Rapper Lil Durk Found Not Guilty on All Five Charges in Murder-for-Hire Case

By Micheal Chukwuebuka

American Rapper Lil Durk has been acquitted of all five charges in the federal murder-for-hire case linked to a fatal 2022 shooting in Los Angeles.

After three days of deliberation, the jury returned not-guilty verdicts on all counts, clearing the rapper of allegations that he was involved in a plot to kill fellow rapper Quando Rondo.

Prosecutors alleged that Lil Durk hired a hit team to target Quando Rondo as retaliation for the 2020 killing of his close friend, Dayvon “King Von” Bennett, at an Atlanta nightclub.

According to the prosecution, the gunmen opened fire 18 times at Quando Rondo’s black Escalade outside the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. Although the intended target survived, his cousin, Saviay’a Robinson, was struck and killed in the attack.

Lil Durk’s defense rejected the prosecution’s claims, arguing that his former assistant, Kavon Grant, was responsible for ordering the attack and had allegedly done so in an attempt to impress his boss.

Lil Durk was prosecuted alongside two other defendants in connection with the shooting. The charges against him included conspiracy, stalking involving a dangerous weapon, stalking resulting in death, and two counts related to murder-for-hire.

The jury’s verdict means Lil Durk has been found not guilty on all five charges.