Rapper Lil Durk accused of murder-for-hire in Florida – NBC New York

Chicago rapper Lil Durk was arrested in Florida on federal murder charges for rent-for-hire charges. The 32-year-old, whose legal name is Durk Banks, was booked into the Broward County Jail.

Jail records show the rapper was arrested by US Marshals between late Thursday and early Friday as he attempted to flee the country.

The U.S. Marshals and representatives for Lil Durk did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment.

According to Billboardthe rapper’s collaborations with Drake on “Laugh Now Cry Later” and J. Cole on “All My Life” peaked at No. 2 on their chart. He won a Grammy for the previous song for Best Melodic Rap Performance in 2024.

While details of the alleged murder plot have not yet been released, the arrest comes as five people with ties to his hip-hop collective ‘Only the Family’ were arrested on a federal indictment in California, accused of committing murder. a contract killing resulting in death. According to the indictment, the men allegedly released a hit song on rapper Quando Rondo in retaliation for the shooting death of another Chicago rapper, King Von, who was part of OTF and collaborated with Lil Durk on music.

The grand jury indicts OTF members Kavon London Grant, known as “Cuz” or “Vonnie,” Deandre Dontrell Wilson, known as “DeDe,” Asa Houston, known as “Boogie,” and five unnamed conspirators, as well as Keith Jones, known as “Flacka,” and David Brian Lindsey, known as “Browneyez,” who are described as “members of other gangs in Chicago.”

Banks is the founder of the OTF, which produces hip-hop music from Chicago artists.

According to the indictment, on November 6, 2020, an OTF member, described only as “DB,” was in a “physical altercation with TB at a nightclub in Atlanta, Georgia.” During the fight, an employee of TB pulled a gun and shot DB multiple times, killing him.” Although authorities did not name DB in the indictment, rapper King Von, whose real name was Dayvon Bennett, was killed on the same date. NBC News reported this at the time. Another man, 34-year-old Mark Blakely, was also killed during the gunfight and four others were injured. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports this.

After DB’s murder, someone described as “co-conspirator 1” used coded language to make it clear that they would “pay a bounty or monetary reward, and/or make a payment to anyone who participated in the murder of TB for his role in DB’s murder. “

Then, on August 18, 2022, when Wilson, Jones, Lindsey, Houston, Grant, and Co-conspirator 2 learned from Illinois that TB was staying at a hotel in Los Angeles, Wilson, Jones, Lindsey, Houston, Grant, and Co-conspirator 2 traveled from Illinois to California to “track, stalk and try to kill the people.” TB caused by gunfire, even with a fully automatic firearm.”

The men followed TB’s black Escalade to a gas station on Beverly Boulevard and fired multiple rounds at the SUV — resulting in the death of SR, a passenger in TB’s vehicle, the documents say.

The indictment against the five men is based on charges of conspiracy and use of interstate facilities to commit murder for murder resulting in death, the use of carrying and discharging firearms and machine guns, the possession of such firearms in furtherance of a violent crime resulting in death, possession of a machine gun and forfeiture.

According to the documents, Wilson paid the bounty to the co-conspirators.

It was not immediately clear whether the men have retained attorneys.