King Von was shot and killed outside of an Atlanta hookah bar in November 2020, bringing his brief yet promising rap career to a tragic end. In honor of the late rapper’s 27th birthday, a mural was erected in Chicago’s infamous O’Block neighborhood earlier this month.
But according to Delilah Martinez of the Mural Movement Organization, police are considering having it removed due to Von’s alleged connection to the Black Disciples gang.
“We might have to take down that King Von mural,” Martinez said. “And I’m gon’ tell y’all why it really actually bothers me. So, if you guys know my story or know the Mural Movement and how we got started, y’all know how important it is to do specific things like art in specific areas, especially Black and Brown communities.
“So, that’s how the Mural Movement started. We’re all about representation, beautifying communities in need, especially underserved communities that don’t have art or murals.”
On Tuesday (August 17), Martinez shared an Instagram post of a Change.org petition launched by a King Von fan who wants the mural to stay.
“We don’t want this mural to come down and need your support by signing the petition!” the description reads. “We want to show how much the community needs this and we The People, want it! The police have been visiting the store owner and want him we remove it.
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:We can’t allow that to happen! Let’s show the store owner and community love and support by coming together to support them in signing the petition to keep it!”
It ended with, “Remember we can make anything happen when WE THE PEOPLE come together!”
Over 1,400 people have signed the petition as of press time. Find it here.
That’s weak. This brother passed away and was part of the community.
He was one of the killer monsters who gave that “community” a shitty reputation.
They should remove it best solely on the fact that he was a shitty rapper and didn’t deserve it.
He started story telling early on in his career.
If he had the chance to hone that in he may have been a legend.
But do I understand why the keepers of peace “even if they may be that in name only” don’t want a for sure murderer and now symbol of the black disciples causing more death. Yes.
gr8 rapper. but we not gone act like shorty wasn’t serial k!ll&r
All jokes/trolling aside. How does that work, if it’s on private property? Police can just force them to do it? Is it a criminal offence if you refuse to remove it?
If the store owner wants it, it’s his or hers decision. But I know this more kids are going to get shot up in front of that store. Von had a lot of enemies. And they are only a couple of blocks a way.
The truth is removing it will cause more harm than good. His affiliates will take that as a sign of disrespect and probably will retaliate on police causing more of a problem.
I definitely feel it needs to come down stop support these rappers who promote drugs and violence in the neighborhood but get rich and move to leave others to suffer from what they promoting
queen von got rich and moved to the grave tho
Shut up, you sound stupid he grew up in that neighborhood, and lived through it and made it out and raps about the life he went through stupid , you mad cus he got money and left the hood what was he supposed to do? Stay there ? He also went back and handed out 100,000 dollars to his neighborhood when he got his first check
If we don’t want people to talk/sing/rap/ or write of such then let’s stop approving liquor stores on every corner of “certain” neighborhoods (and we all know which neighborhoods that is), let’s approve proper funding for education in those same neighborhoods verses giving them “decade old” leftovers.
Many neighborhoods receive subpar opportunities and y’all want the occupants to keep quiet; King Von (and many other drill rappers) basically rap what he saw on a daily basis.
Why would anybody wanna take it down. He was from that community. Let it stay up!
R.I.P King Von
I couldnt make it through 1 song, that whole music library was trash.
Shouldn’t they honor people that actually have talent? I’ve been able to talk since I was 2. I wonder who is the voice coach was.
Wow… Somebody that learned to talk while music is playing. How brilliant.
Who gives a fuck about some dead thug rapper who doesn’t deserve some bullshit memorial, for example the George Floyd memorial? I mean wtf is really going on. These mfers are not what our kids need to be looking up too. Our society is fucked.