Durk Banks, better known by his stage name Lil Durk is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois.

Durk started seriously considering rap as a career after the release of his single, “Sneak Dissin”, which received generally positive feedback. In late 2012, Durk released a remix to his song "L's Anthem" featuring Yo Gotti, Juelz Santana, Meek Mill and Future. In 2013, Lil Durk inked a deal on French Montana's label, Coke Boys.

In the fall of 2013, his fourth mixtape “Signed To the Streets” got released on DatPiff. It was released under his own label OTF and Coke Boys. It features two guest appearances from Lil Reese and production credits from Paris Bueller, Young Chop and more. There has been released 8 music videos for the mixtape. For "Bars Pt. 2", "Oh My God", "100 Rounds", "Dis Ain't What U Want", "Bang Bros", "Traumatized", "Hittaz" and "Times". “Signed to the Streets” would be named the eighth best mixtape of 2013 by Rolling Stone.

In 2014 Durk was named part of XXL’s 2014 Freshman Class.

Today, he continues to produce music and further his musical career.

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