Lil Durk Arrested in Florida on Murder-for-hire Charges – NBC Chicago

Chicago-based rapper Lil Durk is in federal custody Friday morning after being arrested overnight in Broward County, Florida, on charges of murder-for-hire.

The Miami-area arrest comes days after the rapper, whose real name is Devontay Durk Banks, played a show at the United Center in Chicago.

The murder-for-hire charge against Banks also comes as five members of the Chicago-based “Only the Family” crew, or OTF, with which Banks has ties, were indicted as co-conspirators in a Los Angeles murder-for-hire plot. California.

It was not immediately clear whether or not Banks was in custody in connection with the same case.

Banks, 32, is also being sued by the mother of murdered fellow Chicago rapper FBG Duck, who claims Banks and his record label profited from Duck's 2020 shooting.