(WGHP) — A popular Chicago rapper has been arrested and charged with murder-for-hire.

According to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, 32-year-old Durk Devontay Banks of Chicago was arrested by the US Marshals Service and charged with murder for hire on Thursday. He is currently being held in Florida pending trial.

The name, date of birth and height of the person listed in Broward County Sheriff’s Office records match rapper Lil Durks, according to Banks’ artist profile on music and entertainment publication Billboard.

The mugshot of Banks also has a neck tattoo with the word “Blessed” matching the tattoo that Lil Durk has.

Lil Durk is the founder of the hip hop group Only the Familyor OTF, which mostly features artists like the late Dayvon Bennett, better known as King Von, performing drill music.

Drill is a subgenre of hip hop known for its themes of gang violence and lyrics that often blur the line between entertainment and real-life stories of criminal activity.

Kung Von was shot and killed on November 6, 2020 after getting into a physical altercation with Tyquian Bowman, better known as rapper Quando Rondo.

Before Banks’ arrest Thursday, it was announced that five people tied to the OTF were indicted in a murder-for-hire conspiracy in California in retaliation for King Von’s death.

OTF members charged with murder-for-hire conspiracy

In June 2024, a grand jury convened and indicted five men on charges of conspiracy and use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death; using, carrying and discharging firearms and machine guns and possession of such firearms in furtherance of a violent crime resulting in death; and possession of a machine gun.

These five men are Kavon London Grant, aka “Cuz”, aka “Vonnie”, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, aka “Dede”, Keith Jones, aka “Flacka”, David Brian Lindsey, aka “Browneyez” and Asa Houston, aka “Boogie .”

The prosecution was brought on October 17, 2024.

The indictment says all five defendants as well as five others listed as “Co-Conspirators 1-5” were “members or associates” of the OTF.

After King Von, referred to in the indictment by his initials, “DB” was killed by an associate of Quando Rondo, referred to by his initials, “TB” on November 6, 2020, the indictment alleges that Co-Conspirator 1 “clarified on a coded language that Co-Conspirator 1 would pay a bounty or monetary reward and/or pay off to anyone who participated in killing (Quando Rondo) for his role in (King Von’s) murder.”

It should be noted that Quando Rondo was never legally charged in connection with the killing of King Von and King Von was shot by an associate of Quando Rondo during the physical confrontation, not Quando Rondo himself.

On August 18, 2022, the conspirators allegedly learned that Quando Rondo was staying at a hotel in Los Angeles. Upon learning this, Wilson, Jones, Lindsey, Houston and Co-Conspirator 2 traveled from Chicago to Los Angeles “for the purpose of assassinating (Quando Rondo).” Grant also traveled to Los Angeles on August 18, 2022 by private jet.

On August 19, 2022, Grant, Wilson, Jones, Lindsey, Houston and Co-Conspirator 2 are accused of using “two vehicles to track, pursue and attempt to kill (Quando Rondo) by gunfire – including with a fully automatic firearm – resulting in SR death of”

SR refers to Saviay’a Robinson, better known as Lul Pab, a cousin of Quando Rondo.

The indictment alleges that the five defendants and co-conspirators both known and unknown “conspired and agreed with each other to knowingly use facilities of interstate and foreign commerce, namely, airplanes, automobiles, cell phones, and the Internet, with intent to commit murder (Quando Rondo).”

Those involved are accused of attempting to kill Quando Rondo “for a promise and agreement to pay, all of financial value, namely money and lucrative music opportunities with OTF.”

It is alleged that “Co-Conspirator 1 would provide benefits to individuals whom Co-Conspirator 1 and other OTF members wanted to find, track and kill, including (Quando Rondo).”

Grant is accused of obtaining “cars, ski masks and firearms to be used by co-conspirators to locate, track and kill (Quando Rondo).”

Co-Conspirator 3 allegedly used a credit card linked to OTF to purchase the airline tickets used to fly the conspirators to California to track down and kill Quando Rondo.

Using the cars allegedly obtained by Grant; Wilson, Jones, Lindsey, Houston, Co-Conspirator 2 and Grant are accused of traveling around Los Angeles looking for Quando Rondo.

When they found Quando Rondo; Jones, Lindsey and Co-Conspirator 2, “would fire multiple shots at (Quando Rondo), killing (Lul Pab), who was a passenger in (Quando Rondo’s) vehicle,” according to the indictment.

Wilson is accused of paying the bounty and/or paying “for the killing of (Lul Pab) on behalf of known and unknown co-conspirators, to the conspirators hired to kill (Quando Rondo).”

It has not been confirmed whether Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire arrest is connected to the indictment.

You can read the indictment in its entirety below:

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