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\n\tA grand jury has added new counts to Lil Durk<\/a>\u2019s murder-for-hire case<\/a>, transforming the federal prosecution into a broader racketeering case that now accuses the Grammy-winning rapper and his co-defendants of murder in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to commit stalking.<\/p>\n \n\tThe third superseding indictment, filed Thursday, introduces a new allegation involving the Jan. 27, 2022, killing of a \u201crival gang member\u201d in Chicago. It accuses the \u201cAll My Life\u201d rapper, born Durk Banks, of acting as the leader of a menacing Chicago street gang and offering a reward that led to the killing.<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to the filing, obtained by Rolling Stone<\/em>, Banks allegedly brought $1 million in cash to a music studio after the purported hit, and an alleged co-conspirator later posted a photo on social media showing off \u201chis monetary reward.\u201d The post quoted Banks\u2019 song \u201cAHHH HA,\u201d with the lyrics, \u201cWe be sliding through they blocks and they don\u2019t know we have,\u201d according to the indictment.<\/p>\n \n\tWhile the previous indictment alleged criminal activity dating to 2020, the new indictment reaches back further, accusing Banks of taking part in an attempted murder in Atlanta on Feb. 5, 2019, that prosecutors say was \u201cmotivated by a dispute over the purchase of a stolen car.\u201d After the alleged victim refused to provide a refund, Banks and others purportedly opened fire, \u201cstriking and wounding\u201d the unidentified seller, the indictment says.<\/p>\n \n\tThe new count of murder in aid of racketeering, now listed as Count 1, incorporates the allegations involving the alleged Atlanta shooting in 2019 and the 2022 Chicago killing, citing Georgia and Illinois state laws for murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. The count also incorporates the alleged Los Angeles murder-for-hire plot from 2022 previously charged in Banks\u2019 earlier indictments.<\/p>\n \n\tBanks, 33, has pleaded not guilty to his prior indictments. He denies claims that he used \u201ccoded language\u201d to hire a group of alleged hitmen to travel to Los Angeles and carry out an execution-style killing in broad daylight on Aug. 19, 2022. Federal prosecutors say the intended target was Tyquian Terrel Bowman, the rapper known as Quando Rondo, whom Banks allegedly blamed for the 2020 shooting death of his friend and prot\u00e9g\u00e9, Dayvon \u201cKing Von\u201d Bennett.<\/p>\n