UKing Von ungumculi we-rap waseChicago owashona ngoNovemba 2020. Bekusanda kuqala ukuheha ukunaka okubalulekile kwabalaleli ku-inthanethi. Abalandeli abaningi balolu hlobo babazi umculi ngenxa yamathrekhi anawo ULil Durk, Sada Baby kanye YNW Melly. Umculi wasebenza ohlangothini lokubhoboza. Naphezu kokuduma okuncane ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe, wasayinwa kumalebula amabili - Kuphela Umndeni (owasungulwa nguLil Durk) kanye no-Empire Distribution.
Yini eyaziwayo ngobuntwana nobusha beNkosi uVon?
Umculi wazalwa ngo-August 9, 1994. Igama lakhe langempela nguDavon Daquan Bennett. Inkosi yachitha ubuntwana nobusha bakhe ezindaweni zobugebengu zaseChicago. Ubehlala endaweni eseningizimu yeParkway Gardens, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-O'Block. Abangane bakhe basebuntwaneni babengabaculi be-rapper abadume kakhulu uLil Durk kanye Induna Keef.
Njengabanye abaculi be-rapper baseChicago, uDavon wayenesimo sokuhlubuka futhi ehileleke emaqenjini asemgwaqweni. Edolobheni, ubengaziwa njalo njengeNkosi uVon. Kwaphela isikhathi eside wayenegama mbumbulu elithi Grandson (elihunyushwe lisuselwa esiNgisini lisho ukuthi "Umzukulu"). Kwakubhekiselwa ku-David Barkdale, umsunguli weqembu elikhulu laBafundi Abamnyama.
INkosi uVon yayiyilungu laBafundi Abamnyama isikhathi esithile. Ngesikhathi eqala ukuya ejele eneminyaka engu-16, abantu abaningi ababemazi uBarksdale bathi lo owayesafuna ukucula wayebakhumbuza ngomholi waleli qembu. Babenokuziphatha okufanayo emgwaqeni kanye nomlingiswa, ngakho-ke lo mfana waqanjwa ngokuthi "Umzukulu".
Cishe akukho okwaziwayo ngomndeni kaDavon. Ubaba waya ejele ngisho nangaphambi kokuzalwa kwendodana yakhe, ngemva kwesikhashana ekhululiwe wafa. INkosi uVon yahlangana naye okokuqala eneminyaka engu-7. Lo mculi ubenabafowabo ababili abadala nodadewabo omncane odume ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ogama lakhe linguKayla B. Uke wajola nomculi we-rap u-Asian Doll futhi waba nguyise wezingane ezimbili. UBennett wayenomshana ogama lakhe linguGrand Babii.
Umsebenzi womculo kaDavon Bennett
Kuze kube ngu-2014, nakuba iNkosi uVon yayinesithakazelo ku-rap, wayengeke abe ngumdlali. Ngemva kokumangalelwa ngamanga ngokubulala futhi kutholakale ukuthi umsulwa, uDavon wanquma ukungena emculweni we-rap. U-Lil Durk wayevame ukumsiza ukuba abhale amathrekhi okuqala. Kamuva, umculi wasebenza ngelebula ye-OTF.
"Impumelelo" yokuqala esiteji esikhulu kwakuyiculo leKing elithi Crazy Story, elikhishwe ngoDisemba 2018. Ithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle okuvela kubagxeki. U-Alphonse Pierre we-Pitchfork ukuncomile ukuxoxa kwezindaba kuka-Davon, ikakhulukazi izici ezenze indaba yagqama. NgoMeyi 2019, iKing Von yakhipha ingxenye yesibili ye-Crazy Story 2.0, eqoshwe noLil Durk. Kamuva wakhipha enye ividiyo yomculo. Le ngoma ifinyelele phezulu kunombolo 4 ku-Bubbling Under Hot 100.
NgoJuni, kwakhululwa enye ingoma ethi Like That with Lil Durk. Kwathi ngoSepthemba 2019, umdwebi wakhipha ingoma yakhe yokuqala eyi-15-track Grandson, Vol. 1. U-Lil Durk wabamba iqhaza ekurekhodweni kwamaculo amaningana. Umzamo wokuqala omkhulu we-King Von uphume okokuqala kunombolo 75 ku-Billboard 200. Iphinde yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo-27 eshadini le-Airplay Yezingoma ze-Hip Hop/R&B.
NgoMashi 2020, umculi wakhipha enye i-mixtape, uLevon James. Ikhiqizwe nguChopsquad DJ. Kwezinye izingoma ungezwa: Lil Durk, G Herbo, YNW Melly, NLE Choppa, Tee Grizzley, njll. Lo msebenzi uthathe indawo yama-40 eshadini le-Billboard 200.
Isonto elilodwa ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yokuqala ye-studio ethi Welcome to O'Block. Lo mculi utshele abalaleli lo myalezo: “Uma wenza okuthile futhi uqhubeka nokwenza, uzothola imiphumela ephezulu. Konke kuzoba ngcono kuphela. Lona wumsebenzi engisebenze kuwo kakhulu." Amathrekhi angu-6 kwangu-16 aserekhodini angashadile akhishwe yiKing Von ngo-2020.
Izinkinga zezomthetho zeKing Von futhi athuthele e-Atlanta
Okokuqala lo mculi waboshwa wagqunywa ejele ngo-2012. Isizathu kwaba ukutholakala nokusetshenziswa kwezibhamu ezingekho emthethweni. Ngo-2014, wabekwa icala lokudubula kwashona oyedwa kwalimala ababili. Nokho, uDavon wakwazi ukufakazela ubumsulwa bakhe futhi ahlale ekhululekile.
Ukuze aphume enkingeni ngomthetho futhi aqale impilo ethule, iNkosi uVon yathuthela e-Atlanta. Naphezu kwalokhu, izingoma zakhe eziningi ezithandwayo zahlonipha iChicago yakubo. Lo mculi wayekhathazekile ngokuthi wayengasakwazi ukuchitha isikhathi edolobheni lakubo eChicago. Wayekhumbula ekhaya kodwa enethezekile e-Atlanta.
Engxoxweni, umculi uzwakalise ukuma kwakhe: “Ngiyayithanda i-Atlanta ngoba ngingahlala khona ngaphandle kwezinkinga. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona ama-rapper amaningi lapha. Kodwa ngisayithanda kakhulu iChicago. Basebaningi abantu engisondelene nabo, kodwa kuyingozi ukubuya. I-Chicago PD ingibhekile eduze futhi kunabantu abangangithandi. "
NgoJuni 2019, iKing Von noLil Durk baboshwa ngokubandakanyeka kwabo esigamekweni sokudubula emigwaqweni yase-Atlanta. Umshushisi uthe ama-rapper amabili azame ukugebenga lo mlisa bamdubula washona. Ngokusho kukaDavon, wayevikela umngane wakhe futhi wayengabandakanyeki ekubulaweni. Ukulalelwa kwecala kwenzeke enkantolo yaseFulton County, kanti abenzi bobubi basagcwele amathafa.
Ukufa kukaDavon Bennett
NgoNovemba 6, 2020, iNkosi uVon yayinabangane bayo kwelinye lamakilabhu e-Atlanta. Ngezithuba zabo-3:20 ekuseni, kwaqubuka ingxabano eduze kwebhilidi phakathi kwamaqembu amabili amadoda, agcina esedubulana. Amaphoyisa amabili ayesebenza azama ukuqeda ukungqubuzana nomunye umlilo.
UDavon uthole amanxeba amaningi okudutshulwa waphuthunyiswa esibhedlela esesimweni esibucayi. Wahlinzwa, kodwa ngemva kwesikhashana washona. Ngesikhathi eshona, umculi wayeneminyaka engu-26 ubudala.
Ngokusho kwezikhungo zomthetho e-Atlanta, kushone abantu ababili. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kulimale abantu abane. Omunye wabo uboshelwe icala lokubulala umculi osemusha. Umsolwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uhlonzwe njengoTimothy Leek, owesilisa oneminyaka engu-22 ubudala. NgoNovemba 15, 2020, iNkosi uVon yangcwatshwa edolobheni lakubo eChicago.
