HOUSTON — A brazen shooting targeting outspoken internet personality Charleston White has erupted into a full-blown criminal investigation, with White himself naming Houston music mogul J Prince as the orchestrator of an alleged attempted murder.
White, known for his confrontational commentary on street culture, said he was ambushed Wednesday night outside a Fifth Ward club that he later learned was owned by Prince. Video footage shows White driving away as multiple gunshots ring out, striking his vehicle. No injuries were reported, but White insists the attack was a coordinated hit ordered by Prince.
“J Prince sent his right-hand man to come talk to me, and when I wouldn’t apologize, they shot at me,” White said in a series of livestreams early Thursday. “I’ve already sent everything to the FBI. Names, recordings, footage — it’s all going to the feds.”
White identified the alleged shooter as a man known as “Ken 713” or “713Ken,” a close associate of Prince who is frequently seen in photographs with Prince and boxer Shakur Stevenson. White claims Ken is part of Prince’s “Mob Ties” security detail and that the shooting was meant to force a public apology.
“They wanted me to apologize to Jay Prince. I said no. I cussed them out.
And as I drove off, they opened fire,” White said. “That’s the perfect example of being tricked out of your position. They let me bait them into a felony.”
Law enforcement sources have not confirmed Prince’s involvement, but an investigation is underway. The Houston Police Department acknowledged a shooting incident near the 3000 block of Liberty Road and said detectives are reviewing surveillance footage, including from a Waymo self-driving taxi that was directly behind White’s car at the time of the shooting.
The Waymo vehicle’s 360-degree 4K cameras captured the entire sequence, according to multiple online posts. White said he is cooperating fully with authorities and has provided the FBI with secret recordings and a list of names.
“I’m not a street dude. I’m not playing by those dumb rules,” White said. “If you press me, I’m calling the police the same day.
I don’t care what you think about snitching. I have millions of dollars, a wife, a house. I’m not losing that because some old man thinks he’s Suge Knight.”
Prince, 60, is the founder of Rap-A-Lot Records and a long-revered figure in Houston’s hip-hop scene. He has not issued a public statement about the shooting. His Instagram account has been inactive since the incident, and representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
But the fallout is already reshaping the landscape. Multiple Houston-based social media personalities have come forward with clips identifying Ken 713. One recording shows a conversation between an unidentified Houston man and Los Angeles-based manager Wack 100, in which the caller names Ken as the shooter and suggests Prince was on the phone ordering his crew not to engage White.
“Jay Prince was on the phone telling them not to mess with Charleston. He said ‘don’t touch him,’” the caller says in the recording. “But Ken still shot at him.
It was showing out.”
That recording, which Wack 100 did not post, has been widely circulated, further eroding any deniability. Legal experts say the emerging evidence could support a federal racketeering case if prosecutors can show a pattern of intimidation by Prince’s inner circle.
“This is not a street beef. This is a 60-year-old man using his power to try to silence a critic,” White said. “And now he’s going to learn that in America, you don’t get to play El Chapo.
The feds are watching.”
White, who has a history of publicly calling out rappers and street figures, said he anticipated retaliation. He noted that he attended the Fifth Ward event knowing it was hostile territory.
“I showed up by myself. Me and my lesbian friend. I went into the lion’s den and came out untouched,” he said.
“But I had cameras rolling the whole time. I recorded everything. I even have secret recordings of my conversations with J Prince’s people.”
The alleged shooter, Ken 713, has since made his Instagram account private, but screenshots of his public profile before the privacy change show him posing with Prince and Shakur Stevenson. White’s supporters have already doxxed his address and family details, leading to safety concerns.
“He’s a grown man with a beautiful family. Why would you throw that away for a 60-year-old man who won’t pay your bail?” White said.
“Turn yourself in. It’s over. There’s 4K footage, Waymo footage, witness statements, and my own testimony.”
The investigation is expected to ramp up as federal authorities examine whether interstate travel or communications were used to facilitate the attack. White said he has already provided the FBI with the shooter’s name, Instagram handle, and phone number.
“The streets have identified him. The feds have identified him. All that’s left is an arrest,” White said.
“Jay Prince, you are busted. Mob Ties is over.”
Meanwhile, community leaders are calling for calm, worried that the feud could escalate into further violence. Houston City Council member Mary Nan Huffman, whose district includes the Fifth Ward, issued a statement urging anyone with information to contact police.
“We cannot have shootouts at political events. This is unacceptable,” Huffman said. “The perpetrators must be held accountable regardless of their status in the community.”
White remains defiant. He has vowed to continue releasing evidence, including the secret recordings he claims to have made. “I’m not scared of Jay Prince or his goons,” he said.
“I know the law. I know how to use the system. And I’m going to use it to put them all behind bars.”
As the sun rises over Houston, the question on everyone’s mind is whether the legendary hip-hop mogul will face charges for attempted murder. The city’s streets are buzzing with speculation, and the internet has already convicted Prince in the court of public opinion.
But in real court, the burden of proof rests with prosecutors. With a Waymo camera, a cooperating victim, and a trail of digital breadcrumbs, that burden may be met sooner than anyone expects.
