Rapper Lil Durk found of murder-for-hire

A federal jury acquitted Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, of murder-for-hire charges tied to the 2024 killing of 24-year-old Saviay'a Robinson in West Hollywood. Two co-defendants, Deandre Wilson and David Lindsey, were convicted only of stalking, also beating the murder-for-hire counts.

Prosecutors said the plot was revenge for the killing of Banks' friend, rapper King Von, and accused Banks of directing a cross-country pursuit of rival Quando Rondo that instead killed Robinson when shooters missed their target. The case leaned on cooperating witnesses, GPS data, credit card records for plane tickets, and Banks' own lyrics referencing 'sliding for Von.'

Defense attorneys called the cooperators unreliable snitches angling for reduced sentences and argued investigators had built the case around chasing a celebrity. Banks cried as the verdict was read; his two associates now face sentencing on the stalking convictions alone.

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