Lil Durk Is Going to Trial on Murder-for-Hire Charges. Here’s What to Know About the Case

A jury will decide whether the Chicago rapper put a bounty on rival Quando Rondo. Billboard breaks down the legal situation and what to expect at trial.

Lil Durk performs onstage during the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 22, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Nearly two years after his arrest on murder-for-hire charges, the once-ascendant Chicago rapper Lil Durk is set to face a trial in federal court.

Jury selection begins on Thursday (Aug. 20) in the case that alleges Durk ordered members of his Only the Family (OTF) label crew to kill rival rapper Quando Rondo in retaliation for the 2020 killing of his close friend and collaborator King Von. Rondo was shot at a Los Angeles gas station in 2022 and survived, but another man known as Lul Pab was killed in the crossfire.