Further, the victim’s mother reportedly says her family doesn’t object to Lil Durk receiving bond, despite previously filing a wrongful death lawsuit.
Support for Lil Durk’s release is spreading well beyond his inner circle as the rapper prepares another attempt to secure bail. Michael Rubin, Jay-Z, and J. Cole have written directly to the federal judge overseeing his case, urging him to consider the man they know outside the courtroom. Their letters accompany a new proposed bond package that reportedly puts a substantial portion of Durk’s music earnings and other assets at stake. The requests follow Durk’s September 11 acquittal on all five charges in his federal murder-for-hire trial. Although the jury cleared him in that proceeding, he remains incarcerated on separate murder-related racketeering and firearms charges. His next trial isn’t scheduled to begin until Aug. 30, 2027, and his attorneys are seeking his release in the interim.
In an Oct. 12 letter submitted on Roc Nation letterhead, Jay-Z described Durk as someone who used his success to create opportunities for younger artists in Chicago. He also argued that the judge should give considerable weight to the recent acquittal. “That verdict deserves weight,” Jay-Z wrote, adding that the court should allow Durk to await his next trial at home under conditions it deems appropriate. Durk entered federal custody in October 2024 over accusations he financed a Los Angeles attack targeting Quando Rondo two years earlier. Prosecutors alleged the August 19, 2022 shooting was retaliation for King Von’s November 2020 killing during a confrontation involving Quando’s associate.
Quando survived the attack, but gunmen killed his cousin Saviay’a Robinson, known as Lul Pab, near the Beverly Center shopping mall. Jurors returned not-guilty verdicts on all five counts on September 11, 2026, ending the first trial without a conviction against Durk. That case includes allegations about Stephon Mack’s January 2022 killing in Chicago; Durk has pleaded not guilty to the pending charges. Defense lawyer Drew Findling addressed that verdict in the footage below, before Jay-Z’s letter became part of the latest bond application.
