Links to rap group LF70 probed in Bidwill drive-by shooting – amid fears of Postcode Wars escalation

A drive-by shooting attack in Western Sydney may be an escalation of the city’s Postcode Wars.

A drive-by shooting attack in Western Sydney may be an escalation of the city’s Postcode Wars, with one of the residents of the home linked to LF70 — a rap group involved in a tit-for-tat feud with several rivals.

Multiple gunshots woke residents on Mena Way in Bidwill about 2am on Monday morning, as the house and a car parked in the driveway were targeted – before three masked men were seen fleeing the scene in a black Holden Commodore.

That same vehicle was found burnt out near Penrith a few hours later.

Two men, aged 22 and 30, were inside the home at the time of the shooting but both escaped injury.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal that NSW Police are investigating if a regular resident of the home recently appeared in a music video for local rap group LF70, which is based around Bidwill, Lethbridge Park and Mt Druitt, suburbs that all share the 2770 ­postcode.

NSW Police are investigating if a drive-by shooting at Bidwill is linked to drill rappers LF70, who recently released a song Ching taunting rival groups. Picture: YouTube

Police sources said the lyrics for the song Ching, released in February by LF70, were ­believed to take aim at a rival group from the city’s inner west.

“That’s one thing we’re looking into as being a possible motive for this shooting but it is early days,” one officer said.

Several bullets were fired into a home on Mena Way, Bidwill, about 2am on Monday, May 8. Picture: 7 News

In the song Ching, the lyrics make mention of clashes with rival groups, including fatal stabbings.

“We chef'd (stabbed) up half your team. One got (inaudible), two got knocked (killed), three ran off, four got chopped”, the song goes. The album cover for the song also features a gloved hand carrying a bloody knife.

Rap groups with links to suburbs or postcodes have been increasingly involved in street violence, with a total of 11 young men killed in knife-related attacks on NSW’s streets over the past five years.

The suburban nature of the rival group violence has led them to be dubbed the Postcode Wars.

An individual holds up the “L” and “7” sign with their hands, known to be the sign for the LF70 group. Picture: YouTube

NSW Police have in recent years moved to crackdown on the drill rap music scene and groups involved in it, like LF70. Picture: YouTube

Because of this NSW Police have previously moved to crack down on the drill rap music scene, particularly the genre’s best-known group OneFour, which also hails from the area around Mt Druitt and Bidwill.

Raptor Squad and local officers have paid particular attention to OneFour in recent years, including having their shows cancelled.

The Daily Telegraph’s docu-series The War: Youngblood investigated the increasing levels of gang-related violence among youths on Sydney’s streets in recent years.

One of the state’s top cops, Detective Superintendent Jason Weinstein, told The Daily Telegraph last year it was the belief of NSW Police that rap music feuds were feuding real-life violence.

“Drill music and songs (in some cases) are being weaponised,” he said.

“Some of the songs appear to be put out there to antagonise the other side and that can lead to retribution … and we are seeing that.”