Julio Foolio‘s murder case has taken another twist as a man has come forward claiming that Yungeen Ace paid him $10,000 to kill the rapper.
In a video circulating social media, a man wearing a ski mask and orange beanie claims that Foolio was shot and killed on his 26th birthday because of his feud with Ace.
In the clip, the unidentified individual says: “On everything I love, on the dead homies, I put it on everything on my soul, on my kid, n-gga: I’m the one that smacked Julio Foolio that night when he got dropped at his birthday celebration.
“I ain’t gonna show my face or give my identity away or nothing like that, but you know, I did that.”
The man went on to allege that Foolio’s longtime rival Yungeen Ace orchestrated the killing: “There was money on his head. I rock with Ace and them boys, ATK. I be in Jacksonville heavy. If you know, you know.
“I handled that because Ace had that money on his head, Ace had them put that 10K up. Told me to slide, told me to smack Foolio ’cause he got tired of that n-gga running his mouth, playing all the time, you feel me?”
The alleged killer also expressed no remorse over Foolio’s death: “It is what it is, bruh. A n-gga don’t give a fuck. About that money, anybody can get it. Foolio had it coming to him so I don’t really feel sorry.
“A lot of people feel that it was on some gang shit. It ain’t even really all that. Ace put that bread up and whoever wanted to take it, took it, so I took that. Rest in peace, Foolio.”
Police have yet to publicly identify any suspects in relation to the June 23 murder, which occured outside of a Holiday Inn in Tampa, Florida.
Julio Foolio and Yungeen Ace, as well as their respective crews KTA and ATK, have been feuding for years after Julio’s cousin was shot and killed in 2017.
Ace was shot in an alleged retaliatory attack but survived, though his brother as well as two others were killed in the same shooting.
The beef has involved several other shootings, including that of Foolio’s 16-year-old younger brother, with another rapper called Ksoo later arrested for the killing.
Ace previously denied having issues with Foolio, telling HipHopDX in 2021: “They’re just doing that for clout. In my city, every rapper raps about that accident because it’s a form of clout.
“That person you talking about, I don’t even know him and have never seen him before in my life, bro. We’ve never seen each other before, so all that is irrelevant.
“It just be a clout thing like if he talks about me, he going to win. But if I talk about him, I’m not going to win. It’s not going to work like that. I’m not chasing clout or clearing up any rumor because I don’t respect lies.”