Lil Durk has been charged in a murder-for-hire scheme allegedly targeting fellow rapper Quando Rondo in connection to the 2020 killing of rising musician King Von in Atlanta.
US Marshals arrested the 32-year-old Chicago rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, Thursday in Florida.
He is being held at the Broward County Jail in Florida without bond but is awaiting to be transferred into federal custody.
Lil Durk has been charged in a murder-for-hire scheme allegedly targeting fellow rapper Quando Rondo in connection to the 2020 killing of rising musician King Von in Atlanta.
Boward County Jail
Lil Durk founded the label Only the Family (OTF) in 2010. He claims that OTF is not a gang after federal charges were filed against five men associated with OTF on October 17 alleging they tried to kill Rondo in 2022 for his alleged involvement in the 2020 shooting death of rapper King Von.
The men named in the suit are Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey, and Asa Houston. Lil Durk is not named as a defendant in the October 17 suit.
Newsweek has contacted representatives for Lil Durk for comment.
According to the indictment obtained by Newsweek, officials allege that people connected to the OTF group used a credit card associated with the organization to book plane tickets to Los Angeles in August 2022 with the intent of locating Rondo.
Security footage showing the August 2022 shooting allegedly involving five men with ties to OTF.
US Central District Court of California
Upon their arrival in Los Angeles, Grant allegedly secured a hotel room for the group and supplied them with firearms. Additionally, he allegedly rented two vehicles that the men used to follow Rondo and his 24-year-old cousin, Saviay’a Robinson.
When Rondo and Robinson stopped at a gas station, Houston, one of the accused, drove into a nearby alley. At this point, Jones, Lindsey, and an unidentified third man allegedly approached and carried out the shooting.
Rondo was not injured but Robinson was fatally wounded.
After the shooting, the men allegedly went to a restaurant to discuss payment. Later that day, a credit card linked to OTF was reportedly used to purchase plane tickets back to Chicago for Wilson, Jones, Lindsey, and Houston.
Who Is Lil Durk?
Lil Durk gained prominence with his drill music style. He started his music career in the early 2010s, rising to fame with his mixtapes, especially Life Ain’t No Joke (2012) and Signed to the Streets (2013).
In 2015, Durk signed with Def Jam Recordings, releasing his debut studio album, Remember My Name. His career continued to grow with subsequent projects, such as Lil Durk 2X (2016) and Signed to the Streets 3 (2018).
However, his big break came in the late 2010s, especially after collaborating with major artists like Drake on Laugh Now Cry Later (2020), which brought him mainstream attention. In the following years, Durk dropped successful albums, including The Voice (2020) and 7220 (2022), solidifying his place in mainstream hip-hop.
This year, Lil Durk won the Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance for his song “All My Life.”
Lil Durk arrives at the 23rd Harold & Carole Pump Foundation Annual Gala held at The Beverly Hilton on August 18, 2023.
AP Photo
Lil Durk’s History of Legal Trouble
In a separate lawsuit filed earlier this month, Lil Durk is accused of being a part of the August 2020 gang-related shooting that killed rapper FBG Duck.
FBG Duck, whose real name was Carlton Weekly, was shot in the Gold Coast by a group of masked men as he waited to enter the Dolce & Gabbana store.
In May 2019, Lil Durk released the song “Turn Myself In” before surrendering to police for his alleged connection in a February 2019 shooting.
Lil Durk faced five felony charges: criminal attempt to commit murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, and gang activity.
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