Surveillance videos also showed Rondo helping "Lul Timm" get to the hospital afterwards. There was footage of Von throwing punches at Quando Rondo's crew, prior to the gunfight. Quando and his entourage claimed that they were acting in self-defense and Von was the aggressor TMZ reported that previous to the brawl, Quando was napping in a car outside the nightclub, awaking to find King Von and his crew angrily approaching him and his associates. On November 6, 2020, an altercation broke out between the crews of rappers King Von and Quando Rondo outside an Atlanta nightclub, leading to a shoot-out that resulted in the death of King Von. "While it's possible for a senior to be over eighteen years old, some think it's a strange decision for Quando to be going public with his new girl, given the fact that she may be underage", wrote HotNewHipHop. In October 2021, then-22-year-old Rondo was harshly criticized after it was revealed he was allegedly in a romantic relationship with a girl who was a Senior in high school at the time. In March 2019, YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Quando Rondo were sued by Carl Capers, who worked as a DJ and tour manager for YoungBoy, for attacking him at their concert in December 2018. The mixtape has no features, consisting of 15 tracks and three bonus records. įollowing months of controversy surrounding his alleged involvement in King Von's death, Quando released his fourth mixtape, Still Taking Risks, on May 7, 2021. He released his debut studio album, QPac, on January 10, 2020. In February 2019, Quando Rondo released the single "Scarred from Love", which appeared on his third mixtape, From the Neighborhood to the Stage, released on May 10, 2019.
He went on to open for SOB X RBE on select tour dates in the United States on their "Global Gangin" tour, which was scheduled to end in December 2018. The album featured guest verses from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Rich Homie Quan, and Boosie Badazz. On September 24, 2018, Quando Rondo released his second mixtape, Life After Fame. The following month, Quando Rondo was featured on three of the four tracks of YoungBoy Never Broke Again's 4Loyalty EP. In August of that year, he and Kevin Gates were featured on the YoungBoy song, "I Am Who They Say I Am". Later that month, it was announced that he was the first signee to YoungBoy Never Broke Again's Atlantic Records imprint, Never Broke Again, LLC. In June 2018, Quando Rondo released the single "Kiccin' Shit". It accumulated 1 million streams on MyMixtapez in its first two days of release. The album featured "ABG" as well as songs with guest verses from Lil Baby, Lil Durk, and OMB Peezy. On April 17, 2018, he released his first mixtape, Life B4 Fame. The videos for all three songs accumulated millions of views on YouTube. He followed that up with the release of the songs "Motivation" and "Paradise". In January 2018, he released the song "I Remember", featuring rapper Lil Baby. He grew up listening to Chief Keef, Collective Soul, and Fatboy Slim. He is also a fan of the basketball player, Rajon Rondo. His stage name is a play on his nickname, "Quando".
During his teenage years, he also joined the Savannah and Atlanta subset of the Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips. At that time, he decided to pursue music full-time. As a teenager, he spent some time in juvenile detention centers and was released in October 2017. He showed early interest in music as a child. Tyquian Bowman was born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.