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Durk Derrick Banks aka "lil Durk"

Early Life

Lil Durk was born on October 19, 1992, to his father Dontay Banks, and mother a nurse in a nearby hospital in Chicago. The name of Lil Durk's mother is unknown for privacy reasons. At a very young age Lil Durk had to shoulder a-lot of responsibility at a very young age due to the fact his father was incarcerated when he was the age of 7 years old. Lil Durk recalled that there was time when he didn't have enough food in his home when he was younger. He started his first break through social media channels like Myspace and Youtube. He became more fond of the idea of being a rapper once his online fan base started to grow rapidly than expected. Lil Durk took his career more seriously after becoming a father at 17 and dropping out from high school. Lil Durk attended a Southside high-school by the name of Paul Robeson High School untimely dropping out his senior year to be apart of the gang war in Chicago. Lil Durk joined the Black Disciples after dropping out of high school. Soon after joining he begin to get into trouble with the law as well as served a bit of time. In October 2011, he was hit with gun charges, including possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number. He later pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aggravated unauthorized use of a weapon, according to court records. In 2013 Lil Durk was also arrested again with a loaded .50 caliber handgun in Englewood on an early Wednesday morning after he threw the gun into his vehicle and locking it afterwards. Chicago Police gained a warrant to search the vehicle and found the loaded handgun and arrested the rapper without incident.

Personal life

Lil Durk is currently the father of 3 children from 2 separate women. His first son, Angelo Banks, was born in 2011when Lil Durk was only 17 years old. The mother of the first two children is Nicole Covone which gave birth to their second child Bella Banks in 2013. In the same year the rapper welcomed his third child Zayden and suggested in a recented interview he wants to have a total of 10 children in the future. In the year 2014, the rapper's cousin McArthur Swindle was killed in the south-side of Chicago by rival gang members. McArthur Swindle was working to become a rapper was working with Lil Durk and part of the OTF crew that Lil Durk created. In the year 2015, Lil Durk's manger Uchenna Agina was shot and pronounced dead by gang members in Chicago. This devestated Lil Durk and soon let out a tweet on Twitter stating "Put the guns down Chicago."

Lil Durk Net worth

It is assumed that Lil Durk's total assets added up to be around $400,000 including sponsorships and ad revenue. His annual salary stands around $54,200 and his endorsements are estimated to be around $11,000. Speculations state that his worth have tripled within the period of 2012-2015 and increased from $230,000 to $400,000.

Lil Durk Now

Lil Durk net worth has been estimated to double in the past couple of years to 20 million dollars. Lil Durk has gained a lot of positive feedback on his music despite being at a young age. He is one of the best upcoming rappers and is expected to double his net worth in the next upcoming years. Despite Lil Durk rough up bringing without any mentorship it took his determination to get out the ghetto streets of Chicago.

Until recently Lil Durk has reunited with his father that has been in jail for 25 years. On february 12, 2019 the chicago rapper tweeted that his father Dontay banks has been released from prison and is happy to see him for the first time. Dontay Banks served 22 years behind bars for selling crack cocaine in chicago back in the early 1990s. Authorities report at the time of Dontay Banks arrest he had up to 8 million dollars in his possession that was later seized by the FBI. As stated in The Chicago Tribune Dontay Bank was suppose to serve life in prison until Banks won his appeal after serving 22 years.

-plans on releasing a new single (2019).

On January 30, 2019 Lil Durk released a single called "No Label" trying to spur up excitement to his new album called "Signed to the Streets 3". Lil Durk wanted to create an album to reflect the hardships he endured when growing up in the streets of Chicago and the spoil relationships with friends and more specifically an old lover. In the single "No Label" Lil Durk speaks on the way people treated him when he was going through financial problem in his younger ages trying to make in the music industry, the message leaning more towards his old lover. He speaks on the way she treated him when he was broke and how she treats him now knowing it's too late due to Lil Durk already starting a family with another women.