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Lil Durk ‘Not On Trial For His Lyrics Or Music,’ Feds Say In New Filings

Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire case has nothing do with his lyrics or music, federal prosecutors say.

Federal prosecutors are flatly rejecting Lil Durk ’s “false narrative” that they’re unfairly using his lyrics against him, arguing in court filings that the rapper is indicted because of a “brazen murder plot” and not because of his music. Weeks after the feds removed all musical references from the case, they urged a federal judge Monday to reject Durk’s bid to dismiss the charges, arguing there are still more than enough in the allegations beyond the now-deleted lyrics. But Durk’s lawyers sharply pushed back — arguing that “Wonderful Wayne” could not have referenced the Rondo shooting because the rapper wrote and recorded his verses “seven months before the incident even happened.” In April, prosecutors filed a so-called superseding indictment that removed the lyrics.

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