Durk Derrick Banks, born October 19, 1992, and known as Lil Durk, is an influential American rapper recognized for pioneering Chicago's drill movement. Rising to prominence with his Signed to the Streets mixtapes, Lil Durk signed with Def Jam and released his first studio albums before finding greater success with Alamo Records. His breakthrough came in 2020 with singles like Viral Moment and high-profile collaborations on Drake’s Laugh Now Cry Later and Pooh Shiesty’s Back in Blood. Consistently charting on Billboard, his albums The Voice of the Heroes with Lil Baby and 7220 both reached number one, while Almost Healed and its hit single All My Life featuring J. Cole cemented his mainstream appeal and earned him a Grammy Award. Lil Durk is the founder of Only the Family, a Chicago collective that featured artists such as King Von. In 2024, he was arrested on federal conspiracy charges related to a murder-for-hire case.