BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Grammy Award-winning Chicago rapper “Lil Durk” was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Florida on Thursday night on charges connected to an alleged murder-for-hire plot.
According to jail records, 32-year-old “Lil Durk,” whose birth name is Durk Devontay Banks, was booked into the Broward County Jail. Prosecutors allege he ordered the killing of fellow rapper Quondo Rondo, with whom Durk and associates have had a violent feud dating back to 2020.
Just hours ahead of his arrest, five members of his hip-hop group, “Only the Family” (OTF), were indicted on federal charges in Los Angeles. The indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Thursday, charged Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey, and Asa Houston.
Those named in the indictment are facing charges including conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, committing murder-for-hire resulting in death, as well as the use of, carry and discharge of firearms and a machinegun in the furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death.
“OTF also acts as an association-in-fact of individuals who engage in violence, including murder and assault, at the direction of Banks,” FBI special agent Sarah Corcoran testified in Miami.
Rondo survived a shooting in LA two years ago, but his cousin was killed. Investigators said Rondo was targeted because he was suspected of being involved in the death of emerging Chicago rapper King Von in 2020 in Atlanta.
Banks was sued earlier this month in the fatal shooting of FBG Duck outside a Gold Coast store in 2020.
