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Lil Durk Durk Banks , better known by his stage name
Lil Durk is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He is signed to the major record
label Def Jam as well as French Montana's Coke Boys imprint.
Early life Banks was raised in the Englewood area, a
violent neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. Musical career
In 2011, Banks was arrested on a weapons charge. He was sentenced to three months in jail,
was released on bond; he was then sent back to do 87 more days. Durk was affiliated with
Glory Boys Entertainment early in his career but never signed with them. Durk started seriously
considering rap as a career after the release of his single, “Sneak Dissin”, which received
mostly positive feedback. On December 2012, Durk released a remix to his song "L's Anthem"
featuring Yo Gotti, Juelz Santana, Meek Mill and Future. On May 21, 2013, Lil Durk inked
a deal on French Montana's label, Coke Boys. After a couple delays, on October 10, 2013,
his fourth mixtape Signed To the Streets got released on DatPiff. It was released under
his own label OTF and Coke Boys. It features two guest appearances from Lil Reese and production
credits from Paris Bueller, Young Chop and more. There has been released 7 music videos
for the mixtape. For "Bars Pt. 2", "Oh My God", "100 Rounds", "Dis Ain't What U Want",
"*** Bros", "Traumatized" and "Hittaz". Signed to the Streets would be named the eighth best
mixtape of 2013 by Rolling Stone. On October 22, 2013, in an interview with XXL Lil Durk
said he was working on his debut album with Def Jam and the Coke Boys collaboration album.
He was planning to release his fifth mixtape, Fuckery, on January 5, 2014. However, on January
6, 2014, Lil Druk stated on Twitter that Def Jam told him not to release the free mixtape.
Legal issues In 2011, Banks was stopped for drinking in
his car and arrested on a weapons charge. He was sentenced to three months in jail,
was released on bond and was sent back to complete 87 more days.
On June 5, 2013, Banks was arrested after allegedly throwing a loaded.40 caliber handgun
into his car when police approached him on South Green Street in Chicago. He was charged
with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. He was held on $100,000 bond and his lawyer
would claim to have nine affidavits from witnesses who confirm Durk's innocence. One witness
also admitted the gun was his. Banks was released on July 18, 2013.
Discography Guest appearances