{"id":243623,"date":"2026-04-23T18:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/243623\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:47:11","slug":"jacksonville-rapper-serving-life-for-2020-murder-transferred-to-okaloosa-correctional-institution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/243623\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville rapper serving life for 2020 murder transferred to Okaloosa Correctional Institution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville rapper Hakeem \u201cKsoo\u201d Robinson, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Charles \u201cLil Buck\u201d McCormick Jr. and who also pleaded guilty in the killing of another local rapper, has been transferred to Okaloosa Correctional Institution as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">After he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/01\/jacksonville-rapper-hakeem-ksoo-robinson-cousin-to-be-sentenced-in-2020-murder-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/01\/jacksonville-rapper-hakeem-ksoo-robinson-cousin-to-be-sentenced-in-2020-murder-case\/\">sentenced to life in prison<\/a> in October 2025, Robinson was brought into the RMC (Reception and Medical Center) Main Unit in Lake Butler, Florida, public records showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Additionally, Robinson\u2019s confinement status remained listed as \u201cnot eligible for regular visits.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Previous coverage on Hakeem \u2018Ksoo\u2019 Robinson pleading guilty to the 2019 murder of \u2018Lil Bibby\u2019 can be read below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Months after he and his cousin were sentenced to life in prison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/31\/closing-arguments-to-wrap-up-as-jury-prepares-to-begin-deliberations-in-murder-trial-for-jacksonville-rapper-cousin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/31\/closing-arguments-to-wrap-up-as-jury-prepares-to-begin-deliberations-in-murder-trial-for-jacksonville-rapper-cousin\/\">for the 2020 murder<\/a> of 23-year-old Charles \u201cLil Buck\u201d McCormick Jr., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/topic\/Hakeem_Robinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/topic\/Hakeem_Robinson\/\">Hakeem \u201cKsoo\u201d Robinson<\/a> pleaded guilty to the death of another fellow Jacksonville rapper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">In the separate murder charge, Robinson admitted to fatally shooting 16-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2022\/02\/25\/friends-and-family-of-murder-victim-adrian-gainer-walk-for-him-and-other-victims-of-gun-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2022\/02\/25\/friends-and-family-of-murder-victim-adrian-gainer-walk-for-him-and-other-victims-of-gun-violence\/\">Adrian \u201cLil Bibby\u201d Gainer Jr<\/a> at the Hilltop Village apartments on Feb. 25, 2019 &#8212; exactly seven years ago Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Officers found Gainer\u2019s body <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/2019\/02\/27\/jso-teenager-killed-in-shooting-at-hilltop-village-apartments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/2019\/02\/27\/jso-teenager-killed-in-shooting-at-hilltop-village-apartments\/\">in the parking lot of the apartment complex<\/a> after a 911 call that February afternoon. He died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Robinson was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in Gainer\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2022\/02\/25\/friends-and-family-of-murder-victim-adrian-gainer-walk-for-him-and-other-victims-of-gun-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2022\/02\/25\/friends-and-family-of-murder-victim-adrian-gainer-walk-for-him-and-other-victims-of-gun-violence\/\">Friends and family of murder victim, Adrian Gainer, walk for him and other victims of gun violence<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/2019\/06\/25\/parents-sue-over-shooting-death-of-16-year-old-son\/?__vfz=rtw_top_pages%3D3368000006116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/2019\/06\/25\/parents-sue-over-shooting-death-of-16-year-old-son\/?__vfz=rtw_top_pages%3D3368000006116\">Parents sue over shooting death of 16-year-old son<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Gainer\u2019s parents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/2019\/06\/25\/parents-sue-over-shooting-death-of-16-year-old-son\/?__vfz=rtw_top_pages%3D3368000006116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/2019\/06\/25\/parents-sue-over-shooting-death-of-16-year-old-son\/?__vfz=rtw_top_pages%3D3368000006116\">later sued the apartment complex<\/a>, claiming a lack of security contributed to the fatal shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">City Councilwoman Ju\u2019Coby Pittman supported the Gainer\u2019s lawsuit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cA 16-year-old to get off the bus, to come visit a relative and be shot in broad daylight? I have a problem with that,\u201d Pittman said in June 2019. \u201cEveryone in this community, we are sick and tired of every time that you turn on the television, that there is a loss of a life. I want to say that we are behind this family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friends and family of murder victim, Adrian Gainer, walk for him and other victims of gun violence<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Gainer\u2019s case took a back seat as Robinson went on trial, along with his cousin, Leroy Whitaker Jr., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/01\/jacksonville-rapper-hakeem-ksoo-robinson-cousin-to-be-sentenced-in-2020-murder-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/01\/jacksonville-rapper-hakeem-ksoo-robinson-cousin-to-be-sentenced-in-2020-murder-case\/\">in the high-profile shooting death of McCormick<\/a>, who was also killed \u201cin broad daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Both Robinson and Whitaker were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Robinson\u2019s brother, Abdul Robinson Jr., was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact in connection with McCormick\u2019s 2020 ambush murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Their father, Abdul Robinson Sr., was sentenced to time served after he pleaded guilty to helping Whitaker (his nephew) and Dominique \u201cButta\u201d Barner escape after the shooting. Both Robinson Sr. and Barner testified against Hakeem and Whitaker at their trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Barner, who also pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Hakeem Robinson and Whitaker plan to appeal their convictions in McCormick\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville rapper Hakeem \u201cKsoo\u201d Robinson, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Charles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[34938,34559,80375,6197,80377,6107,116,118,117,80376,80374,6198],"class_list":{"0":"post-243623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-abdul-robinson-jr","9":"tag-abdul-robinson-sr","10":"tag-atk","11":"tag-charles-mccormick","12":"tag-foolio","13":"tag-hakeem-robinson","14":"tag-jacksonville","15":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","16":"tag-jacksonville-news","17":"tag-ktas","18":"tag-lil-bibby","19":"tag-lil-buck"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}