The rapper Lil Durk has reportedly been arrested and charged in a murder-for-hire plot.
It comes just hours after five alleged members of his OTF collective were accused of taking part in a murder-for-hire plot targeting rapper Quando Rondo and shooting his cousin.
Lil Durk, whose real name is Durk Banks, was arrested by Broward County Police in Florida on Thursday night – according to XXLMag
The website reported that the rapper is being held at Broward County Jail pending transfer of custody to US Marshals.
His arrest comes hours after five other men were arrested in connection with the shooting in August 2022.
Lil Durk, whose real name is Durk Banks, was arrested by Broward County Police in Florida on Thursday night. XXLMag reported that the rapper is being held at Broward County Jail pending transfer of custody to US Marshals
Five people who are allegedly members of rapper Lil Durk’s OTF collective have been accused of taking part in a murder-for-hire plot targeting rapper Quando Rondo (pcitured) and shooting his cousin
The charges against the five men, which were unsealed yesterday by a US District Court in Los Angeles, include conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, committing murder-for-hire involving a death, and use of a machine gun in a violent crime resulting in death.
If they are found guilty they could face the death penalty.
The indictment claims that the men charged – Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston – all have ties to the ‘Only the Family’ also known as OTF.
OTF is a hip-hop collective set up by Chicago South Side rapper Lil Durk who was a mentor of fellow rapper King Von.
The plot to shoot Quando Rando is allegedly due to his suspected involvement in the 2020 death of King Von.
King Von, real name Dayvon Bennett, was killed during a brawl outside a hookah lounge in Atlanta in November 2020.
Following his death, an unnamed co-conspirator who is part of OTF offered money and ‘lucrative music opportunities’ to anyone who would kill Quando Rondo.
In August 2022, a gunman opened fire on Quando Rondo, whose real name is Terrell Bowman, while he was at a gas station in West Hollywood with his sister and cousin.
Bowman and his sister were uninjured but his cousin, 24-year-old Saviay’a Robinson, was shot multiple times and died.
The indictment claims that after tracking Bowman down in LA, Grant rented a hotel room on August 18 2022. He later met his co-conspirators and armed with several firearms they rented a car to track down Bowman’s black Cadillac – The Chicago Tribune reported.
The flights and rental cars were paid for with credit cards linked to OTF, according to prosecutors.
A surveillance image including the indictment showed Grant’s BMW rental following Bowman’s Cadillac.
The plot to shoot Quando Rando is allegedly due to his suspected involvement in the 2020 death of King Von (pictured)
OTF is a hip-hop collective set up by Chicago South Side rapper Lil Durk (pictured) who was a mentor of fellow rapper King Von
Once he was at the gas station, Houston drove down an alley and let Jones and Lindsey and another unidentified person out.
A surveillance video allegedly captured the men aiming their firearms and shooting the car, killing Robinson.
After carrying out the attack the men went to a hamburger restaurant where they allegedly discussed payment.
The next day Wilson, Jones, Lindsey and Houston flew back to Chicago from San Diego.
OTF was founded by Lil Durk more than a decade ago as Chicago’s drill rap scene began to gain traction.
Lil Durk is among the most successful drill rappers to come out of Chicago. The genre is famous for its hyper-violent lyrics and often focus on gang feuds.
In August 2020, another Chicago rapper was killed in a drive-by shooting. FBG Duck, born Carlton Weekly, was shot dead in broad daylight while shopping in boutiques in the Gold Coast area of Chicago.
Three weeks before the attack, Weekly released a music video for his song ‘Dead B***hes,’ in which he made what police have characterized as ‘derogatory statements’ about members of the rival Black Disciples gang who have died.
The five men who are alleged members of the collective were arrested yesterday in the Chicago area yesterday.
