King Von: Rap's First Serial Killer 

Someone twitted : That King Von documentary was so long, I went to sleep and woke up and he was still killing people.😂😂😂

I find it funny how his mom was mad about this documentary and everything, but wasn’t mad at her son killing all these mfs and her being a horrible mother 😂😂😂

This level of self snitching has to be studied decades in the future

This video is incredibly impressive with how comprehensive it is. Noticing all the little details from tweets, songs, news stories and compiling it all together must have been no easy feat.

Bro was killing people and dropping clues like the riddler

After watching this I must say that the homicide detectives in Chicago need to be fired

The way they casually talk about killing people and how they plan on dying so they won't end up losing or quitting is pretty terrifying.

How the hell does a guy like this keep being let out of jail on firearm charges over and over again but a guy who cuts a rifle too short immediately gets 10 yrs

The research that went into this is massively impressive

The way the media tried to paint K.I as a great kid with a lot going for her is laughable.

King Von: "I murdered these people" The Police: "If only there was some kind of clue or something"

Von's whole story is by far the most insane story i have ever heard

That fact that funeral homes rejected receiving his body is eye opening. If you are rejected after death goes to show how you lived while alive.

I can't believe you really made a 3 and a 1/2 hour video about king von. And I can't believe I watched the whole entire thing without stopping! Well done sir

I’m Black and I remarked to my husband that I loved that you were able to interpret the lingo and relay it in a way that a general audience could understand and also not violate the algorithm! Great video! New subscriber. Going on a binge! Keep it up!

I have bad adhd and can rarely sit through anything longer than 10 minutes without losing focus and getting distracted but this entire video has me glued to. Very well made 👏

The fact that A&E interviewed this man for a documentary of a person he killed is hilariously embarrassing on A&E’s end. He was literally a suspect at the time and they still thought his tweets to her were “flirting” 😂

Congratulations on getting this video back up bro. This is one of the greatest documentaries I've ever seen.

This is insane… I’m so shocked how evil he truly was & how ppl idolized and respected him for being insane

Officer: “Probably trespassing over here” Von: “aw yeah” Had me dying for no reason

What’s crazy is people don’t think about gang bangers being serial killers. This is so important Edit: my opinion has drastically changed. I listened to Von before this video but I never cared about who he was a a person. As I watched more videos of him and his life story and how people loved him. I don’t agree with my before opinion.

Trauma is an explanation, not an excuse. Having a bad environment doesn't give you the right to do evil acts.

This Doc is so long. I took a nap and its still playing

Can tell you put your heart into this. No lies in this joint. I wish mainstream journalists put the work in like you do. The hate you're receiving is nothing more than the equivalent of ppl cramming their fingers in their ears, stomping around, screaming 'nah nah nah nah!'. Because notice- they don't rebuff ANY SINGLE POINT you made, they just deflect, or to my prior point 'nah nah nah!'

Someone said “That King Von Documentary So Long, I Went To Sleep & Woke Back Up & He Was Still Killing niggas. 😭”

Von was a menace. The fact that his mama got mad about this. Ma'am your son was out here causing pain, worry and misery! Be mad at that.

“His lyricism was the sharpest it’d ever been…” cuts to him rhyming me with me with me 🤯

Its haunting and strange to see Von post that live with a little kid teaching him to shoot, and realising Durk now has a video with J Cole with all those kids. They just got a Grammy for it.

I still find it funny how Von’s cousin and other people were calling this “defamation” when this info is all public information. Congrats on getting the video back up.

He was most definitely a serial killer. The way he openly bragged about his bodies on Twitter and tweeted almost everyday about how much he loved to kill and how much he was out to shoot somebody, he had an infatuation with it. He put on a good mask with the calm and collected attitude he had, but that’s just like many other serial killers. He even saw himself as one. With basically 7 confirmed bodies, that’s definitely past the threshold to be considered one. He was methodical too, waking up first thing in the morning and roaming the streets for opps is not a normal thing to do, even as a gangmember. People around him were even freaked out by him, they saw him as the Devil.

I don't have much more to say than what others have already said, but I think that this is genuinely one of the most well-made and comprehensive documentaries based on investigative journalism I've ever seen. For me, the biggest captivators were a few things: 1. I listen to a lot of his music and putting the pieces from his lyrics together with what we know about his life is mind-blowing 2. Every single tweet had me with my eyes wide, jaw on the floor, and hands in the air. Being from inner-city Chicago, I never would've expected the homicide detectives to have been so bad at their jobs, but here we are.

The level of effort that this video probably took to create is astounding. I know you've been told this already, but excellent job and thank you!

The fact Von was on KI documentary speaking on her and was the one that killed her is crazy.

Its insane how K.I's mother and the media portrayed her as a beautiful girl who was randomly lost to gun violence when she was Twitter thuggin' the whole time. Edit: I am black asf this is not a space for you to be racist 🧍🏾‍♀️

I'm subscribing bc this was indeed by far the most in depth documentary I've seen thus far! Great job.

Dude this is amazing . Well done Ross, this is REALY well done 👍I’m watching this for a second time and I’m noticing things I didn’t the first time

Wild how the doc was put together so damn well based off tweets, and lining up tweets with news coverage alone if you look at it.

3:01:47 “I’ll preform at his funeral” is so chilling. One thing I’ve learned growing up is the kids who laugh, play , and speak so softly are the ones not to play with.

This is by far the best journalism in a hiphop/rap I have ever encountered. Please do a break down of Tupac like this!!!!

This hands down is the best docu I have ever watched the research this man put Into this the presentation how he layed it all out perfection well done mate

King Von was absolutely a serial killer. He seriously got off on killing, and got off even more trolling those he was about to kill, or to family or friends of those he killed. It’s all he thought about. It absolutely consumed him.

I grew up in the ghetto, used to be the biggest raphead. But now as I’m in my early 30’s and matured, I’ve stepped back and can recognize how truly disgusting it is we idolize in the rap community and the overwhelmingly toxic culture that’s come about it.

Btw its not that the police dont go to the area, more so that the people refuse to talk which is why hood murders go unsolved. Get it back in blood instead of calling police.

This was a great documentary, thanks for putting it together. It really gave an in depth insight into King Von's life...

I can’t believe this video is free. The level of research that went into this. AMAZING work!

I had ran into Von in 2012-13 when I was at a restaurant on 64th Cottage Grove. He asked me for a few dollars and I said I didn't have it after he just watched me pay for my food. Then he was like I just watched you pay for your food tho? I said this isn't my money. Then he said "so what you gone do if I ran your pockets and took it". I ain't say shit then he starts circling me and sizing me up. I was definitely bigger than him, but I ain't do shit but step back and prep like he was tryna fight. The store owner finally comes out and yells at him to get out of his store. He stood there smiling for like 5 seconds and then was like "aight bet" and left the store. You could see him through the glass walk to the right, luckily I stayed to the left, so I left without getting my food and called my pops and told him what happened. My dad left and picked up the food. And that was that. I ran into him a few more times in the neighborhood because I always remembered his face but luckily he wasn't on bullshit then. Fast forward to like '19, my little brother's listening to Crazy Story by Von. I REALLY like the song so I add it to my playlist and start to really listen to this guy. I ended up watching The Before They Were Famous King Von Edition on YT, found out he was from down the street from me and when I saw his mugshot from 2014 in that video I immediately recognized him. He looked COMPLETELY DIFFERENT of course due to fame. I'm just glad today I wasn't on this list for a few dollars lol

Von a horrible influence to these kids…horrible person

It's wild how gangsters are so against snitching yet they do it all the time

This documentary doesn’t tell me how crazy and scary King Von was, it tells me how careless Chicago’s law enforcement is and how they looked the other way on purpose.

I’m not sure why people mad about this video, this documentary is EXACTLY what Von would of wanted 😂 if you actually watch the documentary you’ll understand that lol

Crazy this dude was telling everything he did on Twitter🤦🏽‍♂️

"We know y'all ain't gangster, you're on the internet" says the man chronically on the internet since 2009 😂💀

ppl be like “free my bro he ain’t do nothin wrong” what bro did:

The internet is wild. A guy from the UK making such a great video about a B list rapper from a project in Chicago. This is why this platform is still pretty neat despite all the changes through the years.

You went crazy with the vid Lore

Theres an uncut version? Crazy work

I don’t think I’ve ever watched a 3 hour documentary on RU-vid before until today 🤯 This documentary was 100% worth the watch! The fact that Von used Twitter as his murder diary and had ZERO remorse towards anything is scary 😳 You reap what you sow tho, he knew his day was coming. He didn’t mention having nightmares and feeling haunted by his opps for nothing. IMO I feel like Von was having premonitions (in the form of nightmares) on what was to come to him. Part of me feels like he probably thought somebody from 63rd was going to kill him in the end but ended up being somebody he didn’t even know fr on some karmic shit. It’s unfortunate so many people had to die over street BS. Too many broken families and too much endless violence on one another. 💔🤦🏽‍♀️

People calling K.I and von's deadly beef a "love story" is crazy. You can just tell how hopped up people are to ship anything. Von knew how to get under her skin, aint nun about their interaction revolved around some affection and to top it off it was well known that K.I didn't like men. Some of yall need help

The fact he had so much evidence is crazy the fact he got 3 hours worth which is hard to find so much information especially old pics and old videos from opps is impressive

Greatly put together, mustve taken alot of time and patience! 💯

He’s a serial killer and y’all think he only got 10 bodies this whole time? It was like 10 people that he shot in that apartment complex alone, then dipped out the back door 😭🤦🏾‍♀️. This is really insane seeing it all in one spot.

I think a lot of people haven't really taken notice of the fact that gang-based murders are rarely about carrying out gang business anymore, but almost exclusively about fun and retaliation for slights -- real or perceived. That means most folks wouldn't really think about gangland shootings as being related to serial killing, but it is, now more than ever.

exceptional work, love this channel

Man, you did your homework and spent God only knows how many hours of your time to put this together. Such a badass documentary.

The crew who interviewed Von about K.I must have felt the biggest bamboozle in history ☠️

Hilarious how the media treats KI like she was a wonderful young girl that was gunned down for no reason when she was a murderer her damn self. 😂

Trap lore Ross is one the best RU-vidrs in the game

amazing video fam can’t lie

1 thing I’ve learned from this video, if Von said “ahhhh I’m just playing” he was not playing he was being dead ass serious and he 100% did it

The fact that anyone thinks not carrying a 🔫 until they were 13/14yrs old as "later" in life is both scary & heartbreaking to me.

This video is amazing and it’s clear how much research went in but also ur accent saying opps and feds is so funny to me great vid

I watched this all the way through very good video

The fact that this man probably spent over 40 hours working on the video and published it for free, incredible❤

My boyfriend of almost 9 years lives this life. I kept telling him Karma will not let you escape your wrongs. Eventually karma is coming. On Christmas 2022 a car pulled up and shot him , his sister, and his cousin up while they were in my boyfriends car. This is the 4th separate incident he had been shot up. My boyfriend was shot in the head and has a very serious brain injury. He’s now permanently disabled and can’t walk. Mentally he’s not the same. He didn’t want to sit down, so god sat him down and made it to where he can’t any longer cause havoc in the streets. 😞 the streets don’t love you

This is the most detailed documentary i have ever seen 🙏🏼

Your video is on another level…perfection🎉

Bro, this was a master class on Internet investigations. I’m sure this video has been very helpful to the community at large. An amazing job.

This is one of the greatest documentaries I've ever seen.

Even if Von didn't get blasted, it was only a matter of time before he got hit with a life sentence. His life was coming to an end soon either way.

Keep doing your thing Ross. Love your videos man. Just watched your interview on Vlad. 🔥

The shit with KI's mother just goes to show that family will go on the news and say whatever they can to make you sound like a good person. Idk her personally, but judging by her tweets and the shit shit was always claiming to do, she was a terrible person.

This documentary deserves an award. RIP to all the lives lost 🙏🏾

Came back to watch again- this is an Amazing documentary I mean seriously Every Single Factor is just 💯 so amazing. Length in mind it’s an easy to finish video because I just don’t want to stop watching.

“Don’t make me get my gun out” while at the lake is wild 😂😂😂😭😭😭

King von had am opportunity to change his life and he still ruined it. Just because he lived in the hardest parts of his life, it doesn't mean he had to kill. His legacy is basically his desire to kill and make others sad.

My heart goes out to the mothers who lost their children to the streets.

This is amazingly made. I appreciate your efforts. Thanks

If his PO had twitter it would’ve been over quick.

His entire life was one big suicide attempt. I feel like once his daddy died he wanted someone to look up to and also gave up on life n didn’t care if he went out jus like his pops.

As a writer , I can respect how much writing went into this 3 1/2 hours. As a viewer, I didn’t know anything about this guy and decided to take a chance and now I feel like I’ve been updated on the last 10 years of rap. Standing ovation for your research ✊🏽

Yo you longed out the tiniest details this whole video, but u didnt talk about vons murder at all. I was waiting hours to get to that too lol. But good video.

As a Black woman, I appreciate Von’s respect & somewhat “appreciation” for the women in his life. That’s the best I can say about the young man. RIP youngin❤❤

So let me get this straight... If someone makes a documentary on Jeffery Dahmer based on 100% public information, that's totally legit, but when TLR does the same exact thing on your favorite rapper, that's snitching?

You can tell this guy puts a lot of work into his content. I don't know anyone else who can put together a 4 hour documentary like this lol

1:57:40 I swear to God as soon Von said “I’m like Popeye,” I got a midroll ad for Popeye’s 😂 Shit caught me off guard

Well done !

Labels should be held accountable also for pushing this shit to the youth.

To be fair, when something is three and a half hours long, it doesn't hurt to watch it again to make sure it all went in.

Not my words but so true.. 1990s Gansters wanting to be rappers 2024 Rappers wanting to be gangsters.. sad AF

also it’s pretty insane how he’s gaslighting his fans into believing he’s not a serial killer while simultaneously openly admitting and bragging that he has several bodies and puts hits on ppl, and then getting mad the police were investigating him 😭