"I like Chicago better though because I have my people out there, but the police know me too well in Chicago and there are people that don't like me."
"I love Atlanta because I can live there with no problems and s***, and that's where there are more rappers," he explained, in an interview for Passion of the Weiss. The way he explained his situation at the time made sense.
The rap scene in the city is, after all, the most prominent in the nation, and as one of the industry's quickest rising stars, Von commanded a presence rarely given to outsiders. He missed home, but was comfortable in Atlanta. The last time I spoke with King Von, he was lamenting his current situation as an Atlanta resident, unable to spend time in his hometown of Chicago because cops and opps were too familiar with his moves. Many of his most popular songs paid tribute to Chicago he was best known as a chronicler of street life, building narratives of tense nights on the streets and his desire to escape the gangster's mentality. Ghazi Shami, the CEO and founder of Empire, Von's record label first appeared to confirm the news with an Instagram tribute this morning (right).īennett was born in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood of Chicago in 1994, and though he retreated to Atlanta to find peace and escape his hometown, his trouble with the law never truly escaped him. Von's death reverberated quickly, first starting as a rumor on Twitter before being confirmed by sources close to the rapper. #RipKingVonĪ post shared by GHAZI ® on at 9:31am PST We were just getting started 😔🖤 We have to find a better way. I woke up to some very horrible news this morning - My heart is heavy. The investigation into this incident remains open and very active." Bennett was not located at the scene, but arrived at a hospital shortly after the shooting, via private vehicle.
Bennett was shot during the initial shootout between the two groups of males, prior to police responding and attempting to stop the shooting. At this time, our investigators believe Mr. In a statement provided to NPR on Friday, APD says that "King Von was shot and killed during this morning's shooting and we are seeing rumors being spread indicating he was shot and killed by APD officers. In the early hours of Friday, authorities were still trying to piece together how the rapper, born Dayvon Daquan Bennett, died, and whether the Atlanta Police Department was involved in his death, or that of two other men who were also fatally wounded. "The homicide of Bennett is closed with this arrest," the APD wrote in a statement. On Saturday, APD said it had issued a warrant for a suspect in King Von's killing, and that the suspect was being treated for a gunshot wound at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. A fight in the parking lot of the Monaco Hookah Lounge on Trinity Avenue in the city sparked a shootout between two groups, according to police. King Von, a Chicago rapper who found success in his city before relocating to Atlanta, was shot and killed early Friday morning. Dayvon Bennett, better known as the rapper King Von.
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