death Verdict, O-Block Street Gang Judge Pacold scheduled sentencing between August and September 2024.
Outside the courthouse after the verdict, Weekly’s mother, LaSheena Weekly, told reporters: “They’re done, the whole crew. O Block and everything of it is done.”12Chicago Sun-Times. Jury Verdict in FBG Duck Murder
The Civil Suit and Lil Durk’s Separate Case
On October 9, 2024, LaSheena Weekly filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Cook County court. The plaintiffs include Weekly, FBG Duck’s girlfriend Cashae Williams, and Davon Brinson. The defendants include rapper Lil Durk (Derrick Banks), the estate of King Von, their record labels including Only The Family (OTF), the city of Chicago, Dolce & Gabbana (which owned the boutique outside which Weekly was shot), two private security firms, and the six convicted O-Block members.15NBC Chicago. FBG Duck’s Mom Sues Lil Durk, King Von’s Estate
The complaint alleges OTF functioned as a “hub for the O Block criminal enterprise” and that the defendants profited from the violence, claiming Lil Durk, O-Block, and OTF “became international brands through social media and music streaming platforms and profited through podcasts, social media and music streaming. In essence they monetized the killing of FBG Duck.”16WBEZ. FBG Duck, Lil Durk, King Von, OTF Shooting Lawsuit The suit also alleges Dolce & Gabbana failed to provide adequate security and that a security guard abandoned his post during the attack, and that Chicago police left Weekly “bleeding for 17 minutes” before he got emergency medical care.15NBC Chicago. FBG Duck’s Mom Sues Lil Durk, King Von’s Estate
Lil Durk was arrested on October 17, 2024, and indicted in the Central District of California on federal murder-for-hire charges. That case involves a 2022 shooting near the Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles in which Saviay’a Robinson, a relative of rival rapper Quando Rondo, was killed. Prosecutors allege Banks orchestrated the attack and that OTF members carried it out at his direction. He was denied bail.17U.S. Department of Justice. Chicago Rapper Lil Durk Charged in Superseding Indictment Alleging Murder-for-Hire18Courthouse News Service. Rapper Lil Durk Can’t Duck Murder-for-Hire Charges That federal case does not charge Banks in Weekly’s murder. The Cook County civil suit is where those allegations against him live.