Cries of 'Free Durk' ring loud after Lil Durk is arrested in murder-for-hire plot

People on social media are expressing shock at Lil Durk being arrested in Broward County, Florida on Thursday, October 24.

He's being accused of murder-for-hire, as the feds say he hired a group of men to kill rapper Quando Rondo in 2022. Rondo was in Los Angeles at the time with his cousin Saviay’a "Lul Pab" Robinson, who was killed instead of him.

Before Durk's arrest, five men from his hometown of Chicago were indicted: Keith Jones, Asa Houston, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Kavon London Grant, and David Brian Lindsey. The feds said that Durk's record label OTF paid for their flight to Los Angeles and rented the car that was used in Robinson's murder.

Per Akademiks TV, Durk could receive the death penalty or life in prison if found guilty. But again, if some had their way, the "All My Life" rapper would be released immediately. These are just some of the "Free Durk" messages that people have posted.

Reportedly, the plot to kill Rondo was payback for the killing of OTF rapper King Von. In 2020 Von got into a fight with Rondo, which led to Rondo's friend Timothy "Lul Tim" Leeks shooting and killing him.

What's ironic, though, is that earlier this month, Durk got on social media and celebrated living a calm, trouble-free life. "It feel good to not be in drama and not be into the bs," wrote Durk. "My name staying clean I been doing good getting money making music …. Keep going."

Durk wrote that message despite late rapper FBG Duck's mother filing a wrongful death suit. She accused Durk and Von of putting a $100,000 bounty on her son's head.

"Lil Durk knew long before 2020 that King Von had a vendetta against FBG Duck, sought to rob and kill in the music industry, and consistently sought to build a brand of violence and reality rap based on committing real acts of violence on FBG Duck and the public at large," part of the suit reads, per HipHopDX.

In January of this year, six men, referred to as gang members, were convicted of shooting and killing FBG Duck in 2020.