“THE MOMENT THE TRUTH BROKE THE SILENCE”—those words now haunt the hip-hop world like a ghost track from an unfinished album. Five years after the fatal night of November 6, 2020, outside Atlanta’s Monaco Hookah Lounge, Timothy “Lul Tim” Leeks—the man accused of firing the shots that killed King Von—has finally broken his silence. In a raw, unfiltered interview with XXL Magazine on November 25, 2025, Leeks revealed Von’s haunting last words, a detail that has gripped fans, reignited feuds, and peeled back the final seconds of the deadly brawl that ended the life of Chicago’s drill prodigy at just 26. “He looked at me, blood bubbling from his mouth, and whispered, ‘This ain’t over… O’Block forever,'” Leeks recounted, his voice flat but eyes distant. The confession, delivered from a nondescript Atlanta studio, isn’t closure—it’s a grenade tossed into drill rap’s still-smoldering embers.
The brawl was chaos incarnate. Von, born Dayvon Bennett in Englewood, Chicago, had risen from O’Block’s blocks to Lil Durk’s OTF label, his vivid storytelling on tracks like “Crazy Story” (2018) earning him a posthumous Grammy nod for Welcome to O’Block. That night, Von and his crew rolled up on Quando Rondo’s entourage at the lounge, a simmering feud—fueled by 2019’s “Vulture Island” diss from NBA YoungBoy—boiling over into gunfire. Security footage, leaked in 2021, showed Von exchanging words with Rondo before shots rang out. Von was hit five times in the chest and head, collapsing as his associates dragged him to a waiting car. Rondo, grazed in the leg, was questioned but never charged; Leeks, a Durk affiliate, was arrested for murder but released in 2021 after witnesses recanted. The Fulton County medical examiner ruled it homicide from gunshot wounds, but the “why” lingered—a street code clash or calculated hit?
Leeks’ interview, his first since the acquittal, paints a visceral tableau. “It was quick—shouts, shoves, then pops,” he said, reenacting the frenzy with hands mimicking a pistol. Von, 6’1″ and built like a linebacker, lunged at Leeks after a verbal jab about O’Block loyalty. “He came at me swinging, talking that Durk smoke,” Leeks claimed. “I fired—self-defense, straight up. But as he fell, he locked eyes and gasped those words. ‘O’Block forever’—like a curse, man.” The detail, absent from official reports, has unleashed a torrent. Fans on X are divided: #VonLastWords trended with 2.5 million posts, supporters hailing it as “ghost bars from the GOAT,” while skeptics cry “clout chase.” Lil Durk, Von’s mentor, responded with a cryptic Story: “Von spoke truth always—rest eternal, king.” Quando Rondo, cleared in 2021, tweeted, “Pain don’t lie—let the dead speak.”
The revelation exposes drill’s deadly underbelly. Von’s death, amid a feud that claimed over 50 lives since 2018, symbolized Chicago’s endless cycle—O’Block vs. STL/EBT, Durk vs. YoungBoy. Leeks, now 28 and low-profile in Atlanta, insists it’s catharsis: “I’ve carried this—time to let it breathe.” But for Von’s mother, Taesha Ferguson, it’s salt in the wound. “My son’s last breath weaponized? This ain’t healing,” she told Complex. The interview arrives as a 2024 DOJ probe into Atlanta PD’s handling of nightclub shootings gains traction, potentially reopening the case.
Von’s legacy endures: Welcome to O’Block peaked at No. 2, inspiring Polo G and Lil Baby. His storytelling—raw tales of loss and loyalty—transcended trap, earning a 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nod. Leeks’ confession doesn’t resurrect Von, but it revives the rage. In hip-hop’s hall of echoes, last words aren’t final—they’re forever. The brawl’s echoes fade, but Von’s whisper lingers: O’Block forever.
