Lil Durk facing new racketeering charge in murder-for-hire case
Lil Durk has been hit with a new racketeering charge as part of his murder-for-hire case.
The Chicago rapper (real name Durk Banks) is accused of conspiring with others to kill Quando Rondo, resulting in the death of his cousin, Lul Pab.
Durk is charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, one count of using, carrying, and discharging firearms and a machine gun and possession of such firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death.
However, according to Rolling Stone, prosecutors have added new charges to the case ahead of his August 2026 trial: murder in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to commit stalking.
The third superseding indictment accuses Durk of leading a street gang and offering a reward for the murder of a “rival gang member” in Chicago on January 27th, 2022.
Durk allegedly brought $1 million to a recording studio after the hit took place, with an alleged co-conspirator posting a photo on social media with the reward.
The rapper is also accused of being involved in an attempted murder in Atlanta on February 5th, 2019, allegedly related to a dispute over the purchase of a stolen car. When the alleged victim refused to provide a refund, Durk and others are accused of “striking and wounding” the seller with a gun.
The new count of murder in aid of racketeering includes the allegations involving the alleged 2019 Atlanta shooting and the 2022 Chicago killing.
Following news of the additional charges, Durk’s lawyers released a statement claiming his innocence. “This [new] indictment is lipstick on a pig,” they wrote. “For nearly two years now, federal prosecutors have desperately tried to fend off challenges to a very weak case.”
They continued, “Now, just two months before trial – a trial that Durk Banks has demanded at every turn – they pull this pathetic pivot, recycling old accusations into a scrambling prosecutor’s back-up plan: allege racketeering and as many unrelated false claims as possible.”