Keyanta Bullard, a rapper known as Yungeen Ace, was arrested late Monday accused of possession of a firearm, weapon or ammunition.
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — Rapper Yungeen Ace remained in Duval County jail Tuesday morning after being arrested in Jacksonville Beach on a gun possession charge, according to the city’s jail log. The 26-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Keyanta Bullard, is accused of possession of a firearm, weapon, or ammunition by a convicted Florida felon, the jail record states. Bullard was arrested around midnight in Jacksonville Beach.
Bullard has been living in the Houston, Texas area in recent years, he said in interviews. He left Jacksonville because of frequent run-ins with police, he said. He hasn’t performed in Jacksonville in years.
“The police won’t let me,” he said during a 2021 interview with a Houston, Texas radio DJ Ashlee Young of 93.7 The Beat. “They don’t want me coming out there doing shows.”
Yungeen Ace, according to Jacksonville police, is the leader of a “gang” called ATK, which stands for Ace To Kill. ATK’s biggest rival is KTA led by another Jacksonville rapper named Charles Jones, who performs under the name Foolio.
KTA stands for Kill Them All.
While Bullard has said he left Jacksonville due to his problems with police, what should be noted is the amount of bloodshed, including his, that’s been spilled on streets here in an all-out gang war that’s been playing out in Jacksonville’s drill rap scene for all to hear.
