Five associates of Chicago rapper King Von have been accused of being hired in Los Angeles two years ago to kill rival rapper Quando Rondo for his alleged involvement in King Von’s 2020 murder.

The indictment was unsealed Thursday in the U.S. Central District Court of California. It charges Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston with conspiracy to commit murder for hire involving death, committing murder for hire involving death and using a machine gun in a violent struggle . crime that results in death.

The indictment alleges that after King Von’s murder, a co-conspirator not named in the indictment offered “money and lucrative music opportunities with OTF” to anyone who participated in the murder of Quando Rondo, whose real name is Tyquian Bowman. Quando Rondo was not injured in the 2022 California shooting, but his cousin, 24-year-old Saviay’a Robinson, was fatally shot.

All five were arrested in Chicago on Thursday and appeared for their initial appearance at the Dirksen federal courthouse, where a judge ordered them all into custody pending trial.

The five were associated with “Only the Family” or “OTF,” a hip-hop collective formed by Chicago rapper Lil Durk that produces and sells drill rap by artists primarily from Chicago, according to the indictment. King Von was a high-ranking member of the group.

King Von, whose real name is Dayvon Bennett, was one of three people killed in a shooting outside an Atlanta club on November 6, 2020.

In August 2022, Wilson allegedly recruited Jones, Lindsey and Houston to travel from Chicago to California after learning that Quando Rondo was staying at a hotel in Los Angeles. According to the indictment, they arranged same-day flights from Chicago to San Diego using a credit card linked to OTF.

Grant, who flew from Miami to Los Angeles on a private jet, is accused of supplying firearms — a weapon modified to function as a fully automatic machine gun — to Jones, Lindsey and an unnamed co-conspirator.

Grant also provided two cars — a white BMW sedan from a rental company and a white Infiniti sedan with fake license plates — that the group used “to find, track and kill Quando Rondo,” the indictment alleges. Grant also booked a hotel room for the group and purchased four ski masks that were reportedly worn during the shooting.

On August 18, 2022, and the next day, the group drove to a hotel where Quando Rondo was staying and waited for him to leave. From the two cars, the group followed Quando Rondo, who was a passenger in a black Cadillac Escalade, throughout the area — to a marijuana dispensary, a clothing store and a gas station, the indictment alleges.

Houston then allegedly drove the Infiniti to an alley behind the gas station and parked it to let Jones, Lindsey and an unnamed co-conspirator out of the car so they could ambush Quando Rondo, the indictment said.

They fired shots at the Escalade, fatally striking Quando Rondo’s cousin, Robinson, who was standing next to the Escalade while Quando Rondo was inside the gas station, the complaint said. Quando Rondo was not injured.

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The defendants and unnamed co-conspirators fled the scene to a hamburger restaurant, where they discussed payments for the shooting. They boarded flights back to Chicago later that day, and according to the indictment, Jones and Lindsey were later paid an unspecified amount for their role in the murder.

The indictment also alleges that Jones and Lindsey were members of street gangs in Chicago.

OTF was founded by Lil Durk in 2010, around the same time the drill rap subgenre emerged. The subgenre is characterized by the monotonous lyrics that refer to gang violence.

Another Chicago drill rapper, FBG Duck, was killed in a gang-related shooting in the Gold Coast in 2020. His mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit this month, Lil tries to link Durk and King Von to the murder.