Chris Kaba raps about shooting rivals in music video as alter ego ‘Itch’ alongside members of notorious ’67 gang’

CHRIS Kaba rapped astir shooting rivals successful a euphony video posed arsenic his change ego 'Itch' alongside members of the notorious '67' gang.

The 24-year-old drill rapper spit astir being "on chingings", which is said to beryllium a notation to idiosyncratic killing their enemy.

In the euphony video, feared Kaba and chap pack pals - wearing wintertime coats, balaclavas and skis goggles - brag astir shooting their "ops" and selling drugs.

And arsenic fake snowfall falls astir Kaba successful the clip, helium continues to marque gun signs with his hands.

Kaba antecedently served situation sentences for firearms offences and possessing weapons.

As starring subordinate of the ‘67’ pack based successful Brixton, South London, Kaba was facing the imaginable of a lengthy situation condemnation when helium was changeable dormant by Met Police firearms serviceman Martyn Blake, according to the officer's barrister.

And successful the week starring up to his decease connected the nighttime of 5 September 2022, Kaba was linked to two shootings.

67 crimes

Police person labelled 67 itself a "criminal gang", with immoderate members having been linked to aggregate offences, including the fatal attacks connected Dwayne Simpson successful 2015, arsenic good arsenic 18-year-old Cheyon Evans and Josiph Beker, 17, some successful 2019, reports the Evening Standard.

A constabulary study from 2023 said 67 was engaging successful an “active and convulsive quality with a rival faction of thoroughfare gangs successful Lambeth”, with ties to shootings, stabbings, and murders.

“67 pack and those affiliated to the radical are embedded successful a civilization of cause supply, superior violence, firearms and weapon possession”, it stated.

"It is my steadfast content 67 person been and stay the highest harm thoroughfare pack successful Lambeth and that they proceed to contiguous superior hazard to harm to those individuals and groups they are successful absorption with oregon person had issues with."

In 2019, a full of 16 radical were jailed pursuing a large probe into drugs proviso successful the Home Counties from Lambeth - each linked to 67, reports MyLondon.

Eight members of the South London pack adjacent boasted astir their usage of "waps", which means guns, and "skengs" which means guns oregon knives, successful songs, the nonfiction continued.

The gangsters person dispersed their web done the remainder of London, reaching retired to Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire and Hampshire.

Former Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley told The Sun, 67 "commit transgression connected a regular basis".

"At the clip of Chris Kaba's decease they were engaged successful a ruthless warfare with different pack from Wandsworth.

"Chris Kaba's transgression offending dates backmost to erstwhile helium was 13, erstwhile helium was convicted of stabbing someone.

"He's past aboriginal convicted of an affray and not agelong aft that helium gains different transgression condemnation for possessing an imitation firearm erstwhile helium receives 4 years successful prison.

"And there's different one. He got 5 months for yet different offence... failing to halt for the constabulary and possession of a weapon which had been discarded.

"He was a vocation criminal, a vocation gangster, and helium took portion successful galore drill rap videos wherever the pack glorify their unit by putting their hands into the presumption arsenic if they were guns, and acting retired the firing of those weapons."

CCTV SHOOTING

Shortly earlier Kaba was killed, helium was caught connected CCTV shooting a pack rival astatine a packed nightclub successful Hackney, East London.

The Old Bailey heard during ineligible statement determination was “strong evidence” Kaba was 1 of a pack who carried retired a shotgun onslaught successful Brixton the nighttime earlier his death.

Sgt Blake’s defence counsel argued the shootings explained wherefore Kaba tried to ram his mode retired of a constabulary trap successful Streatham earlier helium died.

Patrick Gibbs KC suggested that had Kaba lived, “he would person been tried for attempted execution successful this court over galore weeks.”

But jurors trying 40-year-old Sgt Blake for murder, were barred from knowing astir Kaba’s beingness of crime.

Mr Justice Goss ruled Kaba’s inheritance and the shootings earlier his death, offered nary “important explanatory evidence” to the case.

Blake - cleared of execution yesterday successful conscionable 3 hours aft a three-week proceedings - had been briefed astir the Brixton shooting earlier going retired connected patrol but had nary cognition of Kaba erstwhile helium killed him.

The judge this morning lifted a contempt of tribunal bid allowing reporting of Kaba’s inheritance for the archetypal time.

Until now, Kaba has been painted arsenic a loving dad-to-be who worked arsenic a operation worker.

But helium had convictions dating back to the property of 13.

Kaba was recovered blameworthy for his portion successful a vicious nine-man combat successful 2014 during which helium was shot.

And helium was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment successful 2017 for possessing an imitation firearm with intent to origin fearfulness of violence.

Kaba was jailed for 5 months successful 2020 for possessing a weapon - and failing to halt for police.

The dad-to-be was besides handed a 28-day home unit bid successful April 2022 preventing him contacting the parent of his unborn child.

It emerged during ineligible submissions that Kaba had antecedently been taxable to an interim pack order.

He was owed to look an exertion for a imperishable bid which was owed to instrumentality spot 10 days aft his death.

It was besides revealed successful ineligible statement however Kaba had gunshot residue connected his sleeve erstwhile helium was changeable dormant by Blake.

The lone grounds the assemblage heard astir Kaba’s quality was from a person who knew him for 2 years and claimed helium was a “calm” person.

It contrasted to grounds from an earlier three-month Old Bailey proceedings this twelvemonth which heard however Kaba brutally changeable a rival successful a cause feud.

CCTV showed Kaba shooting rival pack subordinate Brandon Malutshi astatine the packed Oval Space nightclub successful Hackney, East London.

Kaba past ran aft his target into the thoroughfare and continued firing, hitting him successful the leg.

Jurors successful that earlier proceedings were told the shooting was portion of a County Lines feud betwixt Kaba’s 67 pack and the rival 17 gang, which Malutshi was associated with.

The tribunal heard however Kaba’s chap pack subordinate Marcus Pottinger, 30, smuggled a handgun done metallic detectors into the Open Space club, wherever helium had antecedently worked.

Kaba and his pack were carrying metallic nitrous oxide canisters and balloons erstwhile they entered the nine connected the nighttime of 30 August 2022.

Hundreds of party-goers were successful the nine astatine the time, continuing Notting Hill Carnival celebrations.

Another pack member, 31-year-old Shemiah Bell, was initially seen connected CCTV wrong the nine holding a container containing the gun.

The 67 pack members were seen loitering astir the barroom with drinks earlier Kaba spotted rival Malutshi.

Kaba was seen approaching Bell, who made a weapon awesome with his manus and handed the container to him on with a azygous achromatic glove.

Putting connected a look covering and lifting up his hood, helium past moved towards his force and drew his close hand.

Kaba opened occurrence and Malutshi past sprinted disconnected with Kaba and Bell successful pursuit.

CCTV showed Malutshi cowering down a car arsenic Kaba emerged from the nine wearing a grey tracksuit with his hood up and disguise inactive on.

Kaba chased Malutshi down the thoroughfare and 3 further shots were fired astatine Malutshi.

One of the bullets pierced his close limb conscionable nether the buttock.

Kaba past made his mode with Bell towards the Audi Q8 getaway car, which helium was driving when changeable dormant by weapon bull Blake.

Malutshi was fixed a humor transfusion and contempt aesculapian advice, discharged himself aboriginal that time with a slug fragment inactive embedded successful his close leg.

Bell was jailed for 10 years successful April this twelvemonth and Pottinger got 9 years.

Both were convicted of wounding with intent and possessing a firearm with intent to origin fearfulness of unit pursuing a three-month trial.

Another of Kaba’s associates, 28-year-old Connel Bamgboye, was jailed for 5 years and six months aft helium was convicted of the firearms offence.

Bamgboye’s passport was successful Kaba’s car erstwhile helium was changeable dormant by Blake.