One can only imagine what kind of artist Capone would have been had he been alive long enough to live up to his talent. The young Chicago rapper was an aspiring musician and had already built up a formidable social media fanbase before his death.
Capone is known for the few singles he released online, although he never got around to making a full EP. He was usually seen in the company of his close friend and fellow rapper, Lil Durk. The couple were inseparable and even collaborated on a few tracks.
La Capone – Biography
The rapper was born in Chicago, Illinois as Leonard Anderson on September 18, 1996. He was still a child when his parents separated. Following the divorce, his mother, Dedra Morris, was given custody of little Leonard and he spent his growing years with her.
Growing up on the streets of Chicago, La Capone’s influences in life and music were unsurprisingly, predictable even. He was a student of the Chicago-based rap subgenre known as “Drill Music” from his early days listening to rap music. La Capone was quick to immerse himself in almost everything that Drill’s music elevated – especially violence, drugs and gang life.
He was only 11 years old when he joined the collective rap called “Only the Family”. It was a group formed by his friend Lil Durk and other rappers. He quickly began to gain notoriety and recognition when he was featured on songs by Lil Durk and others like RondoNumbaNine. As his videos with Lil Durk and other entertainers toured online, his name and fan base began to grow, surpassing 100,000 subscribers in a short time.
During his lifetime, he released a few singles of his own which he posted on his own social media accounts. Tracks like “The Gat”, “Round here” and “So loud” are among his most popular tracks.
Life and death of the American rapper
The rapper grew up in a culture of drugs and gangs and he has no intention of hiding it. In fact, it has become part of her personality. On his videos, he frequently showed himself smoking marijuana and taking up the gang lifestyle. Speaking of gangs, La Capone was a member of the “Black Disciples”, a known gang in the Chicago area, alongside his friend Lil Durk and famous rapper Chief Keef. It was soon after he became a member of the gang that he took on the stage name La Capone and started making music.
Leonard was on the rise in the music world when his life was tragically cut short in 2013. On September 26, 2013, the rapper was at Stony Island Avenue in Chicago. He had just been in a studio session where he had just recorded a song. At around 6:25 p.m., he was on his way home with a friend and he had to walk down an alley to get to his car.
They were accosted by a gunman as soon as LaCapone reached his car. One of the shots hit his thigh and another bullet went to his lower back, causing severe bleeding. He was taken to nearby Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Twice the doctors stopped the bleeding, but the third time they failed. He was pronounced dead around 8:30 p.m.
The rapper had just turned 17 the week before his death. Her mother Dedra revealed that the chocolate cake she baked for her was still at home waiting for her. She also revealed that his quick death was shocking, as he survived a gunshot attack around the same time in 2012.
La Capone’s death is thought to be gang-related. At the time of his death, he was a member of a group called “600”, a rival group to the “Black Disciples” and “051 Young Money”. In August of the following year, three men, Sakhee Hardy-Johnson, Michael Mays and Meiko Buchanan, were arrested in connection with her death. Mays and Johnson were both members of 051 Young Money, while the third person, Meiko, was supposed to be a driver.
A mixtape was posthumously released in his name by a group of prominent friends. The collection was titled King LA and featured some of the late rapper’s most successful singles.
