At around 5:45 am on February 5, 2019, Lil Durk, King Von, & Bayzoo would get into a
verbal altercation with a man in the parking lot of “The Varsity” a popular restaurant located in
Midtown Atlanta. The man, whose name was Alexander Weatherspoon, was a 23 year old
Vice Lord member and was known on the eastside of Chicago for cracking cards and scamming.
Witnesses say that the altercation would soon turn violent after 13 shots were fired,
hitting Alexander Weatherspoon once in his femoral artery. Weatherspoon would then stumble across the
road before collapsing in front of the “One” cigar lounge traumatizing the late night customers.
Witnesses would then scramble to call 911 while a SUV with “300” plastered on the side would be
seen leaving the scene simultaneously. Emergency services and Law Enforcement would quickly arrive
at the chaotic scene and immediately transport Alexander Weatherspoon to the Atlanta Medical
Center for emergency surgery while detectives would begin to investigate the crime scene and
speak to any possible witnesses. The on-scene investigation would reveal that 13 shell casings
were found at the scene coming from both a pistol and a rifle. A 9mm handgun was also found nearby.
This case would then go cold for almost 3 months but on May 4, 2019, King Von would be tackled and
arrested by the Chicago Police on charges related to the Varsity shooting back in February 2019.
9 days later, Bayzoo would also be arrested by the Chicago Police with
the charge being “Fugitive from justice - Out of state warrant”. Then on May 29, 2019
the Atlanta Police would issue an arrest warrant for the final suspect in the case, Lil Durk.
The warrant would be charging Lil Durk with 5 felonies, a major one being an attempt of
murder charge, a charge that’s sentence usually carries 10-20 years in prison.
The same day the arrest warrant was announced, Lil Durk would release a song titled “Turn
Myself In’ which included several dark lyrics referencing the situation. These lyrics include:
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, heard the story, think I’m finished”
“Free Von, free Zoo, even though they got the same problem”
“I turn myself in tonight, head down with these ‘cuffs on, just read me my rights.”
The following day, Lil Durk would meet at his lawyers office to do an interview with
WSB-TV stating that he had “nothing to hide” and “nothing to run from”.
"Did you commit the other crimes in which your accused?"
"Um, no." Lil Durk would then
proceed to surrender himself to authorities at the Fulton County jail later that night.
King Von, Lil Durk, and Bayzoo would all remain in custody until further notice.
Lil Durk and King Von would finally appear in front of a Fulton County judge where they would go
over the charges and briefly discuss the evidence they had for arresting Lil Durk and King Von.
An Atlanta Police Department detective by the name of Jeffrey Churchill would take the stand and
claim that one of the witnesses he spoke with was a female who was talking with Lil Durk and King
Von when the incident took place. She claimed that a fight broke out in the car in front of them and
then saw Lil Durk pull out a firearm while shots could be heard. Detective Churchill then told
the court that Alexander Weatherspoon also had a firearm with him at the time of the incident and
it is completely possible that Weatherspoon could have fired the first shot. Another interesting
piece of evidence brought up in court was the fact that there was allegedly surveillance
footage that would show an arm of an individual rumored to be Lil Durk’s, hanging out the window
of a gray and red camo trackhawk with “300” plastered on the side while firing a firearm.
"You see Mr. Banks arm out the window firing several shots at the victim, towards the victim.
Prosecutors would describe the case as “gang related” and even had a Chicago police captain
fly all the way down to Atlanta to confirm to the Atlanta courts that Lil Durk and
King Von are documented members of the Black Disciples. At the end of the court hearing,
it was determined that Lil Durk and King Von were to continue to remain in the Fulton County jail.
6 days later at another court hearing, prosecutors would submit a request to Fulton County Judge,
Kevin Farmer, to not give Lil Durk bond and have him remain in custody until further notice.
Judge Kevin Farmer would reject the prosecutors request claiming that even though the charges
against Lil Durk are serious, he will grant Lil Durk a $250,000 bond due to the fact
that he turned himself in and doesn’t seem to be dodging any type of arrest as long as he
wears an ankle monitor, follows curfew, and stays away from firearms. Later that night,
Lil Durk would excitedly go live on Instagram as he is released from jail.
King Von would also be released the next day on a $300,000 bond.
While out on bond, Lil Durk and King Von were no longer able to speak to each other and both
seemed to move a different type of way after their release. Lil Durk would seem to slow
down and focus more on his career. King Von on the other hand would continue to live a fast
and dangerous lifestyle despite already beating a murder charge back in 2017. This arrest arguably
brought the most mainstream attention King Von has ever received at the time furthermore skyrocketing
his music career and street reputation. King Von was still going back to O Block and hanging out
with some of the most dangerous individuals on the streets of Chicago, only this time he would hand
out large amounts of cash and custom expensive jewelry. This would give off the impression that
King Von is funding and rewarding members of the O Block street gang for their work and loyalty.
King Von would also start up Get Back Gang Entertainment, in an attempt to give top O Block
members a rap career in order to increase the gang's notoriety both on a street and mainstream
level while monetizing it in the process. A very dark turning point in the story would
occur on August 4, 2020 when King Von’s most notorious rival “FBG Duck” was murdered in broad
daylight while out shopping at the Gold Coast luxury shopping district in Chicago, Illinois.
King Von’s music made multiple references to FBG Duck and the 63rd & St. Lawrence gang,
making both FBG Duck and his block the subject of many disrespectful jokes and memes online.
The most popular instance of this is in King Von’s “Took Her To The O”, a song that describes
Von getting confronted by a man rumored to be FBG Duck and the situation ends up turning violent.
Rumors on what exactly happened to FBG Duck would begin spreading online with the most
popular narrative being that King Von and O Block were responsible for the murder of FBG Duck.
Fans all across the world were really starting to believe and see with their
own eyes that King Von and Lil Durk were possibly the most dangerous men in hip hop.
Then just 9 days after the murder of FBG Duck, Lil Durk would arguably have the most important moment
in his career take place when he would be featured on Drake’s hit song “Laugh Now Cry Later”.
The Drake collaboration would bring a whole new massive audience to Lil Durk and his music,
sending eager fans down rabbit holes only to discover that Lil Durk and his associates have
extremely dark pasts involving lots of violence and even death. Lil Durk and King Von would
take all the attention they were getting from both the Drake collaboration and the FBG Duck
situation to double down on their savage street reputations regardless of the fact that the
two were both very well aware that they were on bond and being heavily monitored by authorities.
"You ain't have your gun for them you better have your gun for me. Better have your gun for Boonie.
Better have your gun for see. You ain't belive me then you gon' see. You gon' end up by that tree.
I got my gun for Boona they call him Chief. We should have killed him sooner because he a thief."
"You know that we did it." King Von would even record himself
getting off a plane only to be greeted by law enforcement officers with badges.
"Officers trying to search me getting off the plane. Let me search your bag,
all type of stuff. Let me get your I.D. one more time before I leave.
"Take a picture of my badge" "Y'all want to search
me for what? Remember his face." It wasn’t too long before the ship began to sink…
On November 6, 2020, King Von would get into an altercation with Quando Rondo, a rapper with
close ties to NBA Youngboy, another rapper in which Von had problems with behind the scenes.
This split second altercation outside of the Monaco Hookah Lounge in Atlanta
would abruptly end with Quando Rondo’s right hand man Lul Tim fatally shooting King Von.
Lil Durk would then release his highly anticipated album “The Voice” a little over a month later
which featured some quite telling lyrics. On the song “Should’ve Ducked” a song whose title is
already a diss in itself, Durk says “I told my P.O. through the
gate that I get high as fck” “She ask me how high do I get?
I told her high as Duck” Durk also says
“They ask me where I'ma be in ten years, I said, "The feds"
These lyrics came off to most fans as Lil Durk somewhat accepting the fact that his one of
a kind hip hop run will ultimately come to an end with him receiving a hefty prison sentence.
7 months after King Von’s sudden death, Lil Durk’s brother “DThang” would also be
shot and killed outside of a nightclub called “Club O” in Harvey, Illinois.
While losing another person so close to you is already a lot to deal with in itself, it must be
even more difficult to deal with when a lot of the speculation of why DThang was killed in the first
place was because rival gang members have a tough time getting to Lil Durk due to his celebrity
status, so his enemies just got the next closest thing. A few weeks later, trouble would continue
to follow Lil Durk after his Atlanta mansion was broken into by alleged enemies of Lil Durk.
Shots were reportedly fired in the home by Durk’s girlfriend India, but it was rumored that this
would just be a cover up in order to prevent Lil Durk from getting arrested since he was already a
felon on bond. The dominos would proceed to fall but on a whole nother level this time because on
October 13, 2021, The FBI would raid O Block and arrest 5 members of the street gang for
the murder of FBG Duck. The most notable of the 5 arrested was Muwop, King Von’s right hand man.
This wouldn’t come as a surprise to most drill fans, as there was many pieces of evidence
that hinted at O Block being behind the FBG Duck murder. One interesting piece worth mentioning is
the fact that King Von gave Muwop his iced out O Block chain just 11 days after the murder of
FBG Duck. King Von would also start shouting out Muwop more than ever on his story and had him in
the studio with him at just about all times. "This Muwop, he crazy. He got all
types of bodies. No, I'm just playin'." Muwop was also one of the most fearless out of
the group when King Von was shot and even punched Quando Rondo in the head in order to help Von.
The federal indictment revealed that they were all being watched prior to
the FBG Duck incident indicating that if King Von were still alive today,
he most likely would’ve been sitting in the same jail as Muwop at this exact moment.
So with all of this chaos going on it left most fans wondering whatever happened to Lil Durk,
King Von, and Bayzoo’s case in Atlanta? Well back in 2021, the victim of the case, Alexander
Weatherspoon, would be arrested on federal charges after allegedly stealing multiple identities and
using them to fraudulently obtain money in order to purchase various luxurious items.
The victim plays a big role in convicting the defendants in a criminal case so having him
in federal custody as well as the chaos that came with 2020 on a global scale,
most likely slowed down any proceedings of the case. Then on October 24, 2022 it would officially
be announced that after over 3 years since the original incident at The Varsity happened,
the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office would drop all of the charges against Lil Durk
and Bayzoo. The Fulton County District Attorney was not shy in stating that King Von would have
been indicted for the incident if he were still alive today which could potentially
indicate that Durk’s legal team put all the blame of the shooting on Von since he had passed away.
Fans online would be ecstatic at the news claiming this is great for Lil Durk and that it must be
a huge weight lifted off his shoulders… but just because the state dropped the charges doesn’t mean
that he’s fully in the clear. Since the charges were dismissed and the defendants were not found
guilty, it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for the state to intentionally drop the case if they knew
it could be a part of a much much bigger case… you know… maybe like a Rico? Only time will tell
but many credible individuals with close ties to these situations seem to be hinting at the fact
that Lil Durk’s problems may have only just begun. "Let me also give a very big warning. I fear that
2023 is the year that Lil Durk may be involved in some legal stuff. I think the feds have set
the seeds to try to connect a lot of crime, and I know Lil Durk these days says "Yo,
these lyrics are just props." he even says it in a song. The cops are smarter. They know who he's
beefing with, they know where the bodies are being dropped. Lil Durk, I feel that if they
hit Durk with some stuff then it's going to be a dub, they gonna just hit him with everything."