“The way that prosecutors are using these lyrics is really to strip them of any artistic value, to deny them the status of art at all, and treat them as literal confessions,” said Erik Nielson, a ...

In October Lil Durk was arrested near Miami International Airport on a federal charge of murder-for-hire. The Chicago-born Grammy winner and drill rap pioneer is alleged to have conspired to kill a ...

Lil Durk’s ongoing legal battle is approaching a pivotal moment. The Chicago rapper, who has been in jail since October 2024 on murder-for-hire and weapons charges, is preparing to present a new bond ...

Lil Durk won’t be going to trial this year. In a legal saga that has drawn national attention, the popular Chicago rapper is facing federal charges related to an alleged murder-for-hire plot that ...

Lil Durk’s latest push for release was denied after prosecutors argued his lyrics and fan videos were irrelevant to the serious charges he faces. Lil Durk’s attempt to get out of jail hit a wall this ...

The intersection of hip-hop stardom and criminal justice has rarely felt more precarious than it does for Durk Derrick Banks, the Chicago-born artist known professionally as Lil Durk. Now approaching ...

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