Lil Durk

Attorney Bradford Cohen Recounts Speaking to Lil Durk One Day Before Arrest

Bradford Cohen, the Florida criminal defense attorney who has represented Lil Wayne, Kodak Black, Drake, Rod Wave, and Travis Scott, says he had a conversation with Lil Durk just one…

Lil Durk Trial: Prosecutors Push Shared-Blame Rule Ahead of Closing Arguments

The most telling detail in the latest Lil Durk court filing is not about what he did on August 19, 2022. It is about whether jurors can hold him responsible…

Lil Durk Declines to Testify in Murder-for-Hire Trial as Defense Rests

Lil Durk's legal team wrapped up their case without putting the Chicago rapper on the stand, a move that now hands the jury everything they need to decide his fate.…

Lil Durk Trial: Judge Says Flights Alone Cannot Prove a Hit

The sharpest moment in Lil Durk's federal trial so far did not come from a witness. It came from the judge, who told lawyers that plane tickets and hotel rooms…

Judge Invokes King Henry II During Lil Durk Murder-for-Hire Bounty Debate

A medieval archbishop's murder from 1170 is now part of a federal courtroom's framework for deciding whether a Chicago rapper ordered a hit. U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald raised the…

Judge Limits What Prosecutors Can Argue in Lil Durk’s Federal Trial

Before a single juror has even begun deliberating, Lil Durk's defense team has already started building a road to appeal. The dispute centers on a legal rule called the Pinkerton…

Lil Durk Won’t Take the Stand as Murder-for-Hire Trial Nears Close

Lil Durk has been behind bars for nearly two years, and now the trial that put him there is entering its final stretch without a single word from the man…

Lil Durk Trial: Former Label Exec Says Violence Was a Marketing Tool

The most striking moment in Lil Durk's federal trial this week had nothing to do with the alleged murder-for-hire plot at its center. It came when a former Alamo Records…