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Rapper Lil Durk charged with murder-for-hire
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Rapper Lil Durk charged with murder-for-hire

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot against rapper Quando Rondo for his alleged involvement in the 2020 murder of rising musician King Von in Atlanta.

The “All My Life” hitmaker, whose real name is Durk Derrick Banks, is currently being held without bond in Florida’s Broward County Jail.

Federal charges have been filed against Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston, according to the indictment in US District Court in Los Angeles obtained by TMZ.

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk has been charged with murder-for-hire. Broward County Sheriff’s Office

Prosecutors allege that all five men named in the indictment have ties to the rap group “Only the Family” (OTF), founded by Lil Durk in 2010.

Although the 32-year-old Chicago resident has not been named as a defendant, he has strongly denied claims that OTF is a gang.

Officials allege the men staged the August 2022 shooting in Los Angeles, California, in direct retaliation for the 2020 death of rising rapper King Von.

Von was fatally shot by Quando’s associate Lul Timm after a heated argument.

The “All My Life” hitmaker, whose real name is Durk Derrick Banks, is currently being held without bond in Florida’s Broward County Jail. Amy Harris/Invisie/AP

According to the indictment, officials allege the men used an OTF-associated credit card to purchase airline tickets to Los Angeles in August 2022. It is said that the purpose of the trip was to search for Quando Rondo.

Once there, Grant allegedly booked a hotel room for the men to stay, where he provided them with firearms, prosecutors said.

Grant also allegedly rented two cars that the men used to follow Rondo and his 24-year-old cousin Saviay’a Robinson.

After the pair stopped for gas, Houston reportedly drove into a nearby alley before Jones, Lindsey and a third unknown man carried out the shooting.

The murder-for-hire plot is said to be aimed at rapper Quando Rondo. @quando_rondo/Instagram

Rondo was not injured in the shooting, but Robinson was fatally wounded.

After the shooting, the defendants went to a nearby diner to discuss payment, the complaint said.

That same day, the credit card was used to purchase plane tickets for Wilson, Jones, Lindsey and Houston to travel back to Chicago.

Prosecutors said that on the same day as the shooting, an unnamed co-conspirator used an OTF-associated credit card to purchase plane tickets for Wilson, Jones, Lindsey and Houston to return to Chicago.

Rising musician King Von was murdered in Atlanta in 2020. WireImage

According to TMZ, Jones and Houston have hearings scheduled for Monday in Chicago. Grant, Wilson and Lindsey have waived their right to a hearing and will instead be sent to Los Angeles.

The Post has reached out to Lil Durk’s reps for comment.

It is not the first time that Lil Durk has come into contact with the police.

He previously faced five charges related to his alleged connection to a February 2019 shooting.

After surrendering to police in May 2019, he was charged with attempted murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and gang activity.

Security footage of the August 2022 shooting reportedly involving the suspects. U.S. Central District Court of California

The artist was part of XXL Magazine’s “Freshman Class” in 2014, along with Chance the Rapper and Rich Homie Quan.

Earlier this year, Lil Durk became a Grammy-winning rapper with his hit “All My Life.” He had previously received four nominations.