Durk Derrick Banks, an American rapper, singer, and composer born on October 19, 1992, goes by the stage name Lil Durk. He founded the organization and musical company Only the Family and is its primary founder.
Durk gained a cult following after the publication of his Signed to the Streets mixtape series in 2013–2014, which resulted in a record deal with Def Jam Recordings. Remember My Name (2015) and Lil Durk 2X, Durk’s first two studio albums, was released by Def Jam before he left the company in 2018. (2016).
After releasing his Just Cause Y’all Waited for mixtape independently in March 2018, Durk inked a contract with Alamo Records in July. With the single “Viral Moment” off his fifth studio album, Just Cause Y’all Waited for 2, Durk made his first debut as a lead artist on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2020.
Did Lil Durk go to high school or college?
He attended high school at Paul Robeson High School. After having a child at age 17 and leaving Paul Robeson High School to join the Black Disciples, a street gang in Chicago, Lil Durk began to take his job more seriously.
He started having legal issues soon after joining, and in October 2011 he was sentenced for weapons-related offenses such as having a gun with a serial number that had been altered. According to court documents, he later entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge of aggravating illegal use of a firearm.
