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'Consumed with revenge': Trial underway for Grammy winner Lil Durk, accused of murder-for-hire

In rapper Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial, prosecutors painted him as a man "consumed with revenge," after the death of his close friend Dayvon Bennett, known as King Von. Durk Banks' defense attorneys place the blame on his former personal assistant.

'Consumed with revenge': Trial underway for Grammy winner Lil Durk, accused of murder-for-hire

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In rapper Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial, prosecutors painted him as a man "consumed with revenge," after the death of his close friend Dayvon Bennett, known as King Von.

Durk Banks' defense attorneys place the blame on his former personal assistant.

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In rapper Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial, prosecutors painted him as a man "consumed with revenge," after the death of his close friend Dayvon Bennett, known as King Von. Durk Banks' defense attorneys place the blame on his former personal assistant.

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