Chicago rapper Lil Durk was arrested in Florida on murder-for-hire charges

Rapper Lil Durk was arrested in Florida on murder-for-hire charges.

The Chicago-born artist, née Durk Banks, was arrested Thursday and is currently being held in a Broward County, Florida, jail, according to arrest records viewed by USA TODAY. The 32-year-old Grammy winner is awaiting transfer to the US Marshals.

Further details about his arrest have yet to be released, but it comes after federal murder-for-hire charges were filed against five people for allegedly targeting Georgia rapper Quando Rondo in retaliation for the murder of Chicago rapper King Von The charges were filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles and obtained by USA TODAY on Friday.

USA TODAY has reached out to Banks’ representative for comment.

Prosecutors allege that all five people – named Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston – have ties to Banks’ hip-hop group Only The Family.

King Von, born Dayvon Bennett, was a member of the hip hop collective and a friend and frequent collaborator of Banks, including on the track “Crazy Story,” and Banks was on Bennett’s debut studio album, “Welcome to O’Block.” ” listen .”

In December 2020, Banks released the track “The Voice” as a tribute to Bennett, who died on November 6, 2020 at the age of 26 after a shooting outside an Atlanta nightclub. According to an Atlanta police statement at the time, Bennett was shot around 3:20 a.m. during an argument between two groups of men that “escalated into gunfire.”

Banks is known for “All My Life” with J. Cole, “Broadway Girls” with Morgan Wallen and as a guest artist on Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later.”

This story has been updated to add new information.

Contributor: Jenna Ryu

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Lil Durk arrested for murder-for-hire