King Von Aka
AKA
The Grandson
BORN: Dayvon Daquan Bennett
1994-08-09
2020-11-06
BIOGRAPHY
He was an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He was signed to Lil Durk‘s record label Only the Family and Empire Distribution.
On November 6, 2020, at around 2:15 a.m., Bennett and his crew were involved in an altercation with Quando Rondo‘s crew outside of the Monaco hookah lounge in Atlanta, Georgia.[32] The dispute quickly escalated into gunfire, and Bennett was shot multiple times.[33][34] He was subsequently transported to a hospital in critical condition and died there later that day. He was 26 years old. On November 14, 2020, King Von was buried in Chicago, Illinois. During the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, Bennett was included in the In Memoriam montage.
In August 2021, a mural depicting King Von was painted by artist Chris Devins, in Parkway Gardens, Chicago (where Von was from). It was meant to serve as a tribute to the late rapper. The mural was seen as controversial amongst Chicago residents – some of them argued that it would attract gang-related crime to the area, and that it was a glorification of gang violence
On March 4, 2022, King Von’s management team released his first posthumous album, What It Means to Be King. And on December 24, 2020, Lil Durk released his album The Voice as a tribute to King Von, who appears on the album cover and on the song, “Still Trappin’“.
QUOTES
- You gotta look out for your people, man.”
- “I am what I am. What I’m not, see I’ll never be.”
- “Don’t believe all that sh*t, man.”
- “You have to go harder so everybody can talk about you. The more people know you, the more money you get.”
- I’ll do whatever I can do.”
- “You either gonna wait on it, or you gonna go and get it? The choice is yours.”
- “Do you ever get that sad feeling out of nowhere?”
- “I remember the times I had nowhere to go.”
- “We are strong, but we are stronger together.”
- “Give positive vibes out even though what we rappin’ about is really just entertainment right now. It’s just music.”
