Family home of ‘luxury’ Sydney rapper sprayed with 20 bullets

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In June this year, Sydney rapper Ali Younes, aka Ay Huncho, told a Sydney court that he feared for his safety.

On bail for his alleged role in a kidnapping and a raft of serious driving offences, Younes implored the Supreme Court to change his bail conditions to allow him to report to police by phone and to make his movements less predictable for would-be assassins.

The rapper’s fears for his safety appear prescient; in the early hours of Sunday morning, his family home was peppered by over 20 bullets.

It is the second shooting in Merrylands in the past week; bullets were sprayed into a home on Wright Street in the early hours of last Tuesday. Police say that was a case of mistaken identity, but investigators are now looking at whether that shooting was also a targeted at Younes.

Nobody was injured in either shooting, leaving police working to establish whether Sunday’s attack involved warning shots or attempts to kill.

“Everyday sum new s**t”, Younes wrote to accompany this image on Instagram earlier this year.

“It’s brazen, it’s dangerous behaviour and it’s putting the community at risk,” Cumberland Police Area Command Detective Inspector Ricki Lindner told reporters.

Younes does not live at the home, which was purchased in 2021 for $1.1 million.

Court documents obtained by this masthead show that the 28-year-old, who has 150,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok, is accused of being part of a group that “ambushed” a man lured to a drug house at Granville in January last year.

It is alleged the victim had been dragged into a garage and then assaulted, and was left unconscious and with serious injuries.

Younes and his co-accused can allegedly be heard on an audio recording openly discussing their involvement in the purported kidnapping and laughing about it.

The alleged victim went to hospital but did not co-operate with police, documents say.

In a separate incident in March, Younes, who was driving with a bodyguard, allegedly drove his Toyota Hilux “at excessive speed” about 130 kilometres per hour in a 60 kilometre roadworks zone. He was also charged with failing to display a rear P-plate.

The documents also alleged a police search of the vehicle located $4550, high-end jewellery including a $10,000 gold ring with a large ’60′ on the front and ‘R4W’ and ‘Never Cross The Family’ on each side, and a large gold necklace covered in diamonds with ‘60 Proper’ with a heavy chain.

“The Alameddine Crime Family currently use the gangs called Ready 4 War ‘R4W’ and ‘Proper’ is also a gang linked with the Alameddine crime family,” a document said. “These items were seized as they were suspected proceeds of crime which are estimated to be valued at over $200k. The accused stated his only work was a [rapper] known as ‘Ay Huncho’.”

Younes’ barrister Peter Lange has previously said Proper is a streetwear label. The gold ring was a gift based on Younes’ online presence and because of his alignment with a luxury lifestyle, the ring maker told the court.