Lul Timm,
the dude who allegedly killed King Von
in Atlanta last year
was recently arrested
following a high-speed chase
with police.
Now,
it seems like Casanova,
who has been locked up on a RICO charge,
might be locked up for even longer
after a high-ranking member
in his gang snitched.
Let’s take a closer look
at these wild stories.
Lul Timm is a rapper
who is more famous for a body he caught
than his music.
He is a friend of Quando Rondo,
who was with him the night
he got into it with King Von
and was allegedly the shooter
who took Von’s life.
On November 6th, 2020,
Lul Timm was with Quando
and a bunch of their friends
at the Monaco Hookah Lounge
in downtown Atlanta.
They bumped into Von
and his crew
and a fight broke out
after Von walked up to Quando
and punched him in the face.
Lul Timm responded
by pulling out a strap
and letting off shots,
leaving Von dead
and a few others injured.
Von and Quando
had allegedly been beefing
because of Quando’s affiliations
with NBA Youngboy.
They had been quietly sending shots at each other for a while,
after Von questioned Youngboy’s street cred
and was spotted hanging out with his baby mama.
Quando is signed to Youngboy’s record label
and often gets involved in his beefs,
so when he saw Von,
it was on sight.
But unfortunately,
the situation turned into a shootout
and one of Chicago’s most loved rappers
ended up losing his life.
Ever since then,
Rondo and Lul Timm
have been two of the most hated men in hip hop
even though they never violated the street code
or were even the ones who started the fight.
But Von was one of the most loved
and respected rappers from the city,
so it makes sense that Quando has been blackballed in the industry ever since.
Lul Timm was arrested
and charged with murder
the day after the shooting.
He was also shot during the fight
and spent about two weeks recovering
at Grady Hospital in Atlanta,
before being transferred to Fulton County Jail.
He spent a few months locked up
before being released
on a $100,000 bond
in late March.
He’s out now,
but still finding his way into trouble.
Not long after being released,
he announced that he was making his debut as a rapper
with the song Off the List.
Quando’s career had been suffering
because of the hate he's been getting from the Von situation.
Fans were even scared to go to his shows,
for fear
that there could be violence
at any moment.
He dropped the track Off the List
in July 2021.
He doesn’t mention Von by name,
but he raps with a shovel in his hand,
like he just got done digging a grave.
He also raps about crossing a new opp
off his hit list.
So,
it wasn’t hard for fans to connect the dots
and figure out who he was talking about.
If that wasn’t disrespectful enough
Lul Timm would get wrapped up
in a whole other controversy
after Wack 100 went on Clubhouse
and hinted that he and 6ix9ine
were working on a track together.
After Wack went on DJ Akademik's podcast
and had a conversation with 6ix9ine,
he did a series of discussions on the Clubhouse app
that also went viral.
During one of these discussions,
he started a rumor that he witnessed 6ix9ine
filming a music video
with someone who also had beef
with dudes from O’Block.
He didn’t mention Lul Timm by name,
but he said that it would be like if
“Biggie did a video with Baby Lane”
referring to the dude
who many believe
was responsible for the murder of 2pac.
Fans were quick to notice
that 6ix9ine’s photo on Clubhouse
was a picture of Lul Timm,
adding fuel to the rumors
of a possible collaboration.
Lul Timm denied the rumors
tweeting
“Tf I look like doing a song with a rat?”.
But video later surfaced
of him pulling up to the studio with 6ix9ine
to record a verse.
After the video leaked,
Timm changed his story a bit
and revealed that he did pull up to the studio,
but only to finesse him out of $40,000.
He said that 6ix9ine paid $30,000
to some dudes he knew
to set up a meeting.
When he showed up to the studio,
he asked for another $10,000
to buy his team clothes for a video shoot,
but then dipped off
and never came back.
His version of events
did seem to match up with the footage
and no track or video ever ended up getting released.
But just the fact that he even showed up to the studio
with a dude like 6ix9ine
had some fans confused.
Now,
it seems like Tim has been arrested again,
this time for getting in a high-speed chase
with the police.
On September 22nd,
he was arrested in Chatham County, Georgia
for speeding,
blowing through a stop sign,
making an illegal left turn,
following another car too closely,
driving on the wrong side of the road,
reckless driving,
obstruction,
and fleeing police.
Currently,
he’s being held in jail with no bond amount set.
The charges aren’t all that serious,
but it’s still not a great look for Timm,
who is still out on bond for the King Von murder.
At this time,
it’s not clear what happened
that made Tim try and flee the police.
From the charges,
it seems like he was trying to lose the cops,
but couldn’t get away,
so they tried to hit him
with as many minor traffic violations as possible
to keep him in jail.
The charge of following too closely
sounds like maybe he was tailing somebody,
which could have led to the chase.
Or maybe he was just trying to get away from the cops
and ended up behind traffic.
Right now,
it’s hard to tell whether he was in the process
of doing something illegal
and tried to get away
or if they tried to pull him over
for something minor
and he wasn’t about it.
More information about this situation
will probably come to light
once Timm is granted a bond
or ends up going to court.
So,
stay tuned for updates.
But Lul Tim isn’t the only rapper
to face legal problems.
Casanova
is now in even more trouble
after a high-ranking member of his gang,
who was caught up in the same RICO indictment,
decided to accept a plea deal.
Let’s take a closer look at what happened.
Casanova is a rapper from Brooklyn
known for tracks like 2 am
and Whoa.
Cas is allegedly affiliated with the
Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation Blood gang
and has been in and out of prison
since he was young.
In 2006
he was arrested on a robbery charge
and spent almost eight years in prison.
During that time,
he was briefly cellmates with A$AP Rocky,
before either had started rapping seriously.
He was released in 2014
and after working construction for a little,
he decided to become a rapper.
He dropped his first track,
Don’t Run in 2016
and started gaining a local buzz.
The track was later remixed
with verses from Young MA,
Don Q,
Fabolous,
and Dave East,
so Casanova was on his way to building a buzz in the city.
In October 2016,
he signed a deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation
and started collaborating with major names in the industry.
But his past would eventually catch up to him
and in December 2020,
the Southern District of New York Federal Court
issued a warrant for his arrest.
They claimed that he was one of the leaders
of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation
and was charged along with 18 others
for crimes including racketeering,
murder,
narcotics,
firearms,
and fraud.
On December 2nd,
Casanova turned himself in
and has been locked up ever since.
RICO cases have become a popular tactic
used by prosecutors
to take down gang-related rappers
over the past few years.
The RICO act
was originally intended
to take down mafia bosses,
who ordered their members to commit crimes,
but didn’t commit the actual crimes themselves.
In recent years,
the RICO act has been used
to take down rappers affiliated with
national or neighborhood street gangs,
by painting the rapper as the ringleader
who uses their money and influence
to control the operations of the gang.
We’ve seen this happen to everyone
from Bobby Shmurda
to YFN Lucci
and this tactic has put many rappers behind bars.
Now,
it seems like one of the highest-ranking members
in the Untouchable Gorilla Stones,
a dude by the name of Brandon
“Untouchable Dot” Nieves,
has decided to accept a plea deal,
instead of taking the case to trial.
Nieves is accused of being the Godfather
of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation,
which means he was likely facing several decades,
if not life in prison.
Plus,
this is a Fed case,
which has a notoriously high conviction rate.
Dot was caught on a wiretap
with two other members of the gang
plotting to stab other bloods
who violated the code of the organization
while they were locked up.
He was also caught on another wiretap
talking about selling drugs
and admitting to other gang activity.
Dot was already on probation
for ordering the prison stabbing
of another Gorilla Stone in 2015.
So,
he was definitely looking at some serious time
if he didn’t accept a plea.
He is still facing a mandatory minimum
of 15 years in prison
and has agreed to plead guilty on November 18th, 2021.
The reports don’t say that Dot told prosecutors
about any activities
that his co defendants may have committed.
But,
just admitting to the fact
that he ordered hits on other members of the gang
will make it harder for them to claim innocence.
It’s still not clear what Casanova’s involvement in the case is,
but he’s being accused of being one of the leaders of the gang
and plead not guilty
to racketeering conspiracy,
and narcotics conspiracy.
It sounds like the case
is set to go to trial soon,
so stay tuned for more updates
in both situations.