Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for the attempted 2022 revenge killing of rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo's cousin. Durk, 32, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire in the slaying of Saviay'a Robinson, 24, who was shot to death on Aug. 19, 2022, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday. Officials said Durk was arrested Thursday night in South Florida as he attempted to flee the country, the AP reports.
Five other members of Durk's Chicago-based rap collective, "Only the Family," have also been arrested, according to court documents that have been filed. FBI Agent Sarah Corcoran said in her affidavit that OTF members engage "in violence, including murder and assault, at the direction of Banks and to maintain their status in OTF." According to Corcoran's affidavit and other federal court records, the shooting stems from the November 2020 slaying of OTF rapper King Von, 26, at an Atlanta nightclub after Von and Rondo got into a fight. Records say a friend of Rondo's pulled a gun and shot Von several times, killing him.
Authorities say Durk made it known that he would "pay a bounty" to anyone who killed Rondo, whose real name is Tyquian Bowman. Almost two years later, a murder plot came together, Corcoran wrote. Durk and the other defendants are being held pending their transfer to Los Angeles, per the AP. Durk, whose real name is Durk Banks, won a Grammy this year for best melodic rap performance for his song "All My Life," which featured J. Cole.
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