King Von was becoming the hottest rapper in the game,
but then he sparked a crazy beef that got him killed
and split the industry in half -
and today we’re diving into
how his war with NBA YoungBoy changed everything.
King Von and NBA Youngboy both came up in the streets
before they hopped in the booth.
Von was deep in the trenches of Chicago
while Youngboy was getting active in Baton Rouge.
Their cities were nowhere close to each other,
but the streets still ended up causing the beef.
Back in the day,
everything was all good between King Von and Youngboy.
Von, Lil Durk, and other dudes from their side
used to bump and rap along to Youngboy on IG Live.
They could’ve done big things in the industry and blown up together
but that all changed after something went down behind the scenes
and Von questioned Youngboy’s bars.
Von was listening to Youngboy’s song Play Wit Us one day on IG Live.
While the track was playing,
Von said
F*** Youngboy talking about
on this song bruh?
He talking crazy on this man.
He ain’t even like that.
On his ass now.
Lotta cap
you got cap in yo raps.
Youngboy is usually quick to clap back,
but he just let the diss slide and didn’t respond.
They probably would have never linked up in the studio or anything,
so at that point it wasn’t a serious issue yet.
But then a couple years later,
Von turned up the heat when he posted a pic
kicking it with Youngboy’s baby mama Jania.
That was enough for Youngboy to respond,
and he posted a pic of his son and him together and captioned it with
“I’m gone make sure that my son f*** yo daughter since you Trolling b****
#4KT #P****.”
Youngboy took it a step further
and linked up in the bopth with Asian Doll after Von and her broke up.
Von didn’t name Youngboy specifically,
but everyone knew what he was talking about when he tweeted
“that new shit y’all got garbage.
I got some shit on y’all baby moms
that would make you not wanna claim your kids and s***.”
Everyone knew the situation was heating up,
and Youngboy added more fuel to the fire
when he dropped the track Dead Trollz.
Von had just moved out to Atlanta to focus on music
and avoid all of the street drama back in Chicago,
and on the track
Youngboy allegedly took a shot at him with the line
“Travel ‘round with hella troops
I got pictures of you, lil p**** b****
Plan on stainin’ somethin’ in Atlanta too
Wan’ get up with me, but I don’t f*** with you
All in Pampers, son set trippin’ too
Bounty hunter, b****, tryna eat the crew.”
That’s when Von and Youngboy’s homies
started sending shots on social media.
Quando Rondo, Lil Reese,
and other dudes hopped into the situation -
and then Quando’s homie Lul Timm warned everybody
to leave his friend alone and tweeted
“N****s from chiraq better chill on my n**** quando.”
It turns out that
this wasn’t the first time Von’s homies had dissed Youngboy though.
Back in 2019
someone told Lil Reese that all he needs
is a feature from Youngboy for his music to pop off,
and Reese clapped back with
“I want dare pay that lil boy to get on track with me n**** f***.”
But even after all of that,
Von denied that there was any beef.
He told DJ Akademiks
They be sayin that a lot it’s like
we got the same issues
and h*** and then
you know how the internet will try to make it
After that,
fans thought maybe the situation wasn’t all that serious -
but one day after Von denied the beef
he ran into Quando Rondo in Atlanta and died that night.
On November 6th, 2020,
Quando was hanging outside of a hookah lounge in Atlanta
when Von and his crew rolled up on him
and Von started throwing punches.
Quando told Angela Yee
that he didn’t even know it was Von when it happened.
Quando wasn’t expecting Von to come through swinging on him like that
because he had always been cool with Lil Durk.
He told Angela Yee that he’s been listening to Durk since he was 12 years old
and Durk even gave him features for free
when he was coming up in the rap game.
After Von sparked a massive brawl,
both sides started letting off shots
and Von was allegedly killed by Quando’s homie Lul Timm.
It was a tragic situation that could have been avoided,
but it didn’t end with Von’s death.
When Von died everyone started linking it to the beef with Youngboy,
but Asian Doll hopped on Live and said the rumors were all cap.
She said
I got a song with Youngboy,
Von got a song with Youngboy.
Who the opp?
only opps is you opp ass people
in our motherf***** business b****.
Von had also told Akademiks
that there wasn’t any real beef right before he died,
but Youngboy let everyone know he didn’t feel the same way.
NBA Youngboy made it clear how deep the issue with Von was
when he dropped the track Bring the Hook and said
“N****, this that Squid Game,
O’Block pack get rolled up
Murder what they told us,
Atlanta boy get fold up.”
Von and Youngboy’s issues
were already making people pick sides,
but this was the track that really set things off.
Calling out O’Block like that was wild,
and they clapped back by posting videos burning Youngboy’s 4KT flags.
DJ Akademiks reacted to the track too
and said that Youngboy was on “demon time,”
but Lil Reese called cap on it
and said he’s just rapping like the rest of these rappers all rap.
Then NLE Choppa got caught up in the situation when he commented
“I stamp that” under Reese’s post.
This time it didn’t take long for Youngboy to clap back.
He dropped the track Know Like I Know
and took a shot at Choppa rapping
“I bet your mama be destroyed, n****
When we send your stupid ass to God
For makin’ statements, choosin’ sides
About my beef with them lil boys
I could say I saw it,
you could say I was your favorite, n****
Better stay up in your place, b****
Fuck around and get your face split
any day, n****
They know I’m a demon,
you ain’t met the Devil until you seen me.”
Then allegedly took a shot at Durk and Reese with the the line
“I don’t give a f***, my n****,
just like your friend, you’ll bit the dust, n****
N****, you ain’t blood,
you ain’t ready for to see some brains layin’ ‘round the club
Them n****s scared, know they can’t f*** with us.”
Youngboy made it clear
he wasn’t down with anyone who was rocking with the opps,
but NLE Choppa said
he wasn’t even choosing a side when he made the tweet.
He told DJ Akademiks that he barely even read what Reese said
and he only made the comment because
Von wasn’t around to defend his name anymore.
I just feel like
with street stuff
if you did it
if that was your work
if you did all this and do that speak
freely of it speak highly of it
you got every right to do it.
That was yo shit that was yo work
do it,
but like certain stuff be coming
from outsiders and like
that wasn’t even there when certain shit happened
like I just don’t respect that part of it.
Choppa wasn’t the only dude to catch strays over the situation though.
In November 2022
Rowdy Rebel went on Math Hoffa’s podcast
and talked about how fast Lul Timm decided to up the strap
and allegedly kill Von.
He said
His mind, off the rip, went to kill.
How you went to kill?
How much hate
you have already to kill this man?
Then Rowdy’s homie Bobby Shmurda hopped on IG
to clown people for taking credit for work their friends put in on the street.
He didn’t mention Youngboy’s name,
but that didn’t stop YB from clapping back and saying
“Ok mr ‘von shmurda’
you better stop the violence boy…
I thought you was a fan.
Go make a hit.
I just want to be friends.”
Then he took another shot at Bobby and told him to “stay far away slave.”
Youngboy also posted a video
talking about how dumb it would be for Timm to pump fake with his gun
and get shot himself.
Then he aired out Bobby for going broke and said
Man go get him some views man
help this n**** get some views man
I knowing the label ready to drop your bum ass mane.
Bobby clapped back on IG and said
But when I catch y’all little n****s
on DJ akademiks everybody bro
any n**** I catch like Wack
any of y'all n****s y’all could record this
I’m going to boom them on camera.
But right when it looked like the situation was bout to pop off,
Youngboy deactivated his IG and everything cooled down.
At this point
it’s pretty clear that Youngboy and Quando will never stop taking shots at Von though.
King Von’s sister Kayla B said
Youngboy is just a hater
just regardless.
He’s a hater he hate on everybody.
When Akademiks started talking about Youngboy being on demon time
after dropping Bring the Hook,
Kayla clowned him for being on “demon time” while he’s on house arrest.
Then she said
“Don’t claim it if you ain’t do it
you still a b****.”
Kayla was just sticking up for Von,
but that aint stop Quando from airing her out on the track Want Me Dead.
Him and Youngboy made headlines
when they dropped their collab tape November 2022,
and everyone was talking about when Quando said
“My favorite opp dead,
sister talk too much,
no, I don’t like the b****
Lul Timmy rolled her brother up,
got stepped on in some Nike kicks”
and “I don’t see s*** funny,
we stepped on your brother
Steady steppin’, steady flexin’
Come and up the score,
Lil’ Double O tote Smith & Wesson.”
Von isn’t around to defend his name anymore,
but his homie Lil Durk
has been at war with Youngboy and his crew ever since.
They’ve sent a lot of shots back and forth,
but a few weeks ago
DJ Akademiks claimed that the situation was over.
I might have forgot to tell the public
Durk and Youngboy don't got beef no more.
Fans were shocked that Youngboy and Durk would squash it
after how wild the beef has been,
and that’s when Durk hopped on IG and said
“I ain’t friends with no n****s.
Stop it.”
He aired out the situation even more in a recent interview with Akademiks.
According to Durk,
So you made a diss and
said something about Von that’s why,
that’s why I don’t f*** with you.
You ain’t did s***.
You did zero.
Durk also made it clear that nobody who’s rocking with Youngboy’s crew
is cool with him.
It sounds like Durk is pretty much done sending shots at Youngboy,
but that doesn’t mean he’s over what went down.
He said
You f*** with anybody that
harm my people,
I can’t f*** with you.
I’m not into it with you,
like if I see you I ain’t sayin like
'I'm finna kill you'
this n**** he f***,
I just ain’t gone f*** with you.
But that’s what the whole situation about
so it’s not music it’s Von.
Durk also revealed
that he had to check DaBaby over his beef with his artist Memo600.
Last year DaBaby and Youngboy linked up for a collab tape
and Memo clowned them over the weak sales.
Dababy clapped back at Memo
and made it sound like Durk was in his DMs “waving the white flag” -
So Durk caught him on tour and checked him over the situation.
He told Akademiks that it’s no beef though
and that “We don’t want smoke with nobody.”
Youngboy obviously isn't on the same wave though.
A couple weeks ago
news broke that Durk and Youngboy
were going to be dropping albums on the same day.
That’s when Youngboy started taking crazy shots at Durk
and said that the only reason he gets any attention
is when one of his friends dies.
Durk ended up delaying his album though,
and Youngboy told him
“B**** you ain’t gone never troll off a gangster again.”
The beef isn’t just between them though.
Youngboy is willing to burn bridges with anyone
who rocks with the other side,
and he also took shots at Drake over the situation on his latest project.
Drake and Youngboy were supposed to link up a couple of years ago,
but after everything that's gone down
even Drake had to pick a side.
Youngboy aired him out on the track F*** the Industry Pt 2 and said
“Talked to Drake ‘cross FaceTime, he wasn’t feelin’ me
Told me that he f*** with Durk,
damn, that shit gettin’ to me
Told me that he like the shit I’m doin’,
but can’t do shit with me
So when we cross our ways,
fuck what you say,
b****, you my enemy.”
Youngboy, Durk, and King Von
could have completely taken over the industry together.
Youngboy and Durk are still two of the hottest artists in the game,
but after Von got killed
a crazy war was started
and everyone was forced to pick a side.
There’s no telling what will happen next,
but hopefully no one else gets hurt over the drama.
Durk and Youngboy will probably never be cool with each other
but that don’t mean anyone else needs to lose their life for the situation to end.