Chicago had its deadliest January in more than a decade after the city recorded a total of 292 people wounded…

Chicago, nicknamed Chiraq for its high rate of violence, led the nation in homicides in 2014.

“I’m just a nappy head n-gga, but the thoughts count.”
– DaWeirdo

“It seem like it ain’t no hope for my city nomo…How we steady killing our own f-cking ppl? Who gone raise our children to be future leaders if you not?”
– Dreezy

Two teenagers were among six people shot at a laundromat Monday night in the South Shore neighborhood in Chicago.

Venzel, a freshman at Dunbar Vocational High School, was well liked by many and known for his comedic nature and bopping skills.

Venzel Richardson is the latest teen lost to gun violence in Chicago.

“I’m high off this Tooka pack, I’m high off this Aiki pack, I’m high off this Tutu pack, smoking on this JayLoud, smoking on that Fat Head”
– Chief Keef, “War”

“I been through it all, I done seen a lot before/Got damn man, why my homie had to go/I can’t even hang with my homie no more/For my dead guys, my niggas go out and blow.”
– Lil Jay, “Why”

“I don’t know how to begin planning a funeral for my son. I don’t know what to do. It just feel like there’s a weight sitting right here on my chest. My chest just hurt. Can’t nothing in the world prepare you for that. When I woke up yesterday morning, I didn’t think when I went to bed last night that my son wasn’t going to be here no more.”
– L’A Capone’s mom Dedra Morris