Mohamoud Mohamed was just 17 when he was killed.
Two weeks before his tragic death, a chilling message was passed between some of the gang members who would later be convicted of his killing.
Lyrics to a rap track said: "I swear that's Mo let's kill him, kill him..."
His death happened against the backdrop of rivalry between a Moss Side-based street gang, known as AO or Active Only, and the Rusholme Crips, with whom he was associated.
It's the latest case when rap and drill lyrics have been the dark undercurrent to shocking crimes on the streets of Manchester.
The murder of 18-year-old Sait M'Boob in Moss Side, back in 2017, came after gang rivalry fuelled by rap videos posted on YouTube.
Just like in the case of Mohamoud Mohamed, rap lyrics foreshadowed Sait's murder, which came at the hands of members of the Ardwick-based 7M gang.
In one professionally-shot video, entitled ‘Hammers Up’, Emil Bell, one of Sait's killers, referred to a ‘stolen truck’, before saying ‘If you get hit then you won’t get up’.
Sait M'Boob was knocked down by a stolen car and stabbed to death.
His death came shortly after verdicts were returned at the murder trial into the killing of 18-year-old Abdul Hafidah in 2016, also in Moss Side.
The killing of Abdul Hafidah, a boyhood friend of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi, was the product of the same gang rivalry which left Mr Mohamed dead.
Meanwhile in another case on the other side of inner-city Manchester, a talented musician turned rapper was jailed for 24 years for an 'execution' gone wrong.
Samuel Aguda, also known as Samurai, was offered a place to study music at university but was later found guilty of attempted murder after shooting a man twice in the street.
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Before the crime, he enjoyed a reputation as an up-and-coming drill MC - drill being a genre known for violent lyrics.
While the advent of the internet and social media has created a new frontier for gang warfare, the rivalry which ended with the killing of Mohamoud Mohamed was in some ways the product of Manchester's dark days of gangland feuding.
The Rusholme Crips and AO gangs are offshoots of the notorious Gooch and Doddington outfits, expressing their allegiance through the wearing of different colours, and the use of hand signals, as well as music.
Two weeks before the killing of Mohamoud, also known as 'Skeezo', "Squeezo' or 'SQ', rap lyrics provided a clear sign that he was in danger.
The audio file, found by police on one defendant's phone, said: "I swear that's Mo let's kill him, kill him.
"I will back my blade and drill him, drill him. Every day I am out for the killing, killing."
More rap lyrics were found, which had been created after the killing - with the word 'dip' referring to stabbing, and 'vest' referring to body armour.
They stated: "Dip dip dip, shoulda wore dat vest, Mo got got his life got tek" and "Sqeezo thought he was bad and got himself packed, put in a grinder."
Meanwhile, another lyric stated 'dats rips and his hands on his head', referring to the fact the rapper believed he would be arrested.
A video was also created days after Mohamoud's death, which featured the faces Mohamoud Mohamed and Abdul Hafidah with a cannabis spliff.
Rap music was being performed over it, which talked of 'taking a knife to the opposition side to cause harm'.
It was on Sunday, July 26, when Mohamed was stabbed to death.
He had been playing football on Henbury Street prior to the killing.
Daneaco Reid, 19; Jamall Walters, 18; Romeo Daley, 18; and a 17-year-old boy, were all armed when they approached him.
He was stabbed, chased into an alleyway and attacked again.
The 17-year-old, who prosecutors said inflicted the fatal blow, claimed to have been acting in self-defence and said that Mohamoud was also armed.
Mohamoud died an hour after being attacked.
Prosecutors said all four defendants were acting together in the fatal attack.
All four have now been convicted of manslaughter.
After deliberating for more than 15 hours, a jury found them not guilty of murder.
They had already admitted possessing weapons at the time, including a knife, a machete and an imitation firearm.
Now, after another case where diss tracks and rap lyrics on the internet spilled out onto the streets, four men face lengthy sentences for manslaughter and the prospect of spending the formative years of their lives in jail.
They are young enough to still have a chance of rebuilding their lives, even after serving lengthy sentences.
Mohamed and his family don't have that luxury.
