The most eyebrow-raising moment from Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial this week wasn’t a witness testimony or a legal argument.
It was a text message, read aloud in open court, in which Durk lists out the people he says he hates and who “got some against me.”
The message, shared in court on Wednesday, September 2, names Quando Rondo, NBA YoungBoy, 6ix9ine, someone called Puke, Alexander Witherspoon, Buttercup, Trina, and, perhaps most boldly, “the Feds” themselves.
Durk sent this to his manager, and prosecutors are now using it as part of a broader case built around alleged intentions and motivations.
Some observers have started calling it an “opp list,” which carries serious weight in the context of this trial. Each name on that list comes with its own backstory, and prosecutors clearly believe the document helps paint a picture of Durk’s state of mind.
Quando Rondo sits at the center of the case itself. The bad blood between Durk and Rondo is tied to the 2020 shooting death of King Von, Durk’s close friend and fellow Only the Family artist, which happened during a confrontation involving Rondo’s crew.
6ix9ine’s name appearing on the list is less surprising when you know the context. The Brooklyn rapper spent a significant stretch of time publicly taunting Durk online, specifically calling him out for not retaliating after Von’s death, and his name has come up repeatedly throughout these proceedings.
According to XXL, the name “Puke” on the list is believed to refer to GG Puke, a figure connected to the death of Durk’s brother Dontay Banks, known as DThang, who was killed in 2021.
That connection makes his inclusion on the list feel less like casual beef and more like something with much deeper personal stakes for Durk.
The “Trina” reference is still unresolved. It’s not confirmed whether the name refers to the Miami rapper Trina or someone else entirely, and no clarification had been made public at the time of writing.
What’s interesting is how the defense might choose to frame this message. A list of people you dislike, sent privately to a manager, is not on its own evidence of criminal planning, and Durk’s legal team will almost certainly argue exactly that.
The prosecution’s job is to connect the dots between that list and the specific alleged plot at the heart of this trial.
Whether the jury sees the message as a window into motive or simply as venting from a rapper who had made real enemies in a very public industry is the question that hangs over the whole proceeding.
NBA YoungBoy’s inclusion adds another layer to a rivalry that has played out largely through music and social media over the past few years.
The two have traded shots lyrically and publicly, and seeing YoungBoy’s name in a court document alongside figures tied to violence and death gives that feud a very different kind of gravity.
The trial is still ongoing, and more evidence is expected to surface as the case moves forward.
