King Von, real name Dayvon Bennett, was killed during a brawl outside a hookah lounge in Atlanta in November 2020.
Now rapper Lil Durk has been arrested and charged in a murder-for-hire plot.
WHAT HAPPENED TO LIL DURK?
Lil Durk, whose real name is Durk Banks, was arrested in Broward County, Florida, on Thursday night XXLMag first reported.
The website reported that the rapper is being held at Broward County Jail pending transfer of custody to US Marshals.
Reports of his arrest comes just hours after five alleged members of Lil Durk’s OTF collective were accused of taking part in a murder-for-hire plot targeting rapper Quando Rondo and shooting his cousin in August 2022.
The charges against the five men, which were unsealed yesterday by a US District Court in Los Angeles, include conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, committing murder-for-hire involving a death, and use of a machine gun in a violent crime resulting in death.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
If they are found guilty they could face the death penalty. No further details have been given about Lil Durk’s arrest but is expected to be in connection with the same incident.
The indictment claims that the men charged – Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston – all have ties to the ‘Only the Family’ also known as OTF.
The five men were arrested Thursday in the Chicago area.
OTF is a hip-hop collective set up by Chicago South Side rapper Lil Durk who was a mentor of fellow rapper King Von.
THE DEATH OF QUANDO RONDO
In August 2022, a gunman opened fire on Quando Rondo, whose real name is Terrell Bowman, while he was at a gas station in West Hollywood with his sister and cousin.
The plot to shoot Quando Rando is allegedly due to his supposed involvement in the 2020 death of King Von.
An unnamed co-conspirator who is part of OTF offered money and ‘lucrative music opportunities’ to anyone who would kill Quando Rondo.
