Lil Durk will remain in custody pending his October trial. In a new ruling issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald declined to release the Grammy-winning rapper, born Durk Banks, on a new beefed-up bail proposal including $4.5 million and 24-hour home detention with electronic monitoring and private security. “The …
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Lil Durk appeared today in a federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles, where a judge denied his souped-up bid to be released on bond pending his Oct. 14 trial on charges he orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot that led to a man’s death. Moments after the Grammy-winning “All My Life” rapper …
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A new indictment against Lil Durk has nixed all references to his lyrics in the rapper’s murder-for-hire case. Federal prosecutors confirmed the lyrics were removed but said it would not affect their case against him. “Defendant Banks has presented a false narrative that he is being prosecuted and detained because …
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Lil Durk claims his lyrics are “now being used against him” in the government’s murder-for-hire case against the rapper. Durk (born Durk Banks) was charged last year for theattempted murderof rival Quando Rondo, allegedly having ordered his own “OTF” crew to murder Rondo. While Rondo survived, his friend Lul Pab …
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Chicago drill star Lil Durk‘s lawyer filed a motion on Friday to dismiss murder-for-hire charges from 2022. His team is claiming the feds gave “false evidence” to a grand jury as they presented lyrics he wrote six months before the shooting as evidence. Durk (born Durk Banks) was charged last …
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Say what you will about Lil Durk, but understand upfront that he’s all about a vibe: Whether bucking lyrical shots or crooning a love song, the drill innovator makes moody, hypnotic songs that relate like one relentless, sinuous trance. Almost always, we’re game for being seduced by Durk’s melodic turnups. …
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Lil Durk isn’t letting prison time stop him from giving his fans new music. On Monday, the rapper’s team shared a trailer and the artwork for his upcoming album, Deep Thoughts, scheduled for March 28. The trailer captures his producers in the studio while on the phone with Durk from …
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Lawyers for Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk had their first major chance to attack his murder-for-hire charges and jail detention Thursday, arguing in a federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles that the artist wasn’t trying to flee the country before his October arrest in Miami. They said the “All My Life” …
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Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk has pleaded not guilty to charges he directed a murder-for-hire plot that led to the shooting death of Georgia rapper Quando Rondo’s cousin at a Los Angeles gas station two years ago. The 32-year-old artist, born Durk Banks, entered the plea Thursday and was remanded …
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The world’s biggest drill rapper may spend the rest of his life in bars — and no one should want his crown. This week, Chicago rapper Lil Durk was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill Savannah, Georgia, rapper Quando Rondo in L.A. in August 2022. Quando’s cousin Lul …
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