US rapper Lil Durk found not guilty of murder-for-hire scheme
Lil Durk holds aloft a Grammy award for best melodic rap performance in 2024. Photograph: Richard Shotwell/Invision/APView image in fullscreenLil Durk holds aloft a Grammy award for best melodic rap performance in 2024. Bowman’s cousin, Saviay’a Robinson, was fatally shot in the ambush.Kacey Hester, who said he had been a shooter in the attack, testified, according to Courthouse News, that Banks probed for details on the ambush: “Did somebody get hit?
- ▪Lil Durk holds aloft a Grammy award for best melodic rap performance in 2024.
- ▪Photograph: Richard Shotwell/Invision/APView image in fullscreenLil Durk holds aloft a Grammy award for best melodic rap performance in 2024.
- ▪Bowman’s cousin, Saviay’a Robinson, was fatally shot in the ambush.Kacey Hester, who said he had been a shooter in the attack, testified, according to Courthouse News, that Banks probed for details on the ambush: “Did somebody get hit?
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Lil Durk holds aloft a Grammy award for best melodic rap performance in 2024. Photograph: Richard Shotwell/Invision/APView image in fullscreenLil Durk holds aloft a Grammy award for best melodic rap performance in 2024. Photograph: Richard Shotwell/Invision/APLos AngelesUS rapper Lil Durk found not guilty of murder-for-hire schemeProsecutors accused musician, born Durk Banks, of putting bounty on fellow rapper in retaliation for friend’s killingUwa Ede-OsifoFri 11 Sep 2026 22.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 11 Sep 2026 22.03 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleChicago rapper Lil Durk has been acquitted of all charges in a murder-for-hire scheme, in which a man was fatally gunned down in 2022.Prosecutors had accused Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, of putting a bounty on Atlanta rapper Tayquian…
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