Lil Durk cleared in federal murder-for-hire case, but faces separate racketeering trial

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk (Durk Banks) was acquitted of all five federal murder-for-hire charges in a Los Angeles case linked to a daytime shooting that killed the cousin of rival rapper Quando Rondo; prosecutors argued he plotted to kill the target in retaliation for King Von's death, but jurors cleared him. He still faces a separate racketeering-murder and firearms trial scheduled for October, while two co-defendants were convicted of stalking-related charges in the same case.