Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk charged with orchestrating 2022 Los Angeles killing

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested successful Florida connected national charges that he paid for nan attempted 2022 revenge sidesplitting of rapper Quando Rondo astatine a Los Angeles state station, a shooting that resulted successful nan decease of Rondo's cousin.

Durk, 32, is charged pinch conspiracy to perpetrate murder-for-hire successful nan slaying of Saviay'a Robinson, 24, who was gunned down connected Aug. 19, 2022, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday.

Five different members of Durk's Chicago-based rap collective, “Only nan Family" aliases “OTF,” person besides been arrested and astatine slightest 2 much arrests whitethorn beryllium forthcoming, according to tribunal documents that person been filed. Durk was arrested Thursday nighttime successful South Florida arsenic he attempted to fly nan country, nan FBI says.

Durk, whose existent sanction is Durk Banks, won a Grammy earlier this twelvemonth for Best Melodic Rap Performance for his opus “All My Life,” which featured J. Cole. He has besides been nominated 3 times and was a featured performer connected Drake's “Laugh Now Cry Later.”

FBI Agent Sarah Corcoran said successful her affidavit that OTF members prosecute “in violence, including execution and assault, astatine nan guidance of Banks and to support their position successful OTF.”

Durk's representatives did not instantly respond to emails Friday seeking comment.

According to Corcoran's affidavit and different national tribunal records, nan shooting stems from nan November 2020 slaying of OTF rapper King Von, 26, astatine an Atlanta nightclub aft Von and Rondo sewage into a fight. Records opportunity a friend of Rondo's pulled a weapon and changeable Von respective times, sidesplitting him. Von, whose existent sanction was Dayvon Bennett, had 2 deed singles, ″Crazy Story″ and “Took Her to nan O.”

Authorities opportunity Durk made it known that he would “pay a bounty” to anyone who killed Rondo, whose existent sanction is Tyquian Bowman.

Almost 2 years later, a execution crippled quickly came together, Corcoran wrote.

On Aug. 18, 2022, Durk's associates learned that Rondo was staying astatine a Los Angeles hotel. That day, Deandre Wilson, Keith Jones, David Lindsey, Asa Houston and a 5th unnamed fishy flew from Chicago to San Diego and past drove to Los Angeles utilizing costs provided by Durk, Corcoran said.

That day, Durk allegedly texted an subordinate arranging nan flights, “Don’t book nary flights nether nary names progressive wit me.” Corcoran said location is video grounds that Durk was staying astatine a location successful nan San Fernando Valley that day.

Once arriving successful Los Angeles, nan OTF members met Kayon Grant, who had flown location connected a backstage jet. Grant, a apical OTF associate, sewage nan men edifice rooms, purchased them 4 skis masks and obtained 2 luxury sedans, tribunal records say. Grant allegedly gave Jones, Lindsey and a 3rd unnamed fishy guns, including 1 that had been converted into a afloat automatic instrumentality gun.

The adjacent day, nan group allegedly followed Rondo and Robinson arsenic they drove a Cadillac Escalade to a Los Angeles marijuana dispensary, a West Hollywood clothing shop and past a state position crossed nan thoroughfare from nan Beverly Center.

There, Houston parked his car down nan position truthful Jones, Lindsey and nan unnamed suspect could ambush Rondo. They sewage retired and opened fire, sidesplitting Robinson, who was opinionated extracurricular nan Escalade, but missing Rondo, nan indictment and news stories astir nan shooting say.

The suspects past went to an In-N-Out hamburger guidelines wherever they discussed costs pinch Grant and past flew location to Chicago from San Diego, Corcoran and different documents say. Wilson allegedly later paid Jones and Lindsey an undisclosed amount.

Grant, Jones. Lindsey, Wilson and Houston were arrested Thursday successful Chicago connected conspiracy to perpetrate murder-for-hire charges. No lawyer accusation was instantly disposable for those men successful tribunal records.

After their arrests, Corcoran wrote, Durk booked 2 flights from South Florida airports — 1 to Dubai and 1 to Switzerland. He past booked a backstage formation to Italy, but was arrested successful Miami earlier he could committee that flight.

Durk and nan different defendants are being held pending their transportation to Los Angeles.