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NYC rapper Kyle Ricch recently reacted to an unreleased track of Lil Durk from his upcoming ninth studio album, Deep Thoughts. Scheduled to be released on November 22 through Sony Music, Only the Family, and Alamo Records, the album will be Lil Durk's first work to come out after the rapper's arrest.
OTF rapper Lil Durk was arrested for charges of murder-for-hire on Thursday, October 24, according to police records obtained by magazine XXL. Other members of his rap group - Kavon London Grant (aka Vonnie), Deandre Dontrell Wilson (aka DeDe), David Brian Lindsey (aka Browneyez), Asa Houston (aka Boogie), and Keith Jones (aka Flacka) were also arrested the same day.
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In the video that went viral online, Kyle Ricch played Lil Durk's unreleased song and dropped his candid reactions on the same. Netizens were quick to react to it on X, praising the track and hoping it would be released shortly. Some popular responses on X are as follows:
"He was cooking before he was gone."
"Man, the streets need Durk home. Free Durkioo!" wrote another.
"Nah he gotta drop this," wrote one fan.
Many netizens questioned why Kyle Ricch had an unreleased musical number of Lil Durk.
"Why tf he got it," asked one.
"How you know it’s from the album," pointed another.
"Bc he’s on the album and probably the song he’s previewing," one netizen explained.
Fans continued to share their opinions on Kyle Ricch's reaction and Durk's track.
"I ain’t gon lie that shit need to stay put up," opined one.
"He delivered before he was gone," commented another.
"Kyle Ricch be solid for him Smurk," inferred another fan on X.
Lil Durk was arrested for allegedly planning a murder-for-hire on rapper Quando Rondo on August 19, 2022. According to a report by Fox 11 Los Angeles, Rondo and his cousin Lul Pab were allegedly in a black Cadillac Escalade at a gas station in the Beverly Grave neighborhood when they were accosted by gunmen. The gunmen reportedly started firing at them, resulting in Lul Pab losing his life. However, Rondo was unscathed after the incident.
According to Billboard, the complaint against Lil Durk said:
“Banks [Lil Durk] put a monetary bounty out for an individual with whom Banks was feuding named T.B [Rondo]. Banks ordered T.B.’s murder and that the hitmen used Banks and OTF-related finances to carry out the murder.”
As per federal authorities, the 2022 shootout was an alleged retaliation to OTF member King Von's death in 2020. The 26-year-old rapper was fatally shot in Atlanta during an alleged gang fight between his and Rondo's gangs.
Celebrity lawyer Bradford Cohen explains Lil Durk's charges and defense
Celebrity lawyer Bradford M. Cohen went through the lawsuit filed against Lil Durk and his OTF partners and explained the same in an October 29 podcast on the YouTube channel Law&Crime Sidebar with Jesse Weber.
According to Cohen, there was no proper evidence against Lil Durk, unlike his other OTF mates. The five other members allegedly had plane tickets, videos, and other clues, making it difficult for their lawyers to develop a solid defense.
"I think that Durk will still have a defense…. I think there's some missing pieces there, when it comes to Durk, about how involved he was in this alleged conspiracy. The other guys, where they all have plane tickets, they all got a car, you know, they're on tape. That's going to be a very difficult case for those lawyers who have that case," he said.
However, he recalled seeing a text message where Lil Durk allegedly asked someone not to associate the rapper with "any kind of flights that they're taking." Although Cohen commented that it wasn't a "good text," he remarked that the evidence was circumstantial.
The celebrity lawyer also explained that the feds had ways to procure evidence.
"There are so many ways these days to catch individuals in this type of crime where you have cell phone records, GPS data. You're going to have cross-reference on the phones, what phones are together, at what times you're going to have car rental agreements, you're going to have videotapes," he continued.
He elaborated on the situation, asserting how the feds obtain evidence from sources that seemingly lack any. He said:
"Very often, you find these red light cameras and things like that that the feds get on state cases. Where I want the footage, where I know it's good for my client, they're like, 'Sorry, we don't save that footage.'"
He continued:
"But somehow the feds get, you know, camera footage from red light cameras, camera footage from the next door neighbor, camera footage from some guy who's just randomly on the street..."
The rapper was first taken to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on the afternoon of October 25, i.e., one day after his arrest. The rapper is still in federal detention, and an arraignment is expected to take place in the coming weeks.
