1. Lil Durk initially garnered local success with the release of his Signed to the Streets mixtape series, which led to him to sign with Def Jam Recordings.
44 Facts About Lil Durk
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Lil Durk closed the year with his sixth album, The Voice, which peaked at number two on the Billboard 200.
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Lil Durk founded the Chicago-based collective and record label Only the Family in 2010, which included late rapper King Von.
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Lil Durk is suspected in another murder-for-hire plot that occurred in 2022.
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Lil Durk Devontay Banks was born on October 19,1992, in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois.
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Lil Durk grew up with a great deal of responsibility at home, as his father was incarcerated when he was seven months old.
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Lil Durk recalled times when there was not enough food at home when he was younger.
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Lil Durk began to establish a presence on social media channels like Myspace and YouTube; Lil Durk grew fond of the idea of being a rapper as his online fan base started to expand.
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Lil Durk later pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aggravated unauthorized use of a weapon, according to court records, and did not serve any time at all.
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On October 19,2012, Lil Durk released his third mixtape, Life Ain't No Joke.
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In December 2012, Lil Durk released the track, called "L's Anthem", which was remixed, featuring French Montana, as a re-release.
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In 2013, due to the popularity of "L's Anthem" and its follow-up single, "Dis Ain't What U Want", Lil Durk accepted a joint venture deal with his collective Only the Family and Def Jam Recordings.
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On October 22,2013, in an interview with XXL, Lil Durk said he was working on his debut album under Def Jam Recordings.
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On March 25,2015, Lil Durk announced the title of his debut studio album, Remember My Name; and revealed the albums expected release date, May 12,2015.
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Later that year on April 20,2015, Lil Durk announced that the expected May 12 release date of Remember My Name was delayed; he revealed the official album cover and announced that its release had been pushed back to June 2,2015.
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On December 15,2015, Lil Durk released his sixth mixtape, 300 Days, 300 Nights.
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The album failed to meet the same standards as his previous studio album, with Lil Durk 2X debuting and peaking at number twenty-nine on the Billboard 200.
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On March 29,2018, Lil Durk announced that his twelfth mixtape would be released the next day at midnight, and his first mixtape was to be released for digital retail, Just Cause Y'all Waited.
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On May 3,2019, Lil Durk was featured on the remix of "Crazy Story" by fellow rapper King Von.
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Lil Durk then released singles for his at the time upcoming fifth studio album Just Cause Y'all Waited 2, which was released on May 8,2020.
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Lil Durk first hinted that The Voice would be released sometime in October 2020.
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Lil Durk initially stated he would release new music on the same day as rapper 6ix9ine's second studio album, TattleTales, to amid their feud at the time.
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Lil Durk later released the album's second single, "Stay Down" with American singer 6lack and American rapper Young Thug along with the music video on October 30,2020, and the song peaked at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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On September 3,2021, Lil Durk was featured alongside Giveon on Drake's song "In the Bible", which is from Drake's sixth studio album Certified Lover Boy.
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On July 31,2022, Lil Durk announced that following an incident that occurred on July 30, where his head was struck by an explosive pyrotechnic, he will be suspending performing and recording to recover from his injuries.
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Lil Durk later shared that he would be releasing a new album soon, which would have thirteen tracks after his previous couple solo albums had a few more tracks than that and ran for longer.
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On November 17,2023, Lil Durk released his fifth compilation album titled Nightmares in the Trenches, which is a collaboration with artists from his label Only the Family and the project features guest appearances from OTF Boonie Moe, Rob49, THF Zoo, Cokilla, Chief Wuk, Doodie Lo, YTB Fatt, Icewear Vezzo, Deeski, and Booka600.
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On January 12,2024, Lil Durk made a guest appearance on 21 Savage's American Dream on the song "Dangerous".
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Lil Durk won Best Melodic Rap Performance with the song "All My Life" featuring J Cole, the lead single from his eighth studio album Almost Healed.
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In late January 2024, Lil Durk announced the future release of his next studio album in response to a Kanye West post, revealing the project's title as Love Songs 4 the Streets 3.
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On February 23,2024, Lil Durk released the project's lead single, an introspective track titled "Old Days", accompanied by an official music video on the same day.
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In July 2023, TMZ reported that Lil Durk was hospitalized due to severe dehydration and exhaustion.
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In late 2011, Lil Durk was arrested on a weapons charge.
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Lil Durk was released on bond, but was later sentenced to 3 months.
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On June 5,2013, Lil Durk was arrested after allegedly throwing a loaded.
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Lil Durk was charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.
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Lil Durk was held on $100,000 bond, and his lawyer would claim to have nine affidavits from witnesses who confirm Durk's innocence.
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Arrest records and prosecutors allege that Lil Durk hired the five men to take part in the shooting in exchange for money and "lucrative music opportunities" to anyone who would murder Quando Rondo.
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Lil Durk has been extradited from Broward County, Florida, to Los Angeles, California, he has since pleaded not guilty and is currently detained at MDC Los Angeles awaiting trial to face charges.
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Lil Durk's trial was scheduled for January 7,2025.
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The feud ended after Lil Durk JoJo was shot and killed on September 4,2012.
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Lil Durk has been embroiled in a feud between Only the Family protege King Von and Baton Rouge rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again.
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Von and Lil Durk began to diss YoungBoy and vice versa through social media and their music.
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On May 4,2023, media personality DJ Akademiks stated that YoungBoy and Lil Durk had reconciled, but on May 8, YoungBoy dissed both Lil Durk and Akademiks on Twitter.