The company you keep: Nick Kyrgios takes bad boy to new level

Newly-single tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios has shared an image on social media with a rapper member of one of Sydney’s most notorious underworld clans, currently on $1.8m bail.

It is one thing being a tennis bad boy, but Nick Kyrgios has taken things to a new level in a recent social media post.

Kyrgios has shared an image of himself sat beside an alleged member of one of Sydney’s most notorious underworld clans at a rap concert in Canberra.

Ay Huncho, whose real name is Ali Younes, played a show at Fiction nightclub on May 9, supported by Alyssa.

The black and white image shows Kyrgios sat next to the controversial rapper, who is currently out on $1.8 million bail for charges relating to an alleged kidnap and assault. He has pleaded not guilty.

Ay Huncho recently had the conditions of his bail altered to allow him to perform around Australia, but his ankle monitoring bracelet can be seen in the image with Kyrgios.

Nick Kyrgios on social media with rapper Ay Huncho. Picture: Instagram

“Keep waiting on it @ayhuncho,” Kyrgios captioned the image with four blue freezing face emojis.

Ay Huncho re-shared the post.

The tour saw Ay Huncho play a series of gigs across the country, including Melbourne at the weekend. There is one more show on the schedule, Adelaide on May 30.

Ay Huncho has risen to prominence over recent years following claims of close associations with the Alameddine organised crime network.

He has regularly rapped about incidents of violence and other members of the crime group.

Earlier this month, wild footage emerged of a prison brawl between Ay Huncho and another Western Sydney rapper, Sesita ‘Radistarz’ Lyzwa, inside Parklea Correctional Centre in 2024.

Nick Kyrgios (right) was spotted with controversial rapper Ay Huncho (left) at his show in Canberra recently. Picture: Facebook

The fight, which broke out inside the prison’s visitation area on June 12, 2024, was captured on security footage and has since been the subject of a State Crime Command investigation.

Police allege Younes was sitting in the visiting room when Lyzwa walked past on his way to visit his brother, Alexen.

Tensions quickly escalated, with Lyzwa’s alleged ties to the controversial rap group OneFour and Younes’ suspected links to the rival Alameddine crime network fuelling the conflict.

According to a document tendered during Younes’ bail application on a separate kidnapping charge, detectives allege he spotted Lyzwa and instigated the “mutual” fight, raising his hands and “motioning with a ‘come here’ gesture”.

Shocking CCTV footage from the prison showed the pair exchanging words before launching into a flurry of punches.

The matter was referred to the Criminal Groups Squad and both men were charged with affray.

On October 23 last year, charges against Younes were withdrawn and dismissed in Blacktown Local Court, with a scheduled hearing date vacated.

Meanwhile, Lyzwa pleaded guilty to affray and was sentenced to one month in prison, beginning the day after the brawl and expiring in July 2024.

There is no suggestion that Kyrgios has any involvement with the Alameddine clan.

Kyrgios has been contacted for comment.