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  "title": "Lil Durk Acquitted in Murder-for-Hire Trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/lil-durk-acquitted-in-murder-for-hire-trial",
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  "summary": "A Los Angeles federal jury on Friday found Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk not guilty of murder-for-hire, conspiracy and stalking resulting in death charges in the 2022 killing of rapper Quando Rondo’s cousin, according to the Los Angeles Times. Prosecutors alleged that rapper (real name: Durk Banks) directed hit men to target rapper Quando Rondo, born […]",
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