rip von God bless him and his family I can’t believe it- Chance The Rapper November 6, 2020Ī post shared by DJ On Da Beat So Issa Banga JUS TAP’D IN WIT YOU GANGSTA I love you Many others tweeted “RIP” messages, including YG, A$AP Mob, and Cordae. “Every moment meant something and to grow wit you made me feel like I was a real producer. I Kinect with that.” Von collaborator Chopsquad DJ posted a tribute to Instagram.

I heard a few songs but more than that I seen him breaking bread with his family. Another collaborator, Calboy, tweeted, “No not Cuzo! 💔.” Rapper Omarion added on Twitter, “Rest in power King von. “Rip von God bless him and his family I can’t believe it.” Fellow Chicago rapper and collaborator Polo G wrote on Instagram, “Was a real one💯& a good hearted n- fasho🖤RIP🕊🕊🕊,” along with the hashtags #chicagolegend and #kingofdrill. This year was so tough,” Chicago’s Chance the Rapper tweeted. Tributes from the rap community have poured in. It’s been a long time since a rap storyteller showed this much promise.”

In a review of Welcome, Stereogum wrote, “He’s got a real shot at becoming great. ( The two were charged with attempted murder, among other charges, for a June 2019 incident in Atlanta.) Durk wrote of his friend on Instagram, “My twin gone.” Welcome to O’Block was Von’s second album of 2020, after LeVon James. His childhood friend Lil Durk signed him to his label Only the Family and has frequently collaborated with Von. He began rapping when he was in jail on a murder charge at 19, he told Billboard those charges were dropped. Leeks is in police custody at Grady Hospital where he is undergoing treatment for a gunshot wound.” APD has now classified the case of Bennett’s homicide as “closed.”īefore his death, King Von was on the verge of a breakout, having released his third album, Welcome to O’Block, just last week. 😢 RIP King Von- DJ Akademiks November 6, 2020Ītlanta Police Department confirmed to Vulture on November 8 that the APD Homicide Unit “secured arrest warrants against 22-year-old Timothy Leeks for Felony Murder in the shooting death of Dayvon Bennett. However, Von manager did confirm that Von was shot and did not make it. I spoke with his manager who luckily has survived being shot and is currently recovering in the hospital. It’s with great sadness that I have to confirm that King Von has passed away. Outlets including the No Jumper podcast speculate that the shooting involved a dispute between Von and Atlanta rapper Quando Rondo. APD also said it could not find Von at the scene he arrived at the hospital on his own. Bennett was shot during the initial shootout between the two groups of males, prior to police responding and attempting to stop the shooting,” police said in a statement. “At this time, our investigators believe Mr. Dayvon Bennett, was one of the individuals killed at the shooting. According to police, paramedics took three suspects to the hospital, three others went to the hospital on their own, and two more suspects were detained at the scene.Ītlanta Police Department confirms King Von, a.k.a. APD says “shots were fired during the encounter,” but add that the officers were not injured. The shooting allegedly escalated from an argument between two groups, which prompted one of two off-duty, uniformed police officers working security outside the lounge and an on-duty officer on patrol nearby to intervene. The Atlanta Police Department tells Vulture that three people were killed and three injured in a shooting outside Monaco Hookah Lounge. King Von, an up-and-comer in the Chicago drill scene, has died after being involved in a shooting in Atlanta on Friday morning, November 6 he was 26.

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