During a recent appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay talk show, legendary Philadelphia rapper Gillie Da Kid claimed police told him that slain basketball prospect Noah Scurry was involved in his son’s shooting death.
According to FOX 29 Philadelphia, Gillie Da Kid’s son, Devin Spady, 25, was gunned down in July 2023 in Olney. Two other victims also sustained injuries from that shooting. Spady was also a rapper who went by the stage name YNG Cheese. Police are yet to disclose if any arrests have been made in connection with the fatal incident.
Scurry, on the other hand, was a 17-year-old Samuel Fels High School student and rising athlete, Face2Face Africa reported. He was shot and killed on January 14, 2025 while on his way to school with his mother, according to the school district and police. The teenager played on the boys’ basketball team and had the highest SAT score in the school.
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According to a Philadelphia police spokesperson, the teenager was shot at approximately 7:15 a.m. on the 5000 block of Rorer Street, close to Tacony Creek Park and Roosevelt Boulevard.
Officers discovered that Scurry had been shot several times throughout his body when they arrived on the street. Police found a white Jeep Grand Cherokee that matched the car’s description on the surveillance footage that led to the murder scene.
Law enforcement sources claim a rap video that was posted the day before Scurry’s murder appears to show Scurry holding guns while wearing a “joker” mask, Fox29 reported. In the video, he is seen dancing with other people who are brandishing and clutching guns.
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According to Fox29, Scurry was earlier shot on the 4600 block of Mulberry Street in May 2023 in a shooting that claimed the life of a man in his sixties. Philadelphia Police have not released any information on why they believe Scurry was targeted.
Gillie Da Kid, whose real name is Nasir Fard, touched on his son’s killing when Sharpe asked him if he had “talked to the kid that took” his life.
“Nah I never met him,” the 41-year-old responded. “Only reason I knew is because the police called me and told me once he was murdered. Cause the kid had just got shot 17 times he was walking with his mom and he got murdered and then the police notified me and let me know that he was one of the kids that was pretty much about to get locked up for the murder, but he got murdered first.”
He added: “He had to deal with God, that’s how I look at it.”
As the pair were later talking about Philadelphia’s gun violence and crime issues, Sharpe made mention of Scurry’s shooting death. “That’s who killed my son,” Gillie Da Kid said in reference to Scurry.
“The 17 teen-?” Sharpe asked. “Yeah”, Gillie Da Kid responded. “The 17-year-old basketball player that just got shot 17 times. That’s who killed my son.”
Gillie Da Kid also said his son was not the intended target in the July 2023 shooting. “He just happened to be at the wrong place, at the wrong time,” he disclosed.
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