"Should have kept this to himself" — Internet reacts as Lil Durk's father addresses his son's federal murder-for-hire case, calling it "strange"

Netizens have reacted to Lil Durk's father, Dontay "Big Durk" Banks, speaking out about his son's arrest. On October 24, 2024, the OTF rapper was arrested on charges of murder-for-hire of rapper Quando Rondo's cousin Saviay'a Robinson, as per police records obtained by the magazine XXL.

Five other members of the rap group—Kavon London Grant (Vonnie), David Brian Lindsey (Browneyez), Keith Jones (Flacka), Asa Houston (Boogie), and Deandre Dontrell Wilson (Boogie) were also arrested. Lil Durk was arraigned for murder-for-hire, firearm charges, and conspiracy on November 15, 2024, at the Los Angeles court. As per court records, the rapper pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Lil Durk's father broke his silence about his son's arrest this week. Dontay "Big Durk" Banks claimed that Lil Durk was arrested when he reportedly started practicing religion and doing good to society. During what seems to be a press conference, he also alluded to a government conspiracy being at play in his son's indictment.

"Look at the bigger picture here. Look at what the government's trying to do. They whole thing is, you doing wrong, you doing bad, then that's good for them because that fills up the prisons," he inferred.

Fans online have reacted to Lil Durk's father speaking about his son's arrest. One person wrote:

"He should have kept this to himself , life doesn’t work like that."

Many other netizens also voiced their opinions on the same.

"I definitely see where big durk coming from cuz they do want artists to keep the degradation going and once you refuse there are consequences. Not to dismiss anything he did I’m just saying," wrote another.

"Big Durk need to understand… at the end of the day he still did it 🤷🏽‍♂️. Your past will always catch up to you once you enter “fame”!" one user chimed in.

Other netizens also disagreed with Big Durk's claims, and one even blamed Lil Durk's alleged "lifestyle."

"Big Durk… Lil Durk lifestyle just caught up with him. Unfortunately," one claimed.

"No n*gga thats not how it works. If you did that sh*t it's coming back to haunt you.," wrote another.

"What? You mean when your name and face become more recognizable, people can pin your own crimes on you? What a surprise," one person declared.

Some other reactions on X are as follows:

"He already committed the crimes!!! The deeds was done big Durk. He can’t get ppl murdered then want forgiveness from society. God would forgive him for sure but he have to do his time" a netizen commented.

"Imagine trying to figure out where your son went wrong, and THIS is what you came up with.," opined another.

"Statue of Limitations doesn't mean 'He's not in the streets no more so he can't be charged'. This dude must be retarded to think leaving the streets absolves you of all your crimes within the Statue of Limitations," inferred a user on X.

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Dontay "Big Durk" Banks claimed that Lil Durk became the government's 'enemy' after turning his life around

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During his interview, Dontay "Big Durk" Banks alleged a government conspiracy that got his son arrested. He claimed that the government doesn't interfere when one is "wrong" but has a problem once they become better people.

Dontay "Big Durk" Banks started by thanking fans and well-wishers for their love and support during his son's arrest. Thereafter, he claimed that it was 'strange' for the feds to have arrested him when Lil Durks had turned his life around. According to Bug Durk, his son had started practicing religion and practicing philanthropy.

"I can say is that it's mighty strange that once he started doing good out there, once he stayed away from all the gang-banging, and dissing the dead, and doing things out there in the street, when he turned his life around, practicing religion, doing things for the community, bringing about peace in Chicago and throughout various cities, all of the sudden, now he's being indicted," opined Big Durk.

After narrating several philanthropic deeds of his son, he claimed that Lil Durk had become the government's 'enemy' when he had turned his life around and started doing good to people.

"When you start doing right and tell the people to stop doing wrong, then all of the sudden, you're an enemy to them," he added.

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As per the latest reports, Lil Durk's trial date was recently pushed back from January 7, 2025, to October 14, 2025.