Lil Durk Put a Bounty on Quando Rondo for ‘Revenge,’ Jury Told as Murder-for-Hire Trial Opens

Durk's attorney countered that he had "nothing to do with" the shooting and said another man was the true mastermind.

Lil Durk performs during iHeart Powerhouse 105.1 at Prudential Center on October 28, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.

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A federal prosecutor told jurors on the first day of Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial that the Chicago rapper put out a hit on rival Quando Rondo after becoming “consumed with revenge” for the murder of fellow rapper King Von.

Opening statements were held at the Downtown Los Angeles federal courthouse on Monday (Aug. 24) for charges that the rapper (Durk Banks) ordered his Only the Family (OTF) label crew to kill Rondo in retaliation for Von’s 2020 killing. 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. Durk and several others are charged with counts including conspiracy, stalking and murder-for-hire.