Durk Derrick Banks (born October 19, 1992), better known as Lil Durk, is a … Read Full Bio ↴Durk Derrick Banks (born October 19, 1992), better known as Lil Durk, is a rapper, singer, and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. Durk is best known for his involvement in the drill wave that took the music world by storm in the 2010s. He is the founder of his own record label and rap collective, Only the Family (OTF).
Beginning his career, from 2011 to 2012, Durk released his debut, un-official mixtape, I’m a Hitta which was released on August 26, 2011. On April 3, 2012, Durk released his sophomore mixtape, a sequel to his previous tape, I’m Still a Hitta. Durka later released his third mixtape on November 5, 2012, titled Life Ain’t No Joke
Like many drill artists, Durk’s early career was plagued with legal issues and accusations of violence. These issues eventually led to his shows being canceled.
From 2013 to 2015 Durk released a total of four projects, three mixtapes, and an album. October 10, 2013, marked the release of the first Signed to the Streets, one of Durk’s most notable mixtapes and the start of a series. In the summer of 2014, specifically July 4, Durk released a sequel to Signed to the Streets and released Signed to the Streets 2 featuring his “What You Do to Me”.
2015 would be an enormous year for Lil Durk as in July 2015, Durk released his debut studio album, Remember My Name which featured his Jeremih-assisted “Like Me.” Later that year, Durk released his sixth mixtape 300 Days 300 Nights which included his then-girlfriend, Dej Loaf-assisted, “My Beyoncé.”
From 2016 to 2017, Durk released a total of four solo projects and one collaborative project. On July 22, 2016, Durk released his sophomore studio album, Lil Durk 2X accompanied by features such as Future, Young Thug, Yo Gotti and more. Ending the year, Durk released They Forgot, his seventh mixtape.
Beginning 2017, in February, Durk released his seventh mixtape, Love Songs for the Streets, which is deemed as one of his most notable projects including features from Moneybagg Yo and YFN Lucci. Later that year in August, Durk released a collaborative EP with Lil Reese titled Supa Vultures; the project included his “Nobody Knows”. On October 19, 2017, Durk carried on with his Signed to the Streets series with the highly anticipated Signed to the Streets 2.5. The mixtape included the start of yet another song series titled “India” dedicated to his fiancé India Cox otherwise known as India Royale.
In 2018, Durk released two projects, he began with Just Cause Y'all Waited, Durk’s highest-charting mixtape peaking at #57 on the Billboard 200. Durk then released a sequel to Love Songs for the Streets titled Love Songs 4 the Streets 2. Durk was extremely successful prior to this album, however, many say that this exact album broke Durk into the mainstream rap industry as it had been his first project to chart in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.
2020 was an even better year for Lil Durk as he released his almost chart-topping Just Cause Y’all Waited 2 which peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200. It was later followed up with a deluxe.
The scars of violence run deep in Durk’s discography, particularly arising from the loss of OTF members Nunu (Nuski) and King Von at the hands of gunfire. Both artists are commemorated on his album The Voice, for which a deluxe version was released in 2021.
Anointing himself as the voice of the streets, Durk followed up this project with the release of the collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes with Lil Baby which brought the Chicago native artist his first #1 album.
Marking his first solo #1 album, in March 2022, Lil Durk released a melodramatic take on the deaths of his loved ones through an album titled 7220. The album became Durk’s first solo project to top the charts.
Beginning his career, from 2011 to 2012, Durk released his debut, un-official mixtape, I’m a Hitta which was released on August 26, 2011. On April 3, 2012, Durk released his sophomore mixtape, a sequel to his previous tape, I’m Still a Hitta. Durka later released his third mixtape on November 5, 2012, titled Life Ain’t No Joke
Like many drill artists, Durk’s early career was plagued with legal issues and accusations of violence. These issues eventually led to his shows being canceled.
From 2013 to 2015 Durk released a total of four projects, three mixtapes, and an album. October 10, 2013, marked the release of the first Signed to the Streets, one of Durk’s most notable mixtapes and the start of a series. In the summer of 2014, specifically July 4, Durk released a sequel to Signed to the Streets and released Signed to the Streets 2 featuring his “What You Do to Me”.
2015 would be an enormous year for Lil Durk as in July 2015, Durk released his debut studio album, Remember My Name which featured his Jeremih-assisted “Like Me.” Later that year, Durk released his sixth mixtape 300 Days 300 Nights which included his then-girlfriend, Dej Loaf-assisted, “My Beyoncé.”
From 2016 to 2017, Durk released a total of four solo projects and one collaborative project. On July 22, 2016, Durk released his sophomore studio album, Lil Durk 2X accompanied by features such as Future, Young Thug, Yo Gotti and more. Ending the year, Durk released They Forgot, his seventh mixtape.
Beginning 2017, in February, Durk released his seventh mixtape, Love Songs for the Streets, which is deemed as one of his most notable projects including features from Moneybagg Yo and YFN Lucci. Later that year in August, Durk released a collaborative EP with Lil Reese titled Supa Vultures; the project included his “Nobody Knows”. On October 19, 2017, Durk carried on with his Signed to the Streets series with the highly anticipated Signed to the Streets 2.5. The mixtape included the start of yet another song series titled “India” dedicated to his fiancé India Cox otherwise known as India Royale.
In 2018, Durk released two projects, he began with Just Cause Y'all Waited, Durk’s highest-charting mixtape peaking at #57 on the Billboard 200. Durk then released a sequel to Love Songs for the Streets titled Love Songs 4 the Streets 2. Durk was extremely successful prior to this album, however, many say that this exact album broke Durk into the mainstream rap industry as it had been his first project to chart in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.
2020 was an even better year for Lil Durk as he released his almost chart-topping Just Cause Y’all Waited 2 which peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200. It was later followed up with a deluxe.
The scars of violence run deep in Durk’s discography, particularly arising from the loss of OTF members Nunu (Nuski) and King Von at the hands of gunfire. Both artists are commemorated on his album The Voice, for which a deluxe version was released in 2021.
Anointing himself as the voice of the streets, Durk followed up this project with the release of the collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes with Lil Baby which brought the Chicago native artist his first #1 album.
Marking his first solo #1 album, in March 2022, Lil Durk released a melodramatic take on the deaths of his loved ones through an album titled 7220. The album became Durk’s first solo project to top the charts.
Spin The Block
Lil Durk Lyrics
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(Spin, spin) Southside in this muhfucka
If they gon' come down and do it all (ATL Jacob)
They gon' turn back around too, they-they coming back around
Atlanta to the Chi', all the way around (yeah!)
Spin the block, spin it one more time (all the way, all the way)
Got the drop on you, sittin' outside (skrt, skrt)
Me and Durkio go back to back (back to back)
Hangin' out the window, Mac to Mac (brr)
Spin the block, nigga, spin it one more time
Unload that Glock, nigga, load that one more time
Fuck them cops, nigga, spin it one more time
Hit the spot then I'm hittin' it one more time
I'm a southside Englewood nigga with a check
How the fuck you into it with us and you ain't kill nobody yet?
You was holdin' up diplomas, they was holdin' up a TEC
While my migos drink Corona, we was pourin' up the Tech
So don't ever front your move, 'cause Booka catch you through the back
Ain't no rumors for no school, paperwork and spittin' facts
And they goin' off my word, only time they give it back
And my brother lost that trial time, he tryna give it back (gang)
We be rollin' in the lobby, we be mixin' it with flats
That's why they don't play with me 'cause I'm not friendly with the threats
Only The Family in my eyes, I got it tatted on my neck
I just took a flight to Detroit, got some head playin' Dex
While my baby mamas trippin' thinkin' they made my life a wreck
And they all thought I was tripping 'cause I said his ass a wreck (hoe)
Why they steady ask for cash, and they know their ass in debt (let's get it)
In that city we doing 9, that shit first flight to the feds
They wanna kill us (kill us)
Foenem geekin' off them dots, they wanna drill up (drill up)
I know some niggas payin' rent, doin' fill ups
Before they talk to me, these niggas rather talk to pillows
We talkin' to these trenches, niggas act like they don't hear
I throw my set up with that draco 'cause we bang
These niggas mad, they turned to opps 'cause they can't hang (facts)
They tried to drag my name through mud 'cause they ain't gang (facts)
They say they family but they don't understand my pain (facts)
Told them old-heads, sit back, just don't get involved
And that dope they got ain't sellin', they brought fentanyl (fentanyl)
23 and 1, no visits, I ain't get a call (ain't get a call)
Foenem put them beams on you, look like chicken pox (chicken pox)
And that gun I got, that shit don't even come in stocks (brrah)
And that nigga I call my plug, his shit don't come in rocks
And I heard my ex-bitch out here bad, I heard she full of cocks
And you'd think he fuck with Craig, the way he flippin' cars (brr)
Ooh, ridin' 'round with your draco (ridin' 'round with a draco)
Ooh, ridin' 'round with your mask on (I'm ridin' 'round with my mask on)
Ooh, ridin' 'round with your Glock out (I'm ridin' 'round with that Glock out)
Ooh, shout-out niggas who gon' rock out (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Ooh, I ride around with that draco (ridin' 'round with that draco)
Ooh, I ride around with my mask on (with my mask on)
Ooh, I ride around my check up ('round that my check up)
Ooh, I ride around with my mask on (let's get it)
Spin the block, spin it one more time (all the way, all the way)
Got the drop on you, sittin' outside (skrt, skrt)
Me and Durkio go back to back (back to back)
Hangin' out the window, Mac to Mac (brr)
Spin the block, nigga, spin it one more time
Unload that Glock, nigga, load that one more time
Fuck them cops, nigga, spin it one more time
Hit the spot then I'm hittin' it one more time
I'm a hot nigga, sound like Juvenile
Hit the pot, nigga, hold the other side
Off that block, where the shit get pop-popped
Bullet brr, sprinkle, sprinkle, bodies drop, drop (brr, brr)
Every hour, there's a homicide
Fuck them cowards, they can't come outside
Soon as you up the tool, oh, ain't 'bout to let it fly
Niggas get out of line, gotta let it die
Spin the block and spin it one more time
Hit the top, hit it one more time (let's go)
Spin the block, spin it one more time
Drop the top, it's a Aston Martin
Ask my Zoe, he gon' ride or die
Kick a door, we go eye for eye
Split the goal, blood on your mind
Aventador, I can touch the sky
Out the jungle, like no track and field
Baby gangster, get it how you live
RondoNumbaNine, get you out of here
I just turned the Gucci socks to a ski-mask
I stopped drankin' for a month, then I relapsed
Got my hood sewed up and I don't be there (I got dawgs)
Bought some chains for my niggas, what they be 'bout?
Give a bitch ten Gs when she leave out
Catch the bullets from the stick, cut your sleeves out
Going straight for the hit, then you ease out
Do a U-turn, hit 'em up, then speed out
Ain't no lead on, just somethin' to read 'bout
Spin the block, spin it one more time
Hit your block, say it's man down
Hit his top, hit him one more time
Spin the block, hit it one more time
All the way, all the way
If they gon' come down and do it all (ATL Jacob)
They gon' turn back around too, they-they coming back around
Atlanta to the Chi', all the way around (yeah!)
Spin the block, spin it one more time (all the way, all the way)
Got the drop on you, sittin' outside (skrt, skrt)
Me and Durkio go back to back (back to back)
Spin the block, nigga, spin it one more time
Unload that Glock, nigga, load that one more time
Fuck them cops, nigga, spin it one more time
Hit the spot then I'm hittin' it one more time
I'm a southside Englewood nigga with a check
How the fuck you into it with us and you ain't kill nobody yet?
You was holdin' up diplomas, they was holdin' up a TEC
While my migos drink Corona, we was pourin' up the Tech
So don't ever front your move, 'cause Booka catch you through the back
Ain't no rumors for no school, paperwork and spittin' facts
And they goin' off my word, only time they give it back
And my brother lost that trial time, he tryna give it back (gang)
We be rollin' in the lobby, we be mixin' it with flats
That's why they don't play with me 'cause I'm not friendly with the threats
Only The Family in my eyes, I got it tatted on my neck
I just took a flight to Detroit, got some head playin' Dex
While my baby mamas trippin' thinkin' they made my life a wreck
And they all thought I was tripping 'cause I said his ass a wreck (hoe)
Why they steady ask for cash, and they know their ass in debt (let's get it)
In that city we doing 9, that shit first flight to the feds
They wanna kill us (kill us)
Foenem geekin' off them dots, they wanna drill up (drill up)
I know some niggas payin' rent, doin' fill ups
Before they talk to me, these niggas rather talk to pillows
We talkin' to these trenches, niggas act like they don't hear
I throw my set up with that draco 'cause we bang
These niggas mad, they turned to opps 'cause they can't hang (facts)
They tried to drag my name through mud 'cause they ain't gang (facts)
They say they family but they don't understand my pain (facts)
Told them old-heads, sit back, just don't get involved
And that dope they got ain't sellin', they brought fentanyl (fentanyl)
23 and 1, no visits, I ain't get a call (ain't get a call)
Foenem put them beams on you, look like chicken pox (chicken pox)
And that gun I got, that shit don't even come in stocks (brrah)
And that nigga I call my plug, his shit don't come in rocks
And I heard my ex-bitch out here bad, I heard she full of cocks
And you'd think he fuck with Craig, the way he flippin' cars (brr)
Ooh, ridin' 'round with your draco (ridin' 'round with a draco)
Ooh, ridin' 'round with your mask on (I'm ridin' 'round with my mask on)
Ooh, ridin' 'round with your Glock out (I'm ridin' 'round with that Glock out)
Ooh, shout-out niggas who gon' rock out (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Ooh, I ride around with that draco (ridin' 'round with that draco)
Ooh, I ride around with my mask on (with my mask on)
Ooh, I ride around my check up ('round that my check up)
Ooh, I ride around with my mask on (let's get it)
Spin the block, spin it one more time (all the way, all the way)
Got the drop on you, sittin' outside (skrt, skrt)
Me and Durkio go back to back (back to back)
Hangin' out the window, Mac to Mac (brr)
Spin the block, nigga, spin it one more time
Unload that Glock, nigga, load that one more time
Fuck them cops, nigga, spin it one more time
Hit the spot then I'm hittin' it one more time
I'm a hot nigga, sound like Juvenile
Hit the pot, nigga, hold the other side
Off that block, where the shit get pop-popped
Bullet brr, sprinkle, sprinkle, bodies drop, drop (brr, brr)
Every hour, there's a homicide
Fuck them cowards, they can't come outside
Soon as you up the tool, oh, ain't 'bout to let it fly
Niggas get out of line, gotta let it die
Spin the block and spin it one more time
Hit the top, hit it one more time (let's go)
Spin the block, spin it one more time
Drop the top, it's a Aston Martin
Ask my Zoe, he gon' ride or die
Kick a door, we go eye for eye
Split the goal, blood on your mind
Aventador, I can touch the sky
Out the jungle, like no track and field
Baby gangster, get it how you live
RondoNumbaNine, get you out of here
I just turned the Gucci socks to a ski-mask
I stopped drankin' for a month, then I relapsed
Got my hood sewed up and I don't be there (I got dawgs)
Bought some chains for my niggas, what they be 'bout?
Give a bitch ten Gs when she leave out
Catch the bullets from the stick, cut your sleeves out
Going straight for the hit, then you ease out
Do a U-turn, hit 'em up, then speed out
Ain't no lead on, just somethin' to read 'bout
Spin the block, spin it one more time
Hit your block, say it's man down
Hit his top, hit him one more time
Spin the block, hit it one more time
All the way, all the way
The lyrics to Lil Durk's song "Spin The Block" are difficult to interpret without an understanding of the context and the culture from which the song comes from. However, through the song, Lil Durk gives us insight into the mentality of the streets, where violence seems to be the answer to any problem. The song starts with a reference to the south and the idea that what goes around comes around. Then, Durk speaks to his enemies and offers a warning to spin the block again, indicating that he won't stop until he's taken retaliation. He then offers a chilling image of himself and another rapper going back to back with guns, hanging out the window with weapons in hand. With each spin of the block, they reload their weapons, showing a dedication to their violent intentions.
The following verses offer more insight into the mentality of the streets with references to gang culture, drug use, and the need to prove oneself. Durk tells his enemies not to "front their move" because his crew will catch them from the back. He speaks about his loyalty to his "family" and how he's not "friendly to the threats." Durk also references his brother, who lost a trial and speaks about his own life and relationships with women, indicating that he's well connected, but at the same time, he's constantly under attack.
Overall, the lyrics of the song speak to the mindset of the streets, where violence dominates, and the need to maintain a reputation and loyalty to one's crew is paramount. It's a frightening, but perhaps realistic depiction of a world where death is always around the corner.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Durk D. Banks, Jacob Denzal Canady, Joshua Howard Luellen, Nayvadius Wilburn
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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@michaelfernandes2982
Lil Durks verse serious bars straight hood
@dontcopymystyle4469
💯🙌🏾💪🏾
@pontiacmadetawaz8650
Durk ate this beat up
@jessicamorales7716
DURK IS FOREVER THE REAL ONE
@andrewmwape3809
Been 3 years and i still think this is hard asf
The world must be overheated from sleeping on this🔥🔥🔥
@kriss666
“Ride around with ur mask on” hit different now 😷😷
@BSN2023
😂
@effedyourmom5033
Lmao takes 2 weeks for only 26 niggas to feel you 😴
@depressedgaming8704
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@GibsonWife
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