Lil Durk

Chicago rapper Lil Durk began to catch on in the early 2010s when he was still a teenager, bringing pop touches to a raw lyrical style and helping to set the pace for the melodic sound that Chicago rap would become known for throughout the decade. His fame grew as he grappled with various legal troubles, managing to crack the Billboard Top 50 in 2016 with second studio album 2X as well as its 2018 follow-up, Signed to the Streets 3. Born Durk D. Banks, Lil Durk grew up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. The rapper/singer started issuing mixtapes through h...