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## Personality Dayvon Daquan[a] Bennett[7] (August 9, 1994 – November 6, 2020), known professionally as King Von, was an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He was signed to Lil Durk's record label Only the Family and Empire Distribution. During Bennett's life, and following his killing, he was implicated in various homicides and alleged crimes related to the Chicago gang scene. Bennett garnered acclaim for singles "Crazy Story" and "Took Her to the O", which reached the forty-fourth position of the Billboard Hot 100, and for the studio album Welcome to O'Block (2020), which placed fifth on the Billboard 200.[8] Early life Bennett was born on August 9, 1994, in Chicago, Illinois.[9] He had six half-siblings from his father, Walter E. Bennett, and three siblings from his mother, Taesha. He was raised mostly by his mother; his relationship with his father was inconsistent due to his father's incarcerations. When Von was 11 years old his father was killed by an unseen gunman. Von would later pay tribute to him in multiple songs.[10] At age 16, Von went to jail for the first time. In 2014, he was charged with one count of first degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with a shooting that killed one and injured two others.[11] After being acquitted of all charges, Von began focusing on his music career, collaborating with Lil Durk. Before his arrest for the charges, he attended South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois. He earned his GED while in juvenile detention. During this time, he joined the Black Disciples street gang. Career After fellow rapper Lil Durk signed King Von to his Only the Family label, Von released his single "Crazy Story" on December 6, 2018,[12] and it became his breakout single.[13] On Valentine's Day 2019, Von's girlfriend, rapper Asian Doll, released a music video for her track about the artist, "Grandson", in which Von appeared.[14] In May 2019, "Crazy Story 2.0" featuring Lil Durk was released, and a subsequent music video was later released on May 20, 2021, and peaked at number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[15][16] On September 13, 2019, a third rendition of the single called "Crazy Story, Pt. 3" was released.[17] On July 9, 2019, Lil Durk and King Von released their collaborative single "Like That".[18] Grandson, Vol. 1 Main article: Grandson, Vol. 1 On September 2, 2019, Von released his single "What It's Like", as the single forerunner of his first mixtape album announced in September 2019.[19] The mixtape was dropped some weeks later on September 19, 2019, it consists in 13 a tracks mixtape, and it is named Grandson, Vol. 1, executively produced by Chopsquad DJ contains three features on it, that are represented by Lil Durk on "Twin Nem" and on the Remix of "Crazy Story"; the other feature consists on the collaboration with Chicago artist and OTF affiliate Booka600 on "Jet" . The mixtape also includes tracks "Crazy Story", "Crazy Story, Pt. 3", and his second ever single "War With Us" dating back to October 18, 2018. Grandson, Vol. 1 debuted at number 75 and later peaking at number 53, on the Billboard 200, also it reached number 27 on the Hip Hop/R&B albums chart, and number 9 on the Independent album chart.[20][21][22][23] Levon James Main article: Levon James On November 16, 2019, Von released his single "2 A.M" followed by a corresponding video to be released the same day.[24] On November 29, 2019, Von released his single "Rollin" featuring YNW Melly, accompanied with a music video.[25] He later releases, on February 21, 2020, "Took Her to the O", with a music video, which will become his most successful single.[26] "Took Her to the O" and "Rollin" were later included on his second mixtape, Levon James, that was released on March 6, 2020, which debuted at number 63 and later peaking at number 40 on the Billboard 200.[27] It was released through Only the Family Entertainment/Empire and consists in a 16 track mixtape executively produced by Chopsquad DJ, featuring verses from NLE Choppa, Tee Grizzley, G Herbo, Lil Durk, YNW Melly, Booka600 and Yungeen