JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville rapper Ksoo and his co-defendant Leroy Whitaker were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in Duval County court Wednesday for the January 2020 murder of Charles McCormick.

Both men plan on appealing their judgment and sentence, their attorneys told the judge.

On July 31, Robinson and Whitaker were convicted of first-degree murder in McCormick's shooting death. Prosecutors said Robinson killed McCormick because of gang conflicts and a "diss track" he released making fun of Robinson's stepbrother's death.

Robinson's stepbrother Willie Addison was shot and killed while coming out of a club exactly a year before McCormick's murder, prosecutors said. While Robinson and Whitaker are documented members of one Jacksonville gang, Addis

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