US rapper Lil Durk arrested in Florida on murder-for-hire charge

Durk is allegedly implicated in a 2022 shooting that killed the cousin of rival rapper Quando Rondo.

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Police records seen by US media show the star, real name Durk Devontay Banks, was arrested in Broward County, Florida, on Thursday night and is being held without bail.

The arrest comes a day after five people with ties to Banks' hip-hop group, Only The Family (OTF), were reported to have been charged in Chicago in connection with a 2022 shooting that killed the cousin of rival rapper Quando Rondo.

Lil Durk has had six albums in the US Billboard chart's top five since 2019, and has also collaborated with top stars like Drake and J Cole on hit singles.

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.

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