King Von

King Von is one of those artists whose absence hits harder the more time passes. Growing up on Chicago's South Side and running with the Black Disciples, he channeled a life most people only read about into some of the most vivid, cinematic storytelling drill music has ever produced — tracks like "Crazy Story" felt less like songs and more like short films where you could actually see the block, hear the tension, feel the stakes. What made him special wasn't just the gritty subject matter but the narrative craft: he had a gift for pulling you into a scene and making you hold your breath until the very end. He was just hitting his stride when he was killed outside an Atlanta nightclub in November 2020 at 26, and that cut deep. Luca Brasi 3 and Welcome to O'Block showed he was growing fast, and it's genuinely painful to think about what he would have built next.

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Name (English)

King Von

Name (Japanese)

キング・ヴォン

Reading

きんぐ・ゔぉん

Born

August 9, 1994 – November 6, 2020

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dog

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Height

175 cm

Occupation

rapper / songwriter / singer

High school

Hyde Park Academy High School

University

South Suburban College

• Official sitehttps://kingvonofficial.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kingvonfrmdao/
• Xhttps://x.com/kingvonfrmdawic
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Von
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94579368

Tags

• Illinois
• rapper
• songwriter
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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