Chicago rapper Lil Durk was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Florida late Thursday night. He has since been charged in a murder-for-hire scheme.
The 32-year-old rapper, who’s birth name is Durk Banks, was booked into the Broward County Jail before charges were laid.
The popular Grammy Award-winner has long been connected with Windy City Democratic Party power players.
Chicago WGN 9 reports a total of five members of Banks hip-hop group, “Only the Family” (OTF), were indicted on federal charges in Los Angeles in a plot to kill fellow rapper Quando Rondo.
Those named in the indictment are facing charges including conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, committing murder-for-hire resulting in death, as well as the use of, carry and discharge of firearms and a machinegun in the furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death.
Banks was sued earlier this month in the fatal shooting of FBG Duck outside a Gold Coast store in 2020.
Two years ago he had charges including attempted murder dropped following a non-fatal shooting in Atlanta in 2019.
The 33-year-old, from Chicago, has received four Grammy Award nominations, winning the prize for best melodic rap performance in February for “All My Life,” featuring J Cole.
He has had six albums in the U.S. Billboard chart’s top five since 2019, and has also collaborated with top stars like Drake and J Cole on hit singles.