Wallo267 has shed more light on his viral plea to Lil Durk.
The podcaster and activist spoke about the moment on the latest episode of Club Shay Shay, seen above, several years after he warned Durk not to seek revenge for King Von’s 2020 murder.
That clip, which resurfaced after Durk’s 2024 murder-for-hire arrest, showed Wallo breaking down in tears while addressing his brother’s fatal shooting and his decision to forgive the killer.
Wallo told Shannon Sharpe he delivered the impassioned speech after Durk invited him to Chicago to speak with members of his crew.
“It was so emotional because Durk said, ‘I need you to come here… I need you to talk to [them],’” Wallo recalled. “That’s what he told me. He said, ‘I need you to talk to them, Wallo.’ I said, ‘All right, I’ll talk to them.”
Wallo admitted he didn’t know what to expect but found himself in a Chicago basement with 100 people, many of whom were willing to risk their lives for revenge.
“When I’m talking to them ... I understand that nothing is more important in the ghetto than revenge,” Wallo explained. “Revenge is king, the closest thing to God. Because the Black man is willing to die about his ego. The ego killed more Black men than any other disease. Nothing killed Black men more than the ego.”
He continued: “It was emotional for me because I’m letting them know [that] the man that killed my brother, I forgave him. Am I a coward? Am I a punk? I don’t know what that shit means, but I knew that forgiving him meant that I was willing to live for my brother in an environment where we celebrate dying for somebody.”
Wallo said he determined that avenging his brother’s death would only perpetuate a cycle of violence, which extends far beyond the perpetrator and victim. He pointed to the night of his brother’s shooting and how he died in his grandma’s arms.
Wallo said he never wanted to be responsible for such a heartbreaking scene, which is why he will always chose peace over violence.
“I said, ‘No. I’m going to live for my brother, my grandma, my brother’s kids, my mama,'” he said. “I’m going just tell you something, Shannon. I’m not built like that—to go kill no Black man. I’m not built like that. I’m not designed like that. I’m not tough like that. I’m not ruthless like that. I’m not heartless like that. That’s just not me ... I don’t give a fuck how I die, I don’t care what happen, but if a Black man kill me, you’re going to hear my scream until life end … You’re going to hear my pain. My tears is going to flood the ghettos of America.”
Wallo said there were a lot of smart people who grew up around violence but didn’t have the resources to leave the environment. He acknowledged that it would take a lot of work to fix the situation, as many people are “programmed” to be callous and show no signs of vulnerability.
“It started from when a little boy is young and he’s playing on the swing and he falls, he starts crying,” Wallo explained. "'Boy be tough! Don’t cry!’ We’re taught to ignore and bury our emotions and our feelings and our vulnerability. That’s not cool. ... It’s a real big programming that took place by us alone. So, how do we come up out of that? It’s going to be deep. It’s going to take a lot.”
The interview took place about four months after Durk was arrested for an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting Quando Rondo. Prosecutors allege Durk and five others conspired to kill Quando over his suspected involvement with King Von’s death. Durk’s trial is reportedly set for October.