Lil Durk’s father’s story is that of Chicago avenue legend. He was infamously sentenced to life in jail within the early Nineteen Nineties for cocaine distribution. He not too long ago revealed he obtained the prolonged sentence after he refused to snitch on Gangsta Disciple cofounder Larry Hoover.
Final month, Durk’s father, Dontay Banks, appeared on The Chi Podcast and gave a two-part interview that started to go viral on Wednesday (Might 25). Through the discuss, Banks recounted the day he was arrested and the ultimatum he was allegedly given.
“‘You give us Larry Hoover, we’ll put you again on twenty sixth [Street] and you will work for us,'” Banks mentioned the authorities instructed him. “I went in my pocket, pulled out the cardboard to my lawyer, slid it on the desk and mentioned, ‘Name my lawyer.’ And, from then on, right here I’m, 26 years later, a free man. With out telling, with out compromising, with out being one thing I am not. Rats, stool pigeons, individuals who inform issues to get out…We do not reside such a life. I am a Muslim initially. Little question about it. However, even in Islam, we do not imagine in telling. We do not imagine in rats. We do not imagine in stool pigeons.”
He additional drove residence his level by referencing a line from Jeezy’s 2005 track “Soul Survivor.” “I feel it is Jeezy, I just like the little saying he mentioned in his little rap track,” Banks added. “‘Should you ever get caught up, do not point out my title.’ That is one of many slogans I like.”
Lil Durk’s dad was arrested in 1993 after being caught up in cocaine distribution ring. On the time of his arrest, he reportedly had $8 million in his possession, which was seized by authorities. In July 1994, he was sentenced to life in jail together with three different males. He served 22 years earlier than he was capable of enchantment the life-long bid. He was launched after practically 25 years in jail, in February 2019, the place reunited with Lil Durk.
Hoover, who was already serving life in jail for a homicide on the time of Banks’ arrest, was indicted in August 1995 for persevering with to interact in a felony enterprise, extortion and drug conspiracy. Hoover, who has denounced the gang life and works to mentor youth, stays behind bars in the present day, although a number of efforts from the hip-hop neighborhood have tried to help in getting him an enchantment. Final December, Drake and Kanye West carried out a Free Larry Hoover live performance in Chicago in an effort to increase funds for the trouble.
See Lil Durk’s dad speaking on The Chi Podcast beneath.
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