MIAMI – Grammy award-winning rapper Lil Durk was arrested in Florida on Thursday by U.S. Marshals and now faces murder-for-hire charges, according to multiple media reports.
The 32-year-old Chicago rapper, whose real name is Durk Devontay Banks, was booked into the Broward County jail and is being held without bail.
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NBC News reported his arrest comes as five people associated with his hip hop collective, “Only the Family,” were arrested on a federal indictment in California. They are accused of committing a murder for hire that resulted in death and was allegedly done in revenge for the death of a fellow group member.
They were identified as Kavon London Grant, aka “Vonnie”; Deandre Dontrell Wilson, aka “DeDe”; Keith Jones, aka “Flacka”; David Brian Lindsey, aka “Browneyez” and Asa Houston, aka “Boogie,” according to Local 10.
Prosecutors allege that OTF is a gang whose members killed a cousin of rapper Quando Rondo in August 2022 in retaliation for the fatal shooting of rapper King Von.
Police said King Von was fatally shot in November 2020 in Atlanta after a fight broke out.
It’s unclear whether Durk’s arrest is related to the same shooting as his associates.
