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Abdul Vicks, also known as YBC Dul, was a rapper and member of the Young Bag Chasers, a West Philadelphia-based gang.

Crime & Justice

‘I could throw a party’: Teens discussed killing rapper YBC Dul on video, prosecutor says

The teens charged with killing Abdul Vicks, a.k.a. YBC Dul, and 16-year-old Marquise Saunders appeared in court for the first time on Monday.

Abdul Vicks, a 25-year-old rapper known as YBC Dul, or "Mr. Disrespectful," often mocked the deaths of people in his songs. He was shot and killed in August.

Crime & Justice

Mother charged with giving teens rifle to kill West Philly rapper YBC Dul

The outside of Mastbaum High School in Philadelphia. The average age of a district building is 73 years old; Mastbaum, on Frankford Avenue, was built in 1927.

Philly is bracing for school closings, relocations, new buildings. Here’s how you can weigh in.

Kristen A. Graham

Eric Edi (left), of Africom, and Fatou Mbow (right), owner of N’Darkarou African Hair Braiding and Philadelphia Hair Braiding, stand outside the shop along Frankford Avenue in July. On Oct. 17, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Act 100 of 2024 into law, eliminating onerous hair braiding regulations that impacted businesses like Mbow's. Edi has been working to see such a law passed since 2018.

Eliminating a state licensing requirement is a victory for Pa. hair braiders, micro-business owners, and Black immigrant women

Eric Edi, For The Inquirer

Philadelphia police question people about the fatal shooting of Abdul Vicks on Aug. 23 in Olney.

Crime & Justice

Second teen arrested in killing of West Philly rapper, gang member YBC Dul

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