A lot of niggas was getting at me, like, “Durk fucks with you. People would talk to me about it in jail. That was when I first started getting on the mic and shit. Is that when you started taking it seriously? He beat his murder too, so we made a song called “Beat Dat Body.” I started rapping that time. It’s been three years since the first song been out, “Beat Dat Body.” Me and Zoo. When did you start rapping? When did that become something you were interested in doing? They see me again, we back fighting, then we cool. You get to fighting each other and next thing you know, you’re cool. I’d beg her to go outside and I’d go outside and get into fights and shit. It’s too bad out there.” But I’d be bored in the house and shit. They was shooting a lot, so we’d be on the floor a lot. When you moved to Parkway, did you know any of the kids who lived there? I was going to school by my grandma’s house, but I was living with my mama over there, so around 7, 8 o’clock I’d go over there, then in the morning go back to granny’s house to go to school-type shit. You got to your grandma’s house to go to school. We was still living over there, but my mama moved to Parkway when I was 9 or 10, so my grandma still lived there. Before that we were living in low income places, but my grandma lived on 78th and Walcott.

Before that, we were living on 78th and Wolcott. I was 9 or 10, but it wasn’t O’Block at the time, it was Parkway Gardens. It’s right there.ĭid you always live on O’Block? Did you grow up there? It’s the only place I had to go other than Chicago, so I came out here with him. The Q&A offers a quick glimpse of where he came from and where his life may have gone.īecause this was where Durk was at. What follows is one of King Von’s final interviews, conducted on Oct.

Before his death, XXL planned to feature King Von in this issue’s Show & Prove section, a showcase for emerging artists. That same year, Von released his breakout single, “Crazy Story.” Vibrating with vivid details and sly asides, the record established Von as the rare modern rapper who excelled in the lost art of storytelling. King Von, born Dayvon Bennett, entered the game in 2018, and was signed to OTF (Only The Family), the label of childhood friend, Lil Durk, and also Empire Distribution, Records and Publishing Inc. And Von’s career was just getting started. Unfortunately, Von’s death has been added to a list of hip-hop tragedies that have plagued the culture, particularly over the past three years. Whatever happens next with the case remains to be seen. His lyrics lead to speculation that Leeks will be claiming self-defense in his case, but none of that was known at press time. “Lul Timmy riding right or wrong” and “Damn right we screaming self-defense, he shouldn’t’ve never put his hands on me/Look at the footage, that’s all the evidence, see them pussy niggas shouldn’t’ve ran up on me,” Quando raps.

20, Quando, who had been completely quiet since the shooting, dropped the song “End of Story,” addressing the incident and ultimately confirming his involvement. Leeks posted the day before showing him and Quando wearing the same outfits they allegedly had on in the security footage.Įxactly two weeks after Von’s murder, on Nov. Websleuths also believed they identified Leeks on camera by matching the grainy image of the shooter with photos from Leeks’ Instagram.

Two security camera tapes of the incident, recorded from different angles, show Von fighting with someone before a gun went off, but everyone else was hard to recognize. The internet had been buzzing before Francois’ interview with rumors that Von was fighting Quando before he was shot. Francois explained that the shooting resulted from a physical altercation between Von and an individual Francois hesitated to name at first but eventually identified as “Quando” or “Quan”-Savannah, Ga. Three days after the incident, King Von’s manager, Jameson Francois, who was with Von at the hookah lounge and was shot in the leg that night, appeared on DJ Akademiks’ YouTube channel to tell the story of what happened.

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