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Lil Durk Trial Update: What Did He Do and When Could the Verdict Come in Murder-for-Hire Case?

Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial is heading to the jury after prosecutors accused him of orchestrating a deadly revenge plot, and his defence argued reasonable doubt.

International Business Times UK

DJ Akademiks Alleges Drake Dropped $1 Million and Kanye Added $250K to Lil Durk's Legal Defense

DJ Akademiks claims Drake, Ye, and other rappers are financially supporting Lil Durk's legal defence in a federal murder-for-hire trial, though these contributions remain unverified.

International Business Times UK

Lil Durk Trial Begins: Rapper Faces Life in Prison in Explosive Case Prosecutors Say Involves Alleged Hit Plot

Rapper Lil Durk's federal trial for an alleged murder-for-hire plot against Quando Rondo has begun in Los Angeles. Prosecutors claim the attack was retaliation for King Von's death.

International Business Times UK

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XXXTentacion, King Von, Young Dolph, MO3 and More: Is Kash Patel Investigating a Hit List?

Claims about Kash Patel's Empire Records probe and a rapper 'hit list' lack evidence, as speculation swirls around deaths of XXXTentacion and others.

International Business Times UK

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk charged with orchestrating 2022 Los Angeles killing

Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for the attempted 2022 revenge killing of rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station

The Independent UK

Rapper Lil Durk arrested in Florida over murder-for-hire conspiracy

The Grammy award winning artist has been arrested with five others after alledgedly targetting another rapper

The Independent UK

Jury starts deliberating in Gold Coast slaying of rapper FBG Duck after being told by prosecutor, ‘He was murdered by O Block’

The lead prosecutor told the jury that FBG Duck was killed by ‘a violent criminal enterprise’ known as O Block.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Prosecutors close their case in FBG Duck murder trial: ‘They brutally executed him ... when he was out shopping for his son’

The government’s case hinges on proving that O Block is a criminal enterprise that has been locked in a violent conflict with Duck’s Tookaville faction of the Gangster Disciples.

Chicago Sun-Times

After a trial lasting nearly 3 months, jury set to get case of brazen Gold Coast slaying of rapper FBG Duck

Federal prosecutors have linked the rapper’s killing to a yearslong gang war between Duck’s Tookaville faction of the Gangster Disciples and the O Block set of the Black Disciples.

Chicago Sun-Times

In a twist, prosecutors in FBG Duck murder trial intend to bring up criminal records of their own witnesses

The trial has grown into a spectacle that’s spilled out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse and onto YouTube accounts and rap blogs that draw millions of viewers worldwide.

Chicago Sun-Times

Slain drill rapper King Von looms on King Drive

King Von’s controversial mural near Parkway Gardens symbolizes not only the birthplace of drill, which boasts a global reach, but the neglect and violence troubling the community.

Chicago Sun-Times

Entertainment or evidence of a criminal enterprise? Drill rap takes center stage in FBG Duck murder trial

Jurors were shown videos released by rapper King Von, who allegedly placed a bounty on FBG Duck and was later gunned down in another shooting in Atlanta.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘They had one mission — to kill Duck.’ Trial begins in Gold Coast slaying of rapper

Rapper FBG Duck was shopping for a birthday present for his son when a gang rival spotted him inside a swanky children’s boutique in the Gold Coast and made a fateful phone call, federal prosecutors told jurors Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

FBG Duck killing trial is expected to shine a bright spotlight on Chicago’s gang, rap ties

Six “members and associates” of the O Block gang faction face trial Tuesday in a case likely to show gang-rap links that are painstakingly documented in fringe blogs, YouTube videos and online forums.

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FBG Duck’s Gold Coast killing followed years-long gang war involving girl gang assassin, other rapper, feds say

Gang assassin Gakirah Barnes and rival Chicago rapper King Von were key players in a feud that led to the daytime killing of FBG Duck as he shopped on Oak Street for his young son’s birthday, a new court filing says.

Chicago Sun-Times

4 wounded in shooting near ‘O Block’ in Grand Crossing

Gunfire erupted Wednesday in the 6300 block of South Calumet Avenue around the corner from ‘O Block,’ a notoriously violent stretch that includes Parkway Gardens low-income apartment complex.

Chicago Sun-Times

$100K bounty was placed on killing Chicago rapper FBG Duck, informant told Chicago police

“Duck had a price on his head,” a tipster told police, records examined by the Sun-Times show. Another informant told them it started at $50,000 before being raised to $100,000.

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