Memo600 says federal agents tried to pin a 2021 robbery and shootout at Lil Durk’s house on him, and used his own weapons arrest as leverage to get him talking about the OTF boss.
The Chicago rapper flatly denies any role in the incident and insists he has never seen anything illegal go on around Durk.
According to Memo600, the accusation came up in an interrogation room after his arrest for a gold Glock 22 fitted with a switch and a 50-round drum.
He said that arrest happened on the same day as the shootout, which had been widely discussed on social media with his name attached.
“The feds told me they thought that was me,” he said. “It wasn’t me. I got locked up the same day.”
He was firm that he would never target Durk. “I wouldn’t even play with that man like that, bro,” he said, adding, “I got a lot of respect for that man.”
Memo600 described the offer agents made him in plain terms. “Tell us something about Durk and we’ll lower your sentence,” he recalled them saying. He maintains he had nothing to give. “When I got signed, it was strictly music,” he explained.
The only illegal activity he ever shared with Durk’s camp, he said, was smoking marijuana in certain states. “Only thing illegal we ever did in certain cu- certain states is smoke weed,” he said.
The comments add another layer to the federal murder case that has engulfed OTF. In 2024, Lil Durk was arrested alongside OTF DeDe, OTF Jam, OTF Vani and OTF Boogie, as well as Flakko and Brown Eyes.
Memo600 said he personally knows everyone with OTF in their name but has never heard of the other two men. No one in the case has been granted bond, and the trial is set for August 2026.
Memo600 admitted the wave of arrests worried him, though not because he had done anything. “I actually thought I was going to get arrested for affiliation,” he said. “I ain’t got nothing to do with nothing, so why arrest me?”
He has since landed in federal trouble of his own. On June 3, he was charged with possession of machine guns, with prosecutors alleging he bought the weapons in Georgia and sent them to Chicago.
He described the case as open and declined to get into details, but stated, “I’m not guilty.” When asked about straw purchases, he said, “I don’t know what straw purchase means.”
The rapper also addressed the snitching rumors that have trailed members of the OTF crew since the arrests. On OTF Jam, he pushed back on the idea that the two were close, describing them as people who “knew of each other.”
He explained that his past defense of Jam reflected a general rule rather than loyalty. “I want to see proof,” he said, stressing that he does not accept accusations without documentation. “I’m my own man, bro,” he added.
His view of OTF Vani was very different. When rumors surfaced that Vani was cooperating, Memo600 said, “I believed it.” His reasoning was personal. “I know Vani in real life,” he said. “He soft as hell.” He went on to describe Vani as someone trying too hard to win acceptance from the people around him.
Memo600 also revisited the December 2020 music video he filmed in Savannah, Georgia, about a month after the killing of King Von.
A clip from that trip, in which he said “I came here to die today,” drew attention at the time. He said the line was a joke aimed at Quando Rondo, repeating something Quando had said on a livestream. “I was mocking him. I was trolling,” he said.
For now, Memo600 is fighting his own case while maintaining distance from the one hanging over Durk and the OTF camp.
