What we know about the alleged murder-for-hire

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Chicago rapper Lil Durk was arrested in Florida on Thursday on murder-for-hire charges, following the arrests of five men affiliated with Lil Durk’s Only The Family hip-hop collective who were also charged with murder-for-hire in a plot that allegedly targeted rapper Quando Rondo in retaliation for the 2020 murder of rapper King Von.

Lil Durk was arrested Thursday in Florida on charges of murder for hire. (Photo of Prince … (+) Williams/FilmMagic)

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Key facts

Lil Durk, 32, whose real name is Durk Devontay Banks, is being held in a Broward County, Florida, jail following his arrest Thursday, according to Broward County. arrest records.

Arrest records say Lil Durk was arrested on murder-for-hire charges, but the exact nature of his involvement in an alleged murder-for-hire plot is unclear.

Earlier Thursday, five men — Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston — who prosecutors say have ties to Only The Family, were arrested in Chicago and appeared in Dirksen U.S. Court. , he Chicago Grandstand reported.

According to an indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, charges against the five men include conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death and use of a machine gun resulting in death.

Prosecutors alleged that the five men conspired in 2022 to kill rapper Quando Rondo in retaliation for a 2020 altercation between his team and King Von’s team that involved an exchange of gunfire that killed King Von, for which Timothy “Lul Quando Rondo affiliate Tim” Leeks was accused of murder.

Prosecutors say the five men traveled to Los Angeles to shoot and kill Quando Rondo in his car, but their shooting killed his cousin, Saviay’a Robinson, known as Lul Pab, who was a passenger in the vehicle.

Forbes has contacted representatives for Lil Durk and attorneys for the five men arrested in Chicago.

Who is Lil Durk?

Lil Durk is a Chicago rapper who formed the group Only The Family in 2010, with which he has released six albums. King Von was a member of Only The Family before his murder. Lil Durk had his breakthrough in the 2010s after signing with Def Jam Records and releasing the albums “Remember My Name” in 2015 and “Lil Durk 2X” in 2016. He later signed with Alamo Records and earned his first nominations for the Grammy for “Laugh Now.” Cry Later,” a collaboration with Drake, in 2021. He topped the Billboard 200 for the first time with “7220” in 2022 and released his biggest hit, “All My Life,” his Grammy-winning collaboration with J. Cole. in 2023.

Key background

King Von, whose real name is Dayvon Daquan Bennett, was shot dead outside a hookah lounge in Atlanta in the early hours of Nov. 6, 2020. Local police said King Von’s group was involved in an argument with another group led by Quando Rondo, and the “argument quickly escalated into shots” around 3:20 am, resulting in six people shot and two dead. Surveillance footage posted by TMZ appeared to show King Von throwing punches at Quando Rondo and his team, which cited anonymous sources claiming that King Von’s team approached Quando Rondo while he was napping in his car. Two weeks after the shooting, Quando Rondo released a song seemingly addressing his role in the incident titled “end of story.” He claimed the shooting was in “self-defense,” rapping, “he should have never put his hands on me, look at the footage, that’s all the evidence.”

Surprising fact

Before his arrest, Lil Durk was promoting his next album, “Deep Thoughts,” which will be released on November 22. He had released several new songs in October, including “Late Checkout,” which he released two weeks ago.