Lil Durk‘s criminal case just got heavier … the feds say he’s too dangerous to be released on bail, pointing to possible links between the Chicago rap star and another alleged murder-for-hire plot.
Durk’s legal team has been pushing for bail — but on Thursday, prosecutors unsealed a warrant from April 2023 that alleges Durk “offer[ed] money for people to kill those responsible for his brother’s murder” … and say this has become his M.O., and may have also led to the January 2022 shooting death of 24-year-old Stephon Mack.
Federal prosecutors yesterday charged two men with shooting and killing another man outside a Youth Peace Center in January 2022.
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According to the search warrant, Mack was the leader of the Smashville faction of the Gangster Disciples, which the feds say is a rival gang of Durk’s OTF’s Black Disciples.
Mack was killed while leaving the Chicago-area Youth Peace Center.
Chicago PD has had two suspects in custody — Anthony Montgomery-Wilson and Preston Powell — but they believe Durk may have been the motivation for the murder because he “allegedly placed monetary bounties to solicit other murders.”
Feds point to a text message involving the men that allegedly reads, “Did durk gave u that money.”
Investigators also believe Durk’s 2022 track “AHHH HA” essentially amounts to a tacit admission of his involvement, as he boldly rapped on the song, “My brother D-Thang just got killed and I been slow since / But we got back on they ass / I bet they know this.”
Prosecutors are using the Mack investigation to underscore their argument that Durk is too dangerous for release pending his L.A. trial … but Durk’s team is slamming the narrative and claiming he poses no danger to the community.
He’s still facing murder-for-hire charges for the death of Quando Rondo‘s cousin, where he’s yet to enter a plea but he still has a lot of supporters on the outside.
