Rapper Nigel “Hollywood” Holt is the architect behind Murder Club, the first black-founded moped gang in the country. He’s also the kind of kid who will kiss your girl in front of you. But it’s nothing personal. It’s just passion—the same passion that leads his peers to grant him spokesperson status as Chicago’s moped hypeman.

“Murder Club is the illest shit ever,” says the spirited MC with conviction. And if that statement alone isn’t convincing, then “Throw a Kit,” the unofficial moped anthem recorded with his cousin, producer Million Dollar Mano, certainly is. “I single-handedly make mopeds look cool,” Holt continues. Believe him.  

Do you ever have beef with other crews?

Hell naw, man. The whole Moped Army is afraid of us.

What about Bloody Spokes, the crew you dissed on “Throw a Kit”?

Them pussy-ass niggas ain’t shit. They weren’t even a real crew. Only one or two of them had bikes, and it was, like, four of them altogether. I heard one of them was talking shit to Pat, and Pat is the nice dude in the crew. He’s the mechanic—he just chills. That’s not somebody you look for confrontation with. I’m the dude you look for confrontation with. If you want to fight, fight me.

So Murder Club is a gang? Because a lot of moped crews refer to themselves as gangs, but they don’t take the same approach that you do. 

Murder Club is a gang, not a fucking club. We beat niggas the fuck up. Motherfuckers used to disrespect your shit. Motherfuckers would come through and sit on your bike and shit like that. I’ll come out and hit a nigga in the face with a fucking brick, just to drive the point home, like, “Nigga, that’s my shit. You don’t sit on another man’s motorcycle, so don’t sit on my motherfucking moped, nigga.”

How does it feel to have everything that you envisioned become a reality?

It’s dope because now it’s a solidified deal. When you create something, and it works and it’s great; it’s so sick. All these cool-ass dudes who would never ride mopeds before are completely into the shit now. It’s like the tightest thing ever because it has the toy aspect, like, you got a cool little toy to fuck around with, and it’s also like a motorcycle gang when you’re rolling with your crew. There’s no way you cannot have fun with a moped. Just riding it is fun, and I want niggas to have fun.

See, now you sound kind of nerdy.

It does sound nerdy, but when you see eight cool-ass niggas all G’d up with fresh gear, fucking tattooed up, chilling on bikes that are custom as hell, you can’t front on that because the shit is so tight. You want to be a part of that. I love it. It completely embodies my whole personality—tough, but still dorky. I’m cool, but I ain’t that cool.