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 on 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 arraigned in Dirksen Federal Court. . , reported the Chicago Tribune.
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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 the affiliate When Rondo, Timothy “Lul Tim” Leeks, was charged with 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 Lil Durk’s representatives 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 found 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.
King Von, whose real name is Dayvon Daquan Bennett, was shot and killed outside a shisha lounge in Atlanta in the early morning 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 to gunshots” around 3:20 a.m., resulting in six people shot and two killed. Surveillance footage released 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 “self-defense,” rapping, “he should have never put his hands on me, look at the footage, that’s all the evidence.”
Before his arrest, Lil Durk was promoting his upcoming 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.