April 25, 2025
Whereas incarcerated, Lil Durk is staying rooted in his religion by guiding fellow inmates on their journey to Islam.
Lil Durk is staying grounded in his religion whereas awaiting trial from behind bars and utilizing his time to assist fellow inmates convert to Islam.
The Chicago Drill rapper’s father, Dontay Banks, made a latest look on The Breakfast Membership the place he shared how his son is making a optimistic influence on these round him throughout his time in jail.
“What Allah is doing for us proper now, constructing us to be a greater man, is bigger than what they attempting to do to us and attempting to tear us down,” Banks mentioned. “[Durk] was telling me that when he got here in, there was, like, 4 Muslims on the block. He mentioned now it’s 17 Muslims on the block, so he in there changing.”
It’s a technique to keep optimistic and targeted on a light-weight on the finish of an unsure tunnel, Banks defined.
“As a human, you sitting in there 4 partitions … it’s gonna have this impact on you however you recognize you at all times bounce again, you at all times have a look at the larger image,” he mentioned.
Lil Durk, actual title Durk Devontay Banks, is awaiting trial in a murder-for-hire case stemming from an alleged 2022 plot towards rapper Quando Rondo, which finally resulted within the loss of life of Rondo’s cousin, Saviay’a Robinson (aka Lil Pab). The assault was reportedly to avenge the 2020 loss of life of Lil Durk’s artist King Von.
Durk has pleaded not responsible, and his authorized staff is pushing for the case to be dismissed, arguing that the grand jury was misled by false data sourced from YouTube fan pages. Nevertheless, if convicted, Durk may face a life sentence in federal jail.
His trial was postponed in January and scheduled to start on October 17. The delay adopted an unsealing of a 2024 FBI affidavit, which accuses Durk of being concerned in a second murder-for-hire plot that he hasn’t been charged for.
The affidavit references textual content messages and social media posts between two people discussing a cost from the rapper for the 2022 killing of Stephon Mack, a 24-year-old believed to be a Gangster Disciples chief, a gaggle Lil Durk allegedly suspects was behind the 2021 homicide of his brother, Dontay Banks.
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