What up gang. Back with the real you know what’s the deal. When it comes to talent, Chicago has made a name for itself as what many label the place where drill started. But that came with a price. Many with that same talent lived the street life and was murked before they could enjoy their success. One such legend in the Chiraq streets, was LA Capone.
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Bro was on the way to change the game, but the opps was creeping in the shadows and from the looks of it, someone might have backdoored bro and handed him on a silver platter to the opps. At the end of his life story, will you come to the same conclusion? Let’s chop it up and break it down.
Leonard Anderson known as the legend LA Capone came up in Southside Chicago as a kid. His parents would split so LA became the man of the household with his moms and his sisters
From as young as 4 years old, LA was already showing signs of how smart he was, reading books and playing with rhyming https://youtu.be/lY0YA77efyw (7:49-8:03) Between then and the age of 5, he was already showing signs of the rapper to be https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (1:51-1:55) LA was spitting bars already as a lil jit https://youtu.be/J5jGV0xvFV4 (10:42-11:20)
Still a youngin, his moms didn’t want him to grow up without having time with his pops
so for 5 years she sent him out to live with his ole man https://youtu.be/-ya6Nqwfj3Y (8:48-9:23) Moving out there LA got to see a whole different world and experience life from a different perspective. He was making friends with families that had weight in the hip hop game like TI and Wayne’s daughters who had their own group The OMG Girlz https://youtu.be/RVHWpcdS11Y (3:39-4:00)
Around 8 grade, tragedy struck and LA experienced a big loss when his pops passed. He moved back to Chicago when he was around 12 in 2010 and was in culture shock returning to the environment back home https://youtu.be/-ya6Nqwfj3Y (11:02-11:06) https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (17:45-17:52) https://youtu.be/-ya6Nqwfj3Y (10:27-10:41) Even down to LA Capone’s drip was now like the A https://youtu.be/-ya6Nqwfj3Y (10:42-10:57) LA seemed to lose connection with the trenches, but that savage blood was in him. Bro was back outside like he never left, letting that Capone presence be felt once more https://youtu.be/-ya6Nqwfj3Y (11:06-12:05)
When them teenage years hit, that’s when LA started becoming LA fr. His bar game got crazier and his ties to the streets were growing deeper https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (1:51-1:58) He linked up with savages like RondoNumbaNine and Tay600 who was like his ride or die partners, the drill amigos https://youtu.be/MoIKN_3nCKY (3:47-4:05)
The 600 Black Disciples gang became a part of him and he repped it heavy https://youtu.be/jDEi2nCPBck (0:14-0:19)
But LA was more than just a super savage. You see bro out there thugging it but behind all that bro was a honor student, an MVP football athlete,
And had his diploma
If bro really just focused on music and not have his foot still in the streets, ain’t no telling how great he could have become https://youtu.be/lY0YA77efyw (6:13-6:17) https://youtu.be/mHwEDFN7a54 (1:20-1:26) https://youtu.be/lY0YA77efyw (7:38-8:03) https://youtu.be/-ya6Nqwfj3Y (7:55-8:13) https://youtu.be/mHwEDFN7a54 (2:00-2:07)
The streets became his second home and right around that time the music scene in Chicago was taking off. Chief and Durk nem was popping off and LA fit right in with the OTF and 300 camp https://youtu.be/jDEi2nCPBck (6:27-6:42)
From there the music was on go time. LA popped out with his first music video for the banger “Murder.” The entire gang was in the music video as LA let the opps know if they want smoke bodies dropping https://youtu.be/Crz8OzEFCtM (0:45-0:59)
TRENCH FACTS: LA Capone and opp FBG Butta
were neighbors as babies who were close because their moms knew each other, but when they grew up they became opps due to gang affiliations, not even knowing they grew up together as babies https://youtu.be/RVHWpcdS11Y (0:21-1:48)
LA kept applying pressure, linking up with his mans RondoNumbaNine for tracks like “Facedown” https://youtu.be/qC7QGtoqxR0
The heat just kept coming, LA had the bars, energy, and he had this melodic flow that had heads bopping in tracks like “Some More” featuring Huncho Hoodo https://youtu.be/ppVZK3CAq7A (1:52-2:25)
At first his moms didn’t believe him when he said he wanted to rap, but once she heard him on the track “SixDouble0” he had everyone down https://youtu.be/pIOIPhB0wP8 (2:58-3:33) https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (2:35-3:09) https://youtu.be/lY0YA77efyw (7:14-7:23) His unc nem used to pay for studio sessions and LA would rip the mic https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (20:40-21:00)
As his buzz grew, so did his notoriety in the trenches, even being co-signed by the young demon himself, King Von
LA seemed like the next up, him and his homie RondoNumbaNine was making moves and even touring with Durk https://youtu.be/jDEi2nCPBck (6:06-6:25) It was up, but the opps wasn’t tryna let that fame be stuck and tried to take bro out. September 29th 2012, the opps slid on bro https://youtu.be/mHwEDFN7a54 (3:28-3:32) According to Tay 600 who was there when he got poled up. They were chilling on the block walking from 600 to front street but made the mistake of leaving the straps behind. An opp dipped out a store and started bussing. Tay nem went one way and LA dipped through another street tryna get away but the opp wanted him and didn’t stop until he hit LA up https://youtu.be/oDcUM9IZDgQ (4:08-5:44) By that time it was like dudes was desensitized and accustom to the violence so much that instead of panicking they was their talking then jonzing in the hospital https://youtu.be/oDcUM9IZDgQ (2:11-2:55) https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (16:49-17:42)
LA Capone ate them shots and popped back out like it was nothing. Bro was out with a vengeance with tracks like “Play For Keeps” with RondoNumbaNine with cameos from Tay 600 and Durkio
LA Capone was just different and reaching into convo’s with major labels wanting to sign him. What’s eerie about what happened next, was that he had a convo with his moms about moving to Atlanta because TI was chatting him up about singing to Grand Hustle and also had other label meetings in the works https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (4:54-5:20) LA never got to have the opportunity to see where those meetings would have taken his career, because the time on his life was about to come to an end. September 26th 2013, LA Capone went to his court appointment to get probation for riding in a stolo with the squad. His moms spoke with him and got the breakdown of how court went and LA went to studio after https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (3:43-4:33) That was earlier in the day, but LA went to another studio later on and that’s where tragedy struck https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (4:35-4:46)
That particular studio was giving vibes recently that felt off, but they recorded there before so they didn’t think nothing of it. LA’s unc Bleek Capone
had a convo with the guy who owns the studio and they agreed not to let LA come through while other people were there because some chatter was heard by folks wanting to be on some drama with LA https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (10:47-11:07) Before that day, LA nem was calling ole boy to come through but he wasn’t picking up his phone the whole time. Right up to the 25th they called and got through but he told em not to come cause other people were there. LA wanted to record the song “Brother” to send it to Durk nem because he wanted to drop his tape on November 1st https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (11:10-11:32) The following day on the 26th, dude called telling em slide through, but what’s strange, when LA got there, other people was at the stu too https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (12:22-12:39) LA told Bleek after he dropped him that there were other dudes so it may not be the best place for Bleek shawty to be so he’ll handle his biz and hit him up later. That changed Bleek’s original plans to stay with him in the stu. Who knows, if he did things might have turned out different https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (15:07-15:25)
LA finished recording and went out the back. LA then went down the steers and walked down the alley https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (1:00-1:18)
As LA was walking down the alley, his homie JB Bin Laden,
was on top the stairs and saw the opps creeping up and tried to warn LA, but they already got the drop on him and shot him two times https://youtu.be/n-0rDCNKZvQ (1:43-2:31) https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (2:05-2:40) One of the bullets reopened his old wound around his leg area where the first bullet was still lodged and the blood was gushing https://youtu.be/oDcUM9IZDgQ (3:38-3:59) His homie would rush to his side as LA was loosing hella blood on the floor and its like LA knew this time he wasn’t going to make it cause he said the words “bro, tell my mom nem I love em ion think imma make it” https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (7:52-8:25)
Everyone was rushing to the hospital. Durk, Tay, everybody. The hospital was about 200 strong, that’s the kind of love LA had in the streets https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (6:40-6:45) https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (8:36-8:40) Momma Capone and everyone else wasn’t really bugging at first because the first time LA was hit it was all smiles and bro acting normal so everyone was thinking this time is the same https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (5:25-6:32) https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (16:49-17:02) But the scenery this time started to look different, homicide detectives was there asking questions and all that jazz https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (16:18-16:42) Then when Momma Capone stepped out in the elevator and heard her moms screaming from way on the 5th floor, she knew she lost her son LA https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (9:06-9:33) https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (6:51-7:54)
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The news messed up everyone. Momma Capone had to step away because it was too much for her to even begin to process or accept. They lost LA https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (7:57-8:21) It’s heartbreaking hearing his moms talk about seeing him on his death bed because she recalls tear marks by his eyes and she was wondering if bro tried calling out for her when realizing he wasn’t going to make it https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (8:54-9:30) https://youtu.be/CPjk7CU0rZc (6:25-6:50) As a mom that can’t be easy for her to stomach man, that’s what these youngins now that don’t even live in the hood fail to understand when they’re promoting the gang life. People really out there getting murked, families and mommas really mourning and hurting.
LA Capone’s homie RondoNumbaNine was going through it and the perfect opportunity later presented itself to take out that rage on February 14th 2014 after an altercation happened involving a shawty they knew. Unfortunately him and Cdai
Ended up murking the wrong person, an innocent taxi driver, Javan Boyd
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They hit Cdai with 38 years and RondoNumbaNine with 39 years after being found guilty of first degree murder. With them numbers bro would be leaving prison in around 2056 https://youtu.be/12Jn-4UedhI (0:00-0:09)
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I did a video on RondoNumbaNine so you can check it out for the full breakdown of his life and the case.
The opps thought they had won, but cops arrested three suspects for the hit on LA Capone’s life. Michael Mays
Meiko Buchanan
And Sakhee Hardy-Johnson aka Lil Mick
All three hating on LA Capone’s shine was found guilty and sentenced behind bars after they turned snitch when seeing they weren’t ever going to get out.
They ratted on each other stating who was the driver, the hitter, how they got the straps before going to the studio, waiting in the car while watching LA get murked, everything
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The judge dropped 45 years on Buchanan’s head top. Hit Mays with a 24 year combo,
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and Lil Mick won the biggest prize of 60 years
Details would reveal that the hitters were affiliated with 051, rivals of 600 and they murked LA Capone in retaliation for their fallen comrade 051 Fathead because he was alleged to be involved in the Fathead’s hit
LA’s legacy lives on in his friends, fam, and his posthumous tapes “Separate Myself” and “King L’A” that keep his impact on the industry alive.
LA Capone had just celebrated his 17th birthday a week before he got got https://youtu.be/oDcUM9IZDgQ (1:59-2:07) He would have been there right next to Durk nem with momma Capone seeing her son be great, but the streets stole that from him and her.
Long Live LA Capone https://youtu.be/ak0lFNxbbvA (1:09-1:59)
So there you have it. Thanks for kicking it with yah boy, appreciate the love and support. Catch ya’ll in the next one. Peace up and peace out https://youtu.be/wKCBrcFNQ6A (11:57-12:48)
Chad is a professional journalist specializing in Hip-Hop culture and writing music reviews.
