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Shondale “Tooka” Gregory

Posted inViolence

Op-Ed: King Von, Drill Music, Parkway Gardens, and South Side Chicago

by Kulwa Apara December 9, 2020December 11, 2020

est in peace King Von. I wonder if your afterlife will be more peaceful than your Earthly life. Both you and Michelle Obama are from the South Side of Chicago, from the same notorious housing complex of Parkway Gardens stretching from 63rd to 66th Street along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. But time and […]

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