Ice City Boyz
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Church End, London, England. |
| Genres | British hip hop |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Zino Records |
| Members | Nines Skrapz Trapstar Toxic Likkle T J Styles Fatz Keyz Streetz Inch Fundz Jambo Trappy Storm Q2Trappy Chappo |
| Past members | Zino (Deceased) |
Ice City Boyz (ICB) (colloquially referred to as Church Road Soldiers and CrimeScene Boyz) is a British hip hop collective from Church End, London.
Background
The rap collective has been around since the mid 2000s and started making music towards the end of the decade. Most members of the group come from the Church End Estate. The most successful artist from the group consists of Nines. Other artists in the group include Likkle T, Skrapz, J Styles, Fatz, Keyz, Trapstar Toxic, Streetz, Inch, Supa, Fundz, Jambo and others.[1] The success of Nines has led to other members of the gang to take music more seriously.
Trapster Toxic released the single "Life I Live" in November 2015.[2] J Stylez, Fatz and Streetz released the single "Statement" in April 2017.[3]
Controversy
U.S.G.
Since early 2000, Ice City Boyz have been involved in a gang wars with Stonebridge gang and rap collective U.S.G., whose prominent member is K Koke.[4] The rivalry has been ongoing and Nines has taken shots at K Koke with the reference "If I had a record deal , I still ain't laying down my weapons" in his song "Trapper of the Year" released as a sneak diss referencing Koke's song "Lay Down Your Weapons".[5] [6] K Koke retalliated by mentioning Nine's brother who was murdered in an alleged gangland attack on the track "Listen Likkle Man".[7][8] In September 2019, ICB member Skrapz was charged with perverting the court of justice in relation to the murder of U.S.G. member Smallz and after being stabbed in prison he was released with no further action.[9]
£R
ICB are also involved in a rivalry with C Biz's rap gang "£R" (Eating Right stylised as £ating Right). It was alleged that a member of ICB was posing with a gold chain and watch that was apparently stolen from C Biz of £R.[10] Nines published a video on his social media with a handful of gold jewellery, including an Audemars Piguet watch that was supposedly stolen from C-Biz. It has been reported that the pair have a history of rivalry relating to the killing of Zino, Nines's brother who was murdered in 2009.[11] As a result, a drive-by shooting happened in the church road estate which resulted in the death of Oliver Tetlow in what was said to be a case of mistaken identity. This garnered the attention of former prime minister David Cameron who condemned the shooting. C Biz and six other men were bailed for the shooting.[12]
Trapstar Toxic
Adetokunbo Ajibola (better known by his stage name Trapstar Toxic) was caught out by his song lyrics which revealed him selling drugs. It was reported the police used his lyrics from his single "Out Ere" in court. This lead to a raid in his home in Willesden in April 2008, when police found £30,000 of drugs. They described the scene as a "drugs preparation factory" and also seized £13,000 in cash.[13] Toxic pleaded guilty to the offences June 27 2018, and was jailed for five years at Harrow Crown Court on 1 March 2019.[14]
References
- ^ "London rapper war revealed: Harlesden MC Nines, the Cbiz mugging and another bodybag". IBN Times. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Trapstar Toxic drops cold visuals for "Life I Live"". GRM Daily - Grime, Rap music and Culture.
- ^ "PREMIERE: Ice City Boyz make a "Statement" with mad new video". GRM Daily - Grime, Rap music and Culture.
- ^ "London grime war: Police fear Stonebridge and Church Road feud could boil over after Big Keyz jacked". International Business Times UK. September 20, 2016.
- ^ "Lay Down Your Weapons (feat. Rita Ora) - Single by K Koke" – via music.apple.com.
- ^ "K Koke vs Nines". July 10, 2017.
- ^ "'Revenge killing' gunman jailed". BBC News. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "What's Beef? (Nines Vs K Koke, Chip Vs Bugzy, Dot Rotten Vs P Money, Tobz Vs Blittz)" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Raffray, Nathalie. "Craig Small shooting: Harlesden grime artist Skrapz charged with perverting course of justice as three more men arrested in connection with Wembley killing". Kilburn Times.
- ^ "Who are the bad boys of British grime?". uk.news.yahoo.com.
- ^ "London rapper war revealed: Harlesden MC Nines, the Cbiz mugging and another bodybag". International Business Times UK. March 18, 2016.
- ^ "Oliver Tetlow shooting: CBIZ and six men bailed as David Cameron condemns tragic Harlesden murder". International Business Times UK. March 16, 2016.
- ^ "Jailed rapper caught out by song lyrics about drugs". Evening Standard. March 4, 2019.
- ^ Truelove, Sam (March 2, 2019). "Willesden rapper who bragged about drug dealing in video jailed". getwestlondon.