A brand new indictment in opposition to Lil Durk has nixed all references to his lyrics within the rapper’s murder-for-hire case. Federal prosecutors confirmed the lyrics have been eliminated however mentioned it might not have an effect on their case in opposition to him.
“Defendant Banks has introduced a false narrative that he’s being prosecuted and detained due to his violent lyrics. This declare is, and has all the time been, baseless,” prosecutors wrote in a separate courtroom submitting Friday, per Billboard. “Similar to each iteration of the indictment earlier than it, the [new indictment] incorporates important allegations that present defendant’s alleged position within the execution-style homicide of [the victim] on a busy avenue nook in Los Angeles.” The indictment additionally included a brand new cost of stalking.
The rapper’s lawyer, Drew Findling, filed a response to the brand new indictment and claimed “it seems that the federal government has conceded” the “hotly contested” dispute over his music, in accordance with the publication.
In October, Durk (born Durk Banks) was charged for the tried homicide of rival Quando Rondo, allegedly having ordered his personal “OTF” crew to homicide Rondo. Whereas Rondo survived the September 2022 taking pictures at a Los Angeles fuel station, his buddy Lul Pab was killed within the crossfire.
Durk beforehand pleaded not responsible to the costs. His legal professionals tried to have the case dismissed in April, citing “false proof” offered to a grand jury.
Previous to Friday’s new indictment deleting the lyrics, prosecutors mentioned in a courtroom submitting that Durk was not being prosecuted “due to his lyrics,” however steered his lyrics may very well be cited as proof of their case in opposition to him.
“Except the federal government is prosecuting Banks on a concept of extra-sensory prescience, the lyrics couldn’t have soundly knowledgeable the grand jury’s discovering of possible trigger,” Findling argued in a submitting final month.
Earlier this week, the rapper claimed his lyrics have been “getting used in opposition to him” within the authorities’s murder-for-hire case in opposition to him. In a video assertion posted on Instagram Wednesday, the artist accused the federal government of weaponizing his verse on Babyface Ray’s music “Fantastic Wayne & Jackie Boy.”
“Durk has all the time used music to inform tales, to precise ache to heal — and but those self same lyrics at the moment are getting used in opposition to him. We refuse to remain silent as Black artists proceed to be criminalized for his or her creativity. Rap is artwork,” Durk and his household said within the put up. “As a household, we’re asking the general public, the followers and the tradition to face with us. Stand for fact. Stand for equity. Stand for The Voice.”
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