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Lil Durk poses in the press room with the award for best melodic rap performance for "All My Life" by Lil Durk featuring J. Cole during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 4 in Los Angeles.

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk is charged in murder-for-hire conspiracy

The Grammy Award-winning rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, was arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for the attempted 2022 revenge killing of rapper Quando Rondo at a gas station.

Murder-For-Hire Charge Dropped Against Drummer For AC/DC

Prosecutors in New Zealand have dropped murder-for-hire charges against AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd because of a lack of evidence.

DOJ brings charges in an alleged Iranian murder-for-hire plot against Trump

Federal prosecutors charged a man who said he had been tasked by a contact in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect.

U.S. charges 3 in alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill Iranian defector in Maryland

The indictment unsealed in federal court is at least the third Iran-based murder-for-hire plot prosecuted by the Justice Department since 2022.

A man has been charged with murdering Migos rapper Takeoff

Houston police announced Friday that Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, has been charged with murder in connection with Takeoff's fatal shooting outside a bowling alley last month.