Durk Murder-for-Hire Trial Heats Up as Shooter Testifies About Bounty

In Los Angeles, rapper Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial intensified as witness Kasey “OTF Jam” Hester testified about a bounty on Quando Rondo and described how he and others were recruited to kill him after the King Von confrontation. Jurors heard a jail-call recording and Hester’s earlier statements, which prosecutors say show a coordinated plot, while the defense argues he cooperated to avoid prison and that there is no direct evidence Durk paid for the killing. The government relies on multiple cooperating witnesses; Durk Banks’s defense contends the charges rely on manipulated testimonies and disputed meetings, with other defendants having already pleaded guilty.