Chicago rapper Lil Durk, actual title Durk Devontay Banks, simply received extra unhealthy information as he sits behind bars for allegedly hiring individuals to homicide a rival rapper in Los Angeles. The rapper was already dealing with severe prices for the murder-for-hire plot towards Georgia rapper Quando Rondo, however now, it appears much more prices are in Durk’s future linked to a very separate incident.
A day earlier than his detention listening to on Thursday (Dec. 12), unsealed courtroom data declare Durk was behind the 2022 deadly taking pictures of Stephon Mack, a recognized gang member. In keeping with paperwork obtained by Dailymail.com, Mack, a frontrunner of the Smashville faction of “Gangster Disciples,” was shot and killed in Illinois again in January 2022.
Durk was allegedly concerned in Mack’s homicide as a part of one other supposed revenge plot honoring the dying of the rapper’s brother, Dontay “DThang” Banks, in keeping with ABC Information 7. Dontay was killed in 2021 by a faction of “Gangster Disciples” with ties to Smashville, the warrant utility stated.
In keeping with a federal agent concerned within the case, “Lil Durk was and nonetheless is providing cash for individuals to kill these chargeable for his brother’s homicide.” The submitting which was submitted in April 2023 however lately unsealed, continued saying “extra particularly, providing to pay cash for any Gangster Disciple that’s killed.”
Two males, Anthony Montgomery-Wilson and Preston Powell, have already been charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire in Mack’s killing. In keeping with HipHopdx, investigators have allegedly discovered textual content message conversations by which one of many males requested: “Did durk gave (sic) u that cash.”
The very last thing Durk wants as he’s dealing with prices for one murder-for-hire plot is one other murder-for-hire case towards him. Official prices haven’t been formally introduced towards the rapper but, however regulation enforcement say the investigation into these issues stays open, in keeping with the Chicago Tribune.
In response to the case towards Durk, his legal professionals informed the courtroom through the latest listening to “Mr. Banks has been intensely dedicated to giving again to the Chicago group he loves via his Neighborhood Heroes Basis and has placed on greater than a dozen charitable occasions over the previous couple of years.” They continued saying “He’s trying ahead to preventing towards these false allegations in courtroom.”
Lil Durk was denied bond and can stay in jail till his trial.