Lil Marc

Marc Campbell (March 31, 1994 - March 28, 2014) also known as "**Lil Marc**", was a drill rapper from Chicago, Illinois. Lil Marc was also a self-admitted member of "Young Money 051", one of Chicago's most hated gangs due to them being responsible for multiple high-profile murders. In March 2014, Lil Marc dropped a diss track to rival gang members titled "No Competition" where he was shot and killed just 3 days later.

## Early Life

Marc Campbell was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 31, 1994. In his high school years, he attended "Hyde Park Academy High School" which was also attended by many other drill artists such as King Von, FBG Duck, and G Herbo.

### **Early Arrests (2007)**

On June 1, 2007, Lil Marc was arrested for the first time on his own block at 4959 S. Drexel Avenue (Young Money 051 turf) for battery charges. A month later, on August 30, 2007, he was arrested and charged with battery again. Another month later on September 24, 2007, he was charged with assault on a park employee.

## Murder Of Tony "Lil Tony" McCoy (2011)

On July 16, 2011, at 1:00 p.m, Lil Marc and two other Young Money 051 members approached an innocent outside a party at 1210 E 52nd Street in the Hyde Park neighborhood where one of them asked him if the party was still going on. Suddenly, one of the Young Money 051 members pulled out a gun and told everyone to get on the ground. The innocent tried to grab the gun but was pistol-whipped in the head and face, where Young Money 051 stole his phone and car keys and fled off in the innocent's 2008 Blue Chrysler Sebring car.

At 1:12 p.m., Tony McCoy and his friend were walking down 4700 S. Woodlawn Avenue, when the blue car driven by Young Money 051 member Tarik "T-Streetz" Mahdie pulled up and abruptly stopped. Lil Marc, the back passenger of the car exits and starts shooting at Tony while chasing him down. Tony's friend managed to escape but Tony was hit in the back of his head and fell down, where Lil Marc stood over him and shot him two more times in the back, and ran back to the car which sped off.

After the murder, T-Streetz drove to a lot at 6420 S. Cottage Grove Ave where the suspects attempted to set the car on fire, During the attempt, T-Streetz partially burned himself. After igniting the car, the suspects escaped into a friend's car. At 2:30 p.m., the vehicle was found in flames on 6400 S. Cottage Grove Ave.

The case wouldn't be solved until November 2019 after an inmate named Lil Marc as the shooter and T-Streetz as the driver in the homicide.

## Rap Career (2011)

On October 7, 2011, Lil Marc released his first music video, "Zeko World" filmed on Young Money 051's main block on 51st & Cottage Grove Avenue. The song title was made in tribute to Isaiah "Zeko" Walker, an 18-year-old member of Young Money 051 who was shot and killed back in September 2008. Zeko World was Young Money 051's first music video and one of the first songs in the Chicago drill scene.

## Jail (2011-2013)

On October 7, 2011, at 11:35 p.m, the same day Zeko World dropped, Lil Marc was arrested after being caught with a handgun during a high school football game. On February 11, 2012, Lil Marc was finally released until he was locked up again in late February 2012 but was released again a year later on February 9, 2013.

## Back To Music (2013)

### **No Lackin (2013)**

On March 4, 2013, after being released from jail, Lil Marc dropped a remix to Lil Mister and P. Rico's 2012 track titled "No Lackin" featuring Young Money 051 rapper Millz and would release the music video on March 17.

### **Ballin Like Fatz (2013)**

On March 11, 2013, Lil Marc released a tribute song featuring Young Money 051 member Lil Mick titled "Ballin Like Fatz" made in honor of Antonio "Fathead/Fatz" Davis, a 14-year-old Young Money 051 member killed in June 2012 while Lil Marc was locked up.

### **Hang Wit Me (2013)**

On September 15, 2013, Lil Marc released a music video titled "Hang Wit Me", a remix to P. Rico's Hang Wit Me. As of April 2023, the video now has 620,000 views.

## No Competition/Death (2014)

### **No Competition (March 25)**

On March 25, 2014, Lil Marc released a music video titled "No Competition", a remix of Lil Durk and Lil Reese's 2013 track "Competition". In the track, Lil Marc goes on to disrespect multiple deceased rival gang members where at the time, the song was named one of the most disrespectful drill tracks in history. The music video featured other rappers such as FBG Young and 051 Rosé.

### **Murder Attempt Of Lil Marc (March 26)**

On March 26, 2014, just a day after dropping No Competition, Lil Marc was caught by rival gang members and was allegedly shot at, but managed to escape. After the incident, rival gang members would mock Lil Marc on Twitter claiming he ran off once they saw him.

### **Murder Of Lil Marc (March 28)**

On March 28, 2014, at 1:27 p.m., Lil Marc stood near a bus stop on 5100 S. King Drive when a silver minivan pulled up. The shooter, armed with a handgun with an extended clip would fire at least 12 shots at Lil Marc where he was hit 1-2 times in the head, where after a pause, the shooter fired 2 more shots, then escaped in the minivan. Lil Marc was pronounced dead at the scene. The minivan used in the murder was found in flames on 3700 S. Ellis Ave just 5 hours after the shooting occurred. Lil Marc's killer was never caught.

## Aftermath/Revenge/Legacy (2014-Now)

After Lil Marc's death, multiple Black Disciples would start dissing him since he was the biggest rapper of one of Chicago's most hated gangs and was also disrespectful. However, a lot of people who were part of the "BDK movement" honored Lil Marc, and Young Money 051 even ran with the nickname "Marc Block".

### **Murder Of OTF Nunu (May 2014)**

On May 31, 2014, at 3:20 p.m., McArthur Swindle also known as OTF Nunu the cousin of rapper Lil Durk was sitting in a passenger seat in a parked car on 87th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue was on his phone while waiting for Lil Durk to come out the store. Suddenly, 1-2 shooters walked up and started shooting at OTF Nunu where he attempted to drive the car but crashed the car into a store. OTF Nunu was shot 5 times in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.

This shooting was believed to have been done by members of Young Money 051 in retaliation against Lil Marc since Lil Durk and other Black Disciples were dissing Lil Marc. OTF Nunu was also an upcoming rapper who got signed to Lil Durk's label 3 days before his death.

### **Murder Of OTF Chino (March 2015)**

On March 27, 2015, at 1:54 a.m., almost exactly a year after Lil Marc's death, Lil Durk's manager and THF 46 member OTF Chino was sitting in a parked car outside a restaurant at 8840 S. Stony Island Avenue when an offender walked up from the passenger side and fired multiple shots hitting Chino in his right cheek, right shoulder, right chest, twice to the left chest, and left upper arm. The offender then walked away North Bound on Stony Island Avenue and Chino was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m.

This shooting was also believed to be done by a member of Young Money 051 since THF 46 and 600 were believed to be involved in Lil Marc's death. Two days later on March 29, 051 Melly from Young Money 051 tweeted out "Rest up lil marc I told U i had U" and the next day on March 30, 051 Rosé was shot by THF 46 but survived.

### **Murder Of Lil Boo (April 2015)**

On April 3, 2015, around 11:30 a.m., 22-year-old Jerome Anderson aka Lil Boo who was one of the founders of the 600 gang was walking on the 5800 block of South King Drive when a man got out of a gold car and opened fire on Lil Boo, who fell to the pavement. The shooter then walked up and continued shooting at Lil Boo at a very close proximity. The shooter then fled West Bound on 59th Street and Lil Boo was pronounced dead at 12:08 p.m.

The same day at 5:25 p.m., Chicago Police tracked down the car used in the murder and found it parked on 51st Street where a Young Money 051 member named "Ario" was sitting in the driver seat. Ario was arrested and questioned but was shortly released. This was allegedly Young Money 051's revenge on 600 since they already got revenge on THF 46 the week before.

### **Bus Stop Music Video (May 2015)**

On May 22, 2015, THF TP, a rapper from THF 46 released a diss-track music video titled "Bus Stop" mocking Lil Marc dying at a bus stop.

### **Chicago Legends (December 2019)**

On December 7, 2019, Chicago rapper FBG Duck, who was also friends with Lil Marc dropped a track titled "Chicago Legends" honoring fallen Chicago rappers from both sides, such as Lil Marc, L'A Capone, and OTF Nunu.

## Personal Life

Lil Marc was also the brother of Shondale "Tooka" Gregory, a 15-year-old member of the Gangster Disciples who was also killed at a bus stop in 2011. Tooka later became the most disrespected name in Hip-Hop due to his rivals such as Chief Keef and King Von always mocking his death, which caused other mainstream rappers to use his name to disrespect him.

Before Lil Marc's death, he had a baby on the way. His son was later born in April 2014, days after Lil Marc's death.

## Discography

### Music Videos

* No Competition - *(2014)*
* Hang Wit Me (Remix) - *(2013)*
* Lackin (Remix) ft. Millz - *(2013)*
* Zeko World - *(2011)*