Jailhouse claims put Lil Durk back in the spotlight

An accused hitman has allegedly told a jailhouse informant that Lil Durk was tied to a bounty connected to the 2022 killing of Stephon Mack in Chicago.

According to AllHipHop.com, the statements raise new questions in a federal case where the rapper is already being held without bond on a separate murder-for-hire charge. Prosecutors say the case stems from Mack’s shooting outside the Youth Peace Center on Chicago’s Far South Side, where Preston Powell—known as Marley—and co-defendant Anthony Montgomery-Wilson were implicated.

Investigators believe the motive traces back to Chicago street tensions. Mack was accused of involvement in the 2021 killing of Durk’s brother, D-Thang, outside a Harvey nightclub. Powell is scheduled to be tried first, and prosecutors are seeking to introduce Montgomery-Wilson’s statements, which claim a bounty was offered for Mack’s death by “Individual A”—a figure widely believed to be Lil Durk.

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