Durk Devontay Banks, known professionally as Lil Durk, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. Regarded as a preeminent artist in the drill music genre, Durk has also been cited as one of its pioneers. Along with his aforementioned Grammy Award, he is a four-time nominee of the award.
He founded the Chicago-based collective and record label Only the Family (OTF) in 2010, for which he serves as lead member. The group, having released six albums, included slain rapper King Von.
On Thursday (Oct. 24), Durk was taken into custody in Broward County, Fla., XXL has confirmed via police records. The 32-year-old Chicago rapper, born Durk Banks, faces a charge of murder-for-hire and is being held without bond. He is currently in the Broward County Jail pending transfer of custody to U.S. Marshals. There are no further details on his arrest at this time.
Durk’s arrest comes hours after five Chicago natives and alleged OTF affiliates were arrested and charged with murder-for-hire and murder-for-hire conspiracy in connection to the 2022 murder of rapper Quando Rondo’s 24-year-old cousin Saviay’a Robinson in Los Angeles. — Source
Federal prosecutors in California announced the grand jury indictment Thursday of Kavon London Grant, AKA “Vonnie” … Deandre Dontrell Wilson, AKA “DeDe” … Keith Jones, AKA “Flacka” … David Brian Lindsey, AKA “Browneyez” … and Asa Houston, AKA “Boogie.”
Prosecutors claim the August ’22 shooting stems directly from the November 2020 altercation in Atlanta where Quando’s associate Lul Timm shot and killed King Von after a fight broke out.
According to the indictment the alleged OTF gang members set up a bounty and used a credit card that was associated with the label to book plane tickets to travel from Chicago to California in order to hunt down Quando after learning his whereabouts.
Feds claim Grant flew himself on a private jet from Miami to Cali to oversee the deadly operation, and secured the hotel rooms and other necessary tools used to carry out the hit.
The feds claim Grant helped procure cars, ski masks and firearms to carry out the deadly plan, including renting the BMW and Infiniti sedans fitted with fake license plates the group allegedly used.
Prosecutors believe Quando was the intended target and was sitting in the vehicle at the time — but the bullets wound up ripping through his cousin, Saviay’a Robinson, instead.
A distraught Quando struggled to speak to investigators on the scene, and prosecutors say the Chicago group flew out the next day.
We’re told Houston and Jones are scheduled for hearings in Chicago on Monday. The other three waived their right to a hearing in Chicago and will be sent to Los Angeles.
Durk and Quando cooled off the back-and-forth exchanges shortly after and resumed their rap careers. Ironically, they both have albums dropping November. — Source
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