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

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.

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Breakthrough Durk maintains his innocence and denies that he ever put a bounty out for the killing.

Since being arrested and charged in October 2024, the rapper — who was not in L.A. during the incident — has argued that prosecutors don’t have real evidence linking him to the crime.

Now, it’ll be up to jurors in Los Angeles to decide whether the case is proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

The “All My Life” hitmaker (born Durk Banks) has assembled an all-star team of attorneys for the task.

He’s repped by both Drew Findling and Brian Steel , two criminal defense attorneys out of Atlanta known for taking on some of the biggest criminal cases in the hip-hop world.

Between the two, Findling and Steel have represented Diddy, Young Thug, Cardi B, Offset, Gucci Mane and NBA YoungBoy.

Rounding out the defense table are Findling’s law partner Marissa Goldberg and L.A.-based defender Christy O’Connor .

Also on trial alongside Durk will be OTF crew associates Deandre “OTF Dede” Wilson and David “Browneyez” Lindsey.

Prosecutors allege these men traveled from Chicago to L.A. on Durk’s orders to participate in the 2022 killing, charges they deny.