Lil Durk has been charged with murder-for-hire, allegedly targeting fellow rapper Quando Rondo in connection with the 2020 murder of rising musician King Von in Atlanta.

US Marshals arrested the 32-year-old Chicago rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, in Florida on Thursday.

He is being held without bond at the Broward County Jail in Florida but is awaiting transfer to federal custody.

Lil Durk founded the label Only the Family (OTF) in 2010. He claims OTF is not a gang after federal charges were filed Oct. 17 against five men associated with OTF, alleging they tried to kill Rondo in 2022 over his alleged involvement in the murder. 2020 shooting death of rapper King Von.

The men named in the lawsuit 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 lawsuit.

Newsweek has reached out to representatives for Lil Durk for comment.

According to the complaint obtained by NewsweekOfficials allege that people associated with the OTF group used a credit card belonging to the organization to book plane tickets to Los Angeles in August 2022 with the intention of locating Rondo.

Upon their arrival in Los Angeles, Grant allegedly arranged a hotel room for the group and provided them with firearms. In addition, 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 suspects, drove into a nearby alley. At this point, Jones, Lindsey and an unknown third man allegedly carried out the shooting.

Rondo was not injured, but Robinson was fatally injured.

After the shooting, the men went to a restaurant to discuss payment. Later that day, a credit card linked to OTF was reportedly used to purchase plane tickets to Chicago for Wilson, Jones, Lindsey and Houston.

Who is Lil Durk?

Lil Durk rose to prominence with his drill music style. He started his music career in early 2010 and became famous mainly with his mixtapes Life is no joke (2012) and Drawn on the street (2013).

In 2015, Durk signed with Def Jam Recordings and released his debut studio album, Remember my name. His career continued to grow with subsequent projects such as Lil Durk2X (2016) and Signed on street 3 (2018).

However, his big break came in the late 2010s, especially after collaborating with major artists like Drake Laugh now, cry later (2020), which brought him mainstream attention. In the following years, Durk released successful albums, including The voice (2020) and 7220 (2022), cementing 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’s history of legal troubles

In a separate lawsuit filed earlier this month, Lil Durk is accused of being part of the August 2020 gang-related shooting that left rapper FBG Duck dead.

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 during a February 2019 shooting.

Lil Durk faced five charges: attempted murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and gang activity.

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