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Chicago rapper Lil Durk was arrested in South Florida and charged with murder-for-hire, local law enforcement confirmed on Oct. 24.

The 32-year-old rapper, real name Durk Banks, who was injured on stage at Lolapalooza 2022 and also won a Grammy in February, has ties to the OTF (Only the Family) collective and is currently being held in the Broward County Jail Mugshot is published.

Banks’ arrest is reportedly related to a large federal investigation into a murder conspiracy. He is now waiting for custody to be turned over to the U.S. Marshals.

His arrest coincided with the arrests of five other men: Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston, all connected to the OTF, who were charged Thursday by California federal prosecutors.

The defendants face charges of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire resulting in death, and using, carrying and firing firearms and a machine gun to commit a crime of violence resulting in death, as reported by WGNChicago.

It is alleged that the murder plot against Georgia-based rapper Quando Rondo, real name Tyquian Terrel Bowman, was targeted in retaliation for his alleged involvement in the death of another rapper, King Von, who was shot outside the home Nightclub in Atalanta in 2020.

The 26-year-old was one of three men shot after an altercation in a parking lot outside the Monaco Hookah Lounge in Atlanta, Georgia, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said at the time.

In a statement, authorities said Bennett and a group of men arrived at the club where an altercation ensued after being approached by two men in the parking lot around 3:20 a.m.

“The argument quickly escalated into gunfire between the two groups,” the GBI said, adding that Atlanta police officers, both on and off duty, working nearby responded and fired shots.

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“During the shooting, six men were shot during the argument in the group and the encounter with the officers. Bennett and two men died as a result of their injuries, three were injured and are being treated at a hospital,” the statement said. No officers were injured.

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King Von, whose real name is Dayvon Bennett, was Lil Durk’s cousin.

Rondo and his friend Lul Pab were then victims of a fatal shooting at a Los Angeles gas station in August 2022, which left Pab dead.

According to open documents filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, OTF members offered money and music opportunities in exchange for Bowman’s death.

The documents also allege that the defendants used a credit card to travel to Los Angeles in 2022 in search of Bowman. It also adds that Kavon London flew Grant to LA to supply his co-conspirators with weapons and also rented two vehicles which he used to track Bowman and his family.

Lil Durk’s representatives have been contacted for comment.