Lil Durk Receives Probation On Gun Charges

August 11, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

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Spotted on NBC Chicago:

Rapper Lil Durk will not serve any additional jail time after pleading guilty Tuesday to two weapons charges stemming from a 2013 arrest.

Durk D. Banks, 21, was arrested June 5, 2013, in the 7200 block of South Green Street after police responded to a report of a person with a gun and saw Banks with a handgun, Sun-Times Media reported previously.

Banks, of Melrose Park, was less than a month away from completing his parole for a 2012 conviction for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon when he was arrested.

During a hearing Tuesday before Judge Joseph G. Kazmierski Jr., Banks pleaded guilty to one felony count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and one count of felony possession of a firearm, court records show.

He was sentenced to 18 months probation and 50 hours of community service, records show. Kazmierski ordered Banks to serve the first 30 days of his probation in jail, but gave him credit for time he already served, meaning Banks will not have to spend any more time behind bars.

Banks praised his legal team in a message posted to Twitter, saying “S/o Sam Adams JR great lawyer to have on your side il take probation anyday I don’t smoke or drink anyway.”

The Chicago-based rapper is signed to Def Jam Records, and is expected to release his debut album later this year.

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Lil Durk Explains What Started Tyga Beef

July 12, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews No Comments  

Courtesy of Vlad TV:

Lil durk sat down with VladTV and explained exactly what started his beef with Tyga, saying it was a lyric he wrote about Tyga’s girlfriend Blac Chyna that set the feud in motion, the line being:

“What do strippers swallow? Maliah, Blac Chyna, just don’t tell Tyga.”

Durk says Tyga heard the track, asked him to change the line, and then made plans to collaborate. Tyga kept checking in to see if the line had been changed before actually sending over his verse, so Durk thought Tyga was only trying to bamboozle him into changing the lyric. Tyga never sent the verse, so Durk never changed the line. The two haven’t spoken since, although Durk insists he has no problems with Tyga at this point.

The Chicago rapper then explains the concept of “sneak dissing,” saying it’s basically talking negatively about someone when that person isn’t around, with Durk remarking that he’s had to deal with it with people he thought were friends.

Durk’s Signed To The Streets 2 is also out now.

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Lil Durk Explains Recent Run-In With The Game

July 4, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews No Comments  

Last week, Lil Durk had a run-in with The Game, who he’s been beefing with on wax ever since he sent out disses to The Game’s lil homie Tyga. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and no blood was shed in L.A.; even better, the two later squashed their beef over the phone.

Speaking with the L.A. Leakers at Power 106, Durk speaks on how that confrontation went down. In related news, the Leakers also liberated one of Lil Durk’s tracks from the forthcoming mixtape Signed To The Streets 2 (which should be dropping any second at this point). You can check that song out, titled ‘I Go’, here.

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2014 XXL Freshmen Cypher Part 2

June 4, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff Videos No Comments  

XXL release the 2nd of 3 cyphers for their 2014 Freshmen list. The second cypher features Rich Homie Quan, Ty Dolla $ign and Lil Durk. If you missed the first one with Kevin Gates, Vic Mensa, August Alsina, Isaiah Rashad and Chance The Rapper you can check it out here. Look out for the final cypher in the next few days.

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Lil Durk Announces Release Date For Signed To The Streets 2

May 27, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Lil Durk announced the release date for his upcoming mixtape, Signed To The Streets 2 (Hosted by Dj Drama and Don Cannon) via his twitter page . Signed To The Street will hit the streets on June 18th. This will serve as warm up to the the release of Lil Durk’s Def Jam debut, Remember Me which is set to come out later this year. Check out a preview of his mixtape in the video above.

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