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Rap blogger boasts, cracks jokes while testifying against defendants in FBG Duck murder case: ‘I’m Michael Jordan on YouTube’

Summary by Ground News
Martell Wiley ditched his signature mask Thursday and took the stand in the federal trial surrounding the brazen killing of rapper FBG Duck. In doing so, he revealed himself as a longtime government informant who's been paid handsomely for his cooperation. Wiley cursed, cracked jokes and discussed his close connections to both the victim and defendants, some of whom he identified in surveillance footage.

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Rap blogger boasts, cracks jokes while testifying against defendants in FBG Duck murder case: ‘I’m Michael Jordan on YouTube’

Martell Wiley, who runs the Trenches News YouTube channel, wears a black mask covering his lower face and sits in what he says is a federal courtroom, in this screenshot from a video. On. Thursday, he testified without the mask.YouTube Over the course of nearly 2,000 YouTube videos, Martell Wiley has always covered his face to discuss the often-violent intersection of Chicago’s gang and rap cultures.But Wiley ditched his signature mask Thursday…

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Chicago Sun Times broke the news in Chicago, United States on Friday, December 1, 2023.
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