🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Justin Gibson steps down.
Durk’s defense then tells the judge:
“No further witnesses, Your Honor.”
That means Lil Durk’s defense has finished presenting its witnesses.
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Defense follows up:
“You were just asked about music content over real life, right?”
Gibson: “Yes.”
Defense asks whether Durk wanted to “feed into it with music content.”
Gibson: “Yes.”
Nothing else.
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Prosecutors play the “Redman” music video, showing Durk shooting at a Quando Rondo look-alike.
The prosecutor asks Justin Gibson to interpret what he sees in the video.
Gibson simply describes/repeats what is happening on the screen as being asked by the prosecutor.
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Prosecutor presses Gibson about Quando being shot after Durk had been rapping about him for a big part of a year.
The prosecutor suggests it must have been a big deal in Durk’s house.
Gibson: “No.”
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Prosecutors then pull up Durk’s “Pissed Me Off” video.
Justin Gibson: “I did not write it.”
He says he doesn’t know about what a hot car is when asked about the lyric.
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Prosecutors play a Durk lyric referencing Von:
“We pit for Von these Rolls Royce better be bullet proof lil nigga.”
An exhibit with Quando Rondo is then played.
Gibson’s response about rappers: “Rappers like rented cars.”
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Prosecutors play exhibits while questioning Justin Gibson.
Gibson says subliminals are not direct and “could mean anything.”
The questioning then turns to Durk’s music, King Von and Quando Rondo.
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Prosecutor asks Justin Gibson if he knows whether Durk is a Black Disciple.
Gibson: “No.”
Prosecutor: “Are you a Black Disciple?”
Gibson: “No.”
The entire courtroom laughs again. The judge says he doesn’t want to remove family members, but he will if it happens again.
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE:
Prosecutor: “Banks is from Chicago and Banks talks about gang violence?”
Gibson: “No.”
Prosecutor: “You don’t know Banks talks about gang violence?”
Gibson: “I know he’s from Chicago.”
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Prosecutor asks Gibson if he was able to travel and go to shows.
Gibson: “Yes.”
Prosecutor: “Durk talks about gang violence?”
Gibson: “Yes.”
Then the prosecutor starts questioning Gibson about what he actually knows about Durk.
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE:
Prosecutor: “You started working for Sony in 2020 and you started making beats for him in 2021?”
Gibson: “I was the engineer.”
Prosecutor: “That was a big deal for you.”
Gibson: “Yes.”
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Justin Gibson testified he was with Durk on Aug. 16, 17, 18 AND 19, 2022 — the day Quando Rondo was targeted and Lul Pab was killed.
Gibson says he heard NO conversations about a murder on the plane from Miami, in the car, or inside Durk’s house.
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Gibson says Durk saw “6ix9ine capitalizing off Durk name” and thought it was time for Durk himself to capitalize off it.
Gibson says that’s why Durk made “AHHH HA.”
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Gibson says a lot was happening around Durk after King Von’s death.
He says people on social media wanted a reaction from the “Slide for Von” talk, and Durk thought the label would want him to feed into that reaction.
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Justin Gibson says he eventually worked on Durk’s 7220 album.
Gibson says Durk wanted to make a good album, but “AHHH HA” was one of the songs that “pissed me off.”
Defense asks about the thought process behind making it.
🚨 DURK TRIAL DAY 11 UPDATE: Justin Gibson describes how much Durk worked in 2022.
“If it’s 7 days in a week Durk worked 5.”
Gibson says Vonnie helped with Durk’s day-to-day — carrying his bags, handling his money/cards and booking flights.