LOS ANGELES (WLS) — Grammy Award-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk has been charged in a federal grand jury indictment alleging he conspired with others to murder a rival rapper, it was announced Friday the Department of Justice.

Durk Banks, 32, aka Lil Durk, was charged with conspiracy; use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death; use, carry and discharge firearms and a machine gun; and possession of such firearms in the course of a crime of violence resulting in death.

The indictment adds two criminal charges against banks.

The four-count indictment, handed down Thursday evening, adds Banks as a principal defendant to a previous indictment handed down on October 17 and charges other defendants in connection with the August 2022 murder of a parent of a rival rapper near the Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles. Angeles.

Kavon London Grant, 28, aka “Cuz” and “Vonnie,” of Atlanta; Deandre Dontrell Wilson, 33, aka “DeDe,” of Chicago; Keith Jones, 33, aka “Flacka,” of Gary, Indiana; David Brian Lindsey, 33, aka “Browneyez,” of Addison, Illinois; and Asa Houston, 36, aka “Boogie,” of Chicago, were also charged.

Banks was arrested Oct. 17 near Miami International Airport after law enforcement learned he had been booked on several international flights, the DOJ said. A federal judge in Miami ordered him held without bail until he is transferred to Los Angeles for arraignment.

The six defendants, none of whom have yet pleaded guilty, are expected to be arraigned in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles in the coming weeks.

According to the indictment, Banks formed an organization in 2010 called Only the Family (OTF), which, among other things, produced and sold hip-hop music by artists primarily from the Chicago area. The OTF also acted as a de facto association of individuals who engaged in violence, including murder and assault, at the direction of Banks and to maintain their status within the OTF, the DOJ said .

Banks argued with one victim, identified in court documents as “TB.” The feud stems from a November 6, 2020, murder in which a TB associate shot and killed an OTF rapper named Dayvon Bennett, aka “King Von.” Bennett and Banks were close friends, the DOJ said.

In response to Bennett’s murder, Banks allegedly put a price on TB’s life.

On August 19, 2022, several OTF members and associates used two vehicles and worked in tandem to track, stalk and attempt to murder TB for hours, culminating in a shooting at a gas station near the Beverly Center mall , the DOJ said. The co-conspirators used multiple weapons, including a machine gun, and fired at least 18 rounds into TB’s vehicle, striking and killing a victim identified in court documents as “SR,” who was a member of TB’s family. TB, officials said.

Banks allegedly ordered TB’s killing, and the hitmen used money from OTF-linked banks and finances to carry out the attack, the DOJ said. Banking and theft records show that an OTF member and close associate of Banks coordinated and paid for five co-conspirators’ travel from Chicago to California the day before the killing, the DOJ said.

At the time the one-way flights were purchased, Banks told the FTO associate who was booking the flights, “Don’t book any flights without my names involved.” »

On the same day that the hitmen traveled from Chicago to California, Banks also traveled to California on a private jet with Grant. Later that day, Grant allegedly purchased ski masks that the shooters would use to commit the murder and paid, using a credit card in Banks’ name, for the other co-conspirators’ hotel rooms.

The other five defendants are in federal custody in Illinois after their initial appearance in court in Chicago. They remain charged with one count of conspiracy; one count of using interstate facilities to commit murder for hire resulting in death; and one count of using, carrying and discharging firearms and a machine gun and possessing such firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death. Jones faces an additional charge of possessing a machine gun.

If convicted, all defendants will face a statutory maximum sentence of life in federal prison, the DOJ said.

The FBI and Los Angeles police are investigating.

Banks also accused in lawsuit in the gang-related shooting that killed Chicago rapper FBG Duck.

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