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LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Opening statements began Monday in the murder-for-hire trial of Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk, who is accused of placing a bounty on a rival Atlanta rapper.
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Prosecutors told jurors that Lil Durk, whose legal name is Durk Banks, set in motion a plan to stalk, hunt and kill Tyquian Bowman, an Atlanta rapper known as Quando Rondo.
According to prosecutors, the alleged plot resulted in the death of Bowman’s cousin.
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Banks, 33, has pleaded not guilty through his defense team, which argued during opening statements that he had no involvement in the alleged scheme.
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If convicted, Banks could face a sentence of life in federal prison.
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