How did you pass the time, locked in a cage at such a young age? But because we gangbangin, the charge becomes way different. Nowadays, when you’re older, gang enhancements add like nine years to your one-year gun charge! We were young, we were on a charge that should have been like one week. We got in a fight and they called it “assault with a deadly weapon.” With gang enhancements, we were in jail for months. It was just a fight though, you know? Some of these niggas get in fights and get suspended from school. We went to jail for beating this kid’s ass at McDonalds. Along with my brother, free Shootergang Jojo. Shootergang Kony: I went down for assault with a deadly weapon. Shootergang Kony: Gang enhancement got me charged at 15 years old. That adds three more years, five more years, whatever.Ĭalifornia has ridiculous gang enhancement sentencing laws. Once you have that probation on you, they get you on gun charges and all that when you’re older. I’m still on probation! For nine years now, and I have three more to go. That’s tight, you feel me? But it’s not tight when you’re older, and you realize you can’t even leave your city without checking in with your probation officer. Shootergang Kony: When you’re 12 and you’re on probation, you think it’s tight! You’re the only boy in your school that’s been to jail. What is it like, coming of age under those conditions? You just don’t grow up fast enough, and you fuck up before you’re able to figure it out. Especially if you’re gangbangin and shit. Probation will have you going back down for the rest of your life. At that age, I went down for shoplifting, and from there, you’re caught. Shootergang Kony: Yup, I’ve been on probation since I was 12 years old. In a few of these songs, you reference being harassed by cops and the criminal justice system since you were 12 years old. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. PoW spoke with Shootergang Kony in anticipation of the tour and on the heels of his excellent new project, Red Paint Reverend. And despite being harassed by parole officers for as long as he can remember, he’s about to travel the country and embark on a 20-city tour with SOB x RBE. Despite hailing from the capital of the biggest state in America, he knows that his career provides a very rare opportunity to put his city on. He’s lived quite a lot in such a short time, and for the first time in his 21 years, he’s finally looking toward the future. Shootergang Kony carries the weight of both his slain brothers and the commercial viability of an entire city’s music scene. For those listeners not acquainted with Brotha Lynch Hung, this is the first time that the city has ever “mattered” nationally. The prodigious talent is leading an invigorating wave of Sacramento hip-hop right now. Shootergang Kony, a young man with a rapidly-metastasizing legacy, will be here for a long time. To change it would dishonor the memory of fallen brothers. But the 21-year-old Sacramento native says he has no plans to go by any other title. He knows his name makes it harder to reach the radio or the charts, and easier to land a lengthy criminal sentence with gang enhancements. His attorneys are often pleading about it. Shootergang Kony has been asked to switch up his name, many times. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. More tracks like Shootergang Jojo ft.We’re trying to get a big bank we can fit all into one hand.Playlists containing Shootergang Jojo ft.Users who reposted Shootergang Jojo ft.Oh That Was The Last Drop.???? Comment by YS babyreeĭid you get that drop yet?\ Comment by Doobie On Tha Slapįollow my IG Comment by Doobie On Tha Slap You can submit Bay Area music to or for guaranteed placement
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