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Lil Durk | |
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 Lil Durk in 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Durk Derrick Banks |
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| Born | October 19, 1992[2] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[3] |
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| Discography | Lil Durk discography |
| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Member of | Only the Family |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 7 |
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| Criminal information | |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated since October 24, 2024 |
| Criminal charge | Murder-for-hire (x2) |
Date apprehended | October 24, 2024 |
| Imprisoned at | MDC Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Durk Derrick Banks (born October 19, 1992), known professionally as Lil Durk, is an American rapper.[8] Regarded as a pioneering artist in the Chicago-based hip-hop subgenre drill music, he is often considered the subgenre's most commercially successful rapper.[5][6][9] He initially garnered local success with the release of his Signed to the Streets mixtape series (2013–2014), which led to him to sign with Def Jam Recordings. The label released his debut studio album, Remember My Name (2015), and its follow-up, Lil Durk 2X (2016), to moderate commercial reception before parting ways with the rapper in 2018.
Following the independent release of his Just Cause Y'all Waited mixtape in March 2018, Banks signed with Alamo Records in July of that year.[10] His 2020 single, "Viral Moment", marked his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist and foresaw a commercial breakthrough that same year with his singles "3 Headed Goat" (featuring Polo G and Lil Baby), "Backdoor," and "The Voice", as well as his guest appearances on Drake's "Laugh Now Cry Later" and Pooh Shiesty's "Back in Blood", the former peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. He closed the year with his sixth album, The Voice (2020), which peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. Released the following year, his collaborative album with rapper Lil Baby, The Voice of the Heroes (2021), became his first to debut atop the chart. His seventh album, 7220 (2022) became his second to do so, while his eighth album, Almost Healed (2023), peaked at number three and was led by the single "All My Life" (featuring J. Cole), which also peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and won Best Melodic Rap Performance at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, yielding his furthest commercial success.
Banks is a four-time Grammy Award nominee. He founded the Chicago-based collective and record label Only the Family (OTF) in 2010, which included late rapper King Von.[11][12] In October 2024, Banks was arrested by federal authorities on a conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire charge against rapper Quando Rondo.[13] He is also suspected in another murder-for-hire plot that occurred in 2022.[14]
- ^ "Lil Durk New Muslim Name". Instagram.
- ^ "Lil Durk – Universal Music France".
- ^ Lil Durk Takes Complex on a Tour of Englewood on Chicago's South Side | The Neighborhood On Complex. Complex. March 14, 2016. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Lil Durk Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Dylan Green, May 26, 2023 "Lil Durk: Almost Healed Album Review", Pitchfork, As a member of drill's first wave in Chicago in the early 2010s, Durk's music has always been rife with amped-up tales... The drill rapper's mainstream takeover continues with an engaging, guest-heavy, but otherwise run-of-the-mill album.
- ^ a b Mosi Reeves, May 26, 2023 "Lil Durk Balances Chiraq Realism and Global Pop Ambition on ‘Almost Healed’", Rolling Stone, The drill superstar's latest is an occasionally thrilling mix of contradictions... He's arguably the most commercially viable proponent of drill music... But it's not too long before Almost Healed swerves into an incessant stream of goon antics, drill threats
- ^ Weinstein, Mark (August 4, 2016). "Lil Durk Says He Was Waiting for French Montana to Promote 'Lil Durk 2X' Album – XXL". XXL Mag.
- ^ "Rapper Lil Durk Charged Again With Gun Violation". CBS Chicago. June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ^ Tom Breihan, April 20, 2023 "Lil Durk, Fivio Foreign, And The Changing Meaning Of “Drill”", Stereogum, Today, we can safely say that Lil Durk is the biggest star ever to come out of drill... Does Lil Durk make drill music? On the surface, this seems like the stupidest question in the world. Lil Durk is drill music.
- ^ Saponara, Michael (July 27, 2018). "Lil Durk Signs With Alamo Records: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ "Lil Durk's Loyal Fans Get OTF Tattoos". KollegeKidd. April 28, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ^ Weinstein, Max (February 29, 2016). "Lil Durk Confirms He's Still On Def Jam After Leaked Song Contains Shots at Label". XXL. Townsquare Media. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ^ Stamps, Brayden (October 25, 2024). "Rapper Lil Durk arrested on murder-for-hire charges; affiliates of his rap group also charged". WGHP. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
- ^ Reporter, Jenna Sundel (December 12, 2024). "Rapper Lil Durk linked to 2022 Stephon Mack killing amid murder charge". Newsweek. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
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