What up gang.
Back with the real you know what’s the deal. It’s messed up when people considered family fight in public. We seen it with 50 cent and G-Unit, Birdman and Wayne, and now sad to say, Kodak Black and Jackboy, damn.
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We never thought we’d see this day coming. Everyone has been speculating who’s right and who’s wrong, but there are some details to the start of the beef that no one talks about, or even knows. I’ve got the breakdown and it might spell trouble for Kodak Black and Sniper Gang. Who would have known Kodak Black was in rehab fighting with drug addition before tweaking online. We’ll talk about all that. Stay locked in because this one goes deep, pause. Let’s chop it up and break it down.
Kodak Black aka Yak has been one of the biggest artists out of Florida. He’s risen to superstar heights in the industry with his emotional and raw music that connects to fans. From his debut mixtape Project Baby that shot him into the spotlight
Up to his latest EP, “Before The Album” released August 2021,
Kodak Black has continued to talk to the streets through his songs. With his success he launched his record label Sniper Gang where he brought along some of the realest with him, mainly his day one homie and brother from another mother, Jackboy
This was the start of their friendship crashing and burning before all our eyes. The two been through it all together since they were youngins in the hood. Where Kodak was, Jackboy was. Where Jackboy was, Kodak was.
They held each other down while grinding for the come up. When Jackboy spent 3 years in Juvenile detention at around 14 years old, other than his Moms, Kodak was the only homie that wrote him weekly and sent him money https://youtu.be/3RfASBL-fcc (0:07-0:38)
From since then Jackboy stood ten toes down for Kodak, whatever beef no matter if they were his homie, once Kodak ain’t rocking with ‘em then he ain’t either https://youtu.be/3RfASBL-fcc (1:00-1:18) That loyalty got him involved in every beef Kodak had in the industry, including the one that put them at odds with each other, only to have Kodak turn friends with the opposition, but we’ll get to that later. To see the timeline of Yak and Jack’s beef, we first have to start at the beginning beef I just mentioned. It was between Kodak Black and NBA YoungBoy as far as everyone knew.
At one point things seemed to be leading to violence between Sniper Gang and NBA when Kodak was incarcerated and threw shots at YB. The incident that triggered it was when YB’s now Baby mama, Yaya Mayweather caught a shawty named Lapattra Jacobs at his crib and stabbed her in April 2020 https://youtu.be/8u5Davgnoc8 https://youtu.be/JXt56aYkYsQ
Kodak would read an IG update stating YB cooperated with authorities and misinterpret it that he snitched, while YB only just smoothen out the situation that happened
That misunderstanding got Kodak on YB’s neck with the swiftness, taking their beef up a notch
YB would respond in a rage https://youtu.be/fD6D3ThzWf0 Kodak being a hot head, fired right back. He was behind a cell, but always had time and resources to stay in some beef and YB was with all the smoke
Being the real one Jackboy is known to be, he inserted himself in the beef on behalf of his homie Kodak dissing YB and the whole NBA https://youtu.be/w3mlhjM6mAo (2:05-2:30) and just like that Jackboy was the one in the line of fine holding it down for Sniper Gang while Yak was caught behind bars https://youtu.be/w3mlhjM6mAo (0:31-0:47) and that was a lot. Yak was prone to prison, from 2018 to 2021 alone, he’s been jailed, released, jailed again, released, and jailed again all within the space of a few months apart https://youtu.be/KzM1HqXumNs https://youtu.be/kYCFlttva_c (0:00-0:09) https://youtu.be/kYCFlttva_c (0:57-1:21) https://youtu.be/tpkuK-1LfCI (0:10-0:25) https://youtu.be/6fBkwfgVKv0 (0:09-1:44)
It was beginning to look like Jackboy may have to become the new head honcho of Sniper Gang but the president at the time, Donald Trump included Kodak in his presidential pardon list which gave the rapper another chance at freedom https://youtu.be/hBN-YWnynJk (0:19-0:23)
It was supposed to be reason for celebration, but behind closed doors, Sniper Gang was falling apart. It would all come to the surface when Kodak began showing frustration with his artists being jealous of his fame and wealth https://youtu.be/tXMjWtTXGbI (0:00-1:10) Fans were caught off guard because I mean, this Sniper Gang, they supposed to be the realest. Jackboy would return a subliminal seemingly addressing the situation https://youtu.be/tXMjWtTXGbI (1:26-1:52) From there, the subliminals continued back and forth, and it began appearing the problem was mainly between the day one’s Yak and Jack
The brotherhood that we thought unbreakable was fading before our very eyes. Worst yet, Kodak would drop the subliminals and come straight out saying he made a M off Jackboy and it was about time he got his bread.
To add insult to injury, Kodak was now flexing on Jackboy trying to dent his ego and pride in front the world. Yak was throwing 100k off boats and flushing money down the toilet while being on Jack’s neck for money apparently he believed to be owed https://youtu.be/SvdscXJuaoQ (0:00-0:30) https://youtu.be/34or_qcbZRI (0:00-0:23) Jackboy still kept his cool, calling Kodak out but still saying that’s his mans https://youtu.be/yy6Kw5142aw (0:52-3:40) But slowly Kodak’s shots to Jackboy got to him after going on live talking on the fall out and venting online. To Kodak, he felt unappreciated after all he’s done. Like Jackboy just used up his shine and the benefits are a one way street. What really set Yak off was Jackboy promising him that M while he was in prison but ghosted Yak once he was out early on presidential pardon https://youtu.be/n38RHi4igN0 (0:20-1:45)
Then we realized things were way deeper than surface level. Jack would post to his IG, implying that Kodak was suing him https://youtu.be/tXMjWtTXGbI (2:08-2:23) Sure enough, things continued getting more serious until Kodak began looking like the one disloyal. Fans were choosing sides, Yak was blaming Jack, Jack was blaming Yak, but Kodak was the one seeming to switch up more because of how he was dealing with the situation online. This pushed him to come out and try clear the air dropping a bomb on fans tuning in. While the beef had us thinking money was the issue, it wasn’t even close. According to Kodak, the real issue started when he was about to sign NBA YoungBoy, yes the same YB he been beefing with, but Jackboy was the one that had a prob and instigated the beef not him. That’s not all. Yak said that the one posting all those shots at YB online, was Jackboy because he had his IG password https://youtu.be/Z2LlPrcs864 (0:00-1:50)
That was the moment Jackboy left all the highroad actions behind and went off on Kodak on live https://youtu.be/5m-eMxWvAAI (4:00-5:50) Spilling all sorts of tea, coming out about Kodak cappin’ with the beef, being sued by him, Kodak using his status to block Jackboy from performing in Rolling Loud and the real shocker was Kodak kicking it with YoungBoy’s brother
while he was going to war for Yak. And video proof surfaced to prove that Kodak was out hanging with NBA OG Three3 in the club https://youtu.be/JGRwMtt2llw
It was like a hood soap opera with more plot twists than inception.
And the next one, while surprising wasn’t so surprising because at the root of 99.9% of beefs between dudes is over one thing. Yep, a shawty. Kodak let the cat out of the bag, no pun intended, saying that all this was because Jackboy tripping off a girl https://youtu.be/Z2LlPrcs864 (6:33-7:10)
Okay pause here for a minute. I told you I’m exposing all the truths on this one. Let’s back track to the Kodak YB beef. Now I don’t know if it’s the same chick back then that’s now causing drama between Yak and Jack, but it’s evidence that got holes in Kodak story about Jackboy starting the beef. The same reason Kodak saying Jack acting funny has been rumored to be the same reason he went at YB. Turns out they both dated the same shawty. When Yak went to prison, YB swooped in and was piping her down and Yak couldn’t stand for that.
Crazy how things come full circle. Dudes are rich but keep letting these women break em apart when they should all be uniting making that bread. It was starting to seem like Yak was tweakin’, but we didn’t know just why. Jackboy kept applying pressure, it was his turn to go off online clearing up rumors about the beef being over a girl and dropping more details from behind the scenes https://youtu.be/KFitOfuQq7s (7:48-8:23) Jack exposed Kodak for switching up because Yak wanted to finesse the label and he wasn’t gna do dirty to the people treating him right https://youtu.be/KFitOfuQq7s (8:27-9:00) Jack broke down the details of his contract with Sniper Gang which contradicted Kodak saying he’s owed millions. According to Jackboy, Kodak signed him for just $2500 and to drop one album under the label, that turned into about 5 albums and Jack was feeling like he was being finessed cause they bro’s https://youtu.be/KFitOfuQq7s (10:38-11:10)
But it just keeps getting deeper. Jackboy dropped a bombshell. Remember when Kodak disrespected Nipsey behind bars when going after his girl and baby moms Lauren soon after he passed? https://youtu.be/8SK-y78NJQ0 (0:00-0:35)
Yea Jack is saying Yak called him from prison saying he had to switch gangs for protection cause Nipsey’s peoples was on demon time https://youtu.be/KFitOfuQq7s (18:04-18:56) That was the last straw for Yak. Yak was on IG live listening in and hopped on the call and all hell broke loose, yelling and screaming back and forth between the two before Jack cut the call https://youtu.be/KFitOfuQq7s (0:59-1:45) Kodak’s producer saw the bias with Jack and jumped into the beef to back up Yak calling out Jackboy for being the one disloyal, going behind Kodak and Sniper Gang’s back and signing a new deal with Empire.
One moment, Kodak was looking like the disloyal one, the next moment new info makes Jack look disloyal and fans were split between the two. But, two pieces of information brought new perspective to who’s real and who may be cappin’. First, there are receipts of Kodak himself calling from jail to address YB, which cancels out him saying he had no probs with NBA and the beef was all Jackboy https://youtu.be/ImFa_rGRLDQ
Second, Akademiks broke the news of Yak’s substance abuse with rumors that he was tweakin’ sorta like Gucci when he was wilding with every one of the drugs
Nobody really knows, but Akademiks broke down that Yak checked into Legacy Rehab Facility in Florida https://youtu.be/Xg1d0kkg0xU (9:50-10:30)
I found the clip with the Legacy shirt Akademiks was speaking on, which adds credibility to what he said https://youtu.be/uSbxpTeWoP0 It even matches the Facility logo
Also, in 2019 media outlets were reporting Kodak requesting to go to Drug Rehab Program while he was in prison as well https://www.tmz.com/2019/11/19/kodak-black-rehab-program-prison-florida/
Akademiks heard rumors saying it was for Meth and there is a vid where Jackboy spoke on Kodak coming home and doing Molly and Meth so the theory of him acting the way he did might not be so farfetched https://youtu.be/M4DNt3-qQIY (5:10-5:30) https://youtu.be/KFitOfuQq7s (16:05-16:45)
The beef been messy as hell, but they brothers and we all hoping they can work this out. You can tell dudes really just hurt with the whole situation https://youtu.be/SXdwOPI27GM (1:00-1:55) but best believe it’s still respect and love between the two https://youtu.be/nCziKgguji4 (12:02-12:40) https://youtu.be/39VpANqNRIc (8:38-8:44) What do ya’ll think about the beef? I broke down both sides, you think it’s Yak’s addiction, over a shawty, or Jackboy disloyal after Kodak put him on?
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Chad is a professional journalist specializing in Hip-Hop culture and writing music reviews.