The War: Young Blood – rapper Ali ‘Ay Huncho Younes taunting lyrics fuel fires of gang war

The alleged shooter behind an attempted Sydney underworld hit is an associate of postcode gang ONEFOUR. The shooting sparked alleged Alameddine ally Ali ‘Ay Huncho’ Younes to pen a drill rap song taunting gang rivals.

In the middle ground between Sydney’s big-time gangsters and emerging postcode warriors sits Ali “Ay Huncho” Younes.

The rising rap star and alleged Alameddine crime clan associate has made a name for himself in the music world by rapping not only about gang killings on Sydney’s streets, but by taunting his rivals with his songs.

In particular, Younes has taken aim at the country’s biggest drill rap group – ONEFOUR.

The Daily Telegraph can today reveal the genesis of Younes’ gripe with the Mount Druitt-based rappers.

It all stems from a prison yard brawl and the alleged actions of their friend, who is charged over the attempted murder of an Alameddine member at a Prospect gym last year.

Ay Huncho: for anyone familiar with Sydney gangs, his track “Putrid S**t is a roll call of known characters. Picture: Supplied

NSW Police allege Joseph Howard — known on the street as Freddy14 — shot at Alameddine gang member Murat Gulasi outside the World Gym in Prospect last November.

Bullets struck Gulasi in the leg and came within centimetres of toddlers in a neighbouring daycare centre.

Gulasi would eventually die of natural causes in Turkey in September, but the attempt on his life in Sydney allegedly involving Howard would be enough to see Younes turn his attention to ONEFOUR.

Just months after the alleged shooting of his mate, Younes released his track “Putrid S**t”.

A grab from Younes’ video ‘Putrid S**T’. Picture: Supplied

The music video for the song begins with a legal disclaimer that claims the lyrics and characters in the track are entirely “fictional”.

But for anyone familiar with Sydney gangs, the song is a roll call of known characters.

The first line of the song takes: “Lekks got sent (to jail), YP’s a bi***”.

Salec “Lekks” Sua and Pio “YP” Misa are both members of ONEFOUR.

The opening passage also name checks a string of Younes’ allies who are currently in jail, including Joseph “Jo Fresh” Vokai and “Dawood” Zakaria, brother of runaway Alameddine heavyweight Masood Zakaria.

Other songs since released by Younes and his regular co-star NASA Nova have continued to taunt ONEFOUR, but none more so than the music video for the track Up The Score.

Younes and associates, including NASA Nova, can be seen in the video sticking their middle fingers up at a town sign for Mount Druitt.

In an effort to further antagonise his rivals, Younes also ventured to the Carousel Inn in nearby Rooty Hill which was the location of a wild brawl that saw ONEFOUR members Lekks and YP jailed.

Joseph Howard, aka Freddy14, has been charged over a shooting at a gym in Prospect.

NSW Police Detective Superintendent Jason Weinstein told The Daily Telegraph earlier this year they were worried about the dangers of rap music feuds.

“Drill music and songs (in some cases) are being weaponised to basically inflame a conflict with another side,” Detective Superintendent Weinstein 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.”

Not content with just filming a video clip in enemy territory, Younes doubled down on Instagram.

“Home of the not so brave, I been shooting a video here for the past two hours … where ya’ll @” he wrote next to a photo in front of the Mount Druitt sign.

Evidence of just how dangerous the rap feuds get, The Telegraph has obtained video of one individual armed with a shotgun driving past the Mount Druitt sign moments after Younes posted the image online.

Younes was born and bred in Merrylands – the Alameddine clan’s heartland – and is a first cousin to alleged leader Rafat Alameddine, his jailed brother Talal, and other high-profile individuals with the same surname.

In an interview with The ABC earlier this year Younes said he “100 per cent” denied being involved in recruiting youths into KVT or the Alameddine clan.

Sydney rapper Ali "Ay Huncho" Younes, pictured with Massood Zakaria, Rafat Alameddine and Hamdi Alameddine. Picture: Supplied

“There’s no criminal network, there’s nothing like that, that’s something that the police have made up or the media have made up,” Younes claimed.

But police have openly alleged the crime clan entices youngsters to join its ranks through Younes’ music.

In the aftermath of an arrest warrant being issued for Younes by NSW Police last December – for which the rapper handed himself in and remains before the courts – Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith said police would allege the Alameddine crime clan “groomed” youths through rap music to aid in their criminal acts.

“They (the youths) want to be part of something, they want to belong to something, and they’re basically groomed by the syndicate to carry out public place shootings … murder,” Mr Smith said at the time. Younes is not alleged to have been involved in any murders.

Originally published as The War: Young Blood – rapper Ali ‘Ay Huncho Younes taunting lyrics fuel fires of gang war