EXCLUSIVE: Lil Durk Offers Up Music Income To Get Out Of Jail, Lul Pab’s Mom Doesn’t Object

Lil Durk put his future music income on the line in a new bond push, offering earnings he could lose if he fled.

His lawyers filed the proposal asking Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald to reconsider keeping the Chicago rapper behind bars after his recent acquittal.

The filing offered future royalties, publishing income, money tied to his name and image, touring earnings and cash and property from supporters.

“In support of his release, we offer a bond package so robust that should Mr. Banks violate his release conditions, both he and his family would be left destitute indefinitely,” his lawyers wrote.

Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg, Brian Steel and Christy O’Connor submitted the brief, which said that while prosecutors opposed release, the slain man’s family did not.

In an attached September 28 letter, Andrea Robinson, mother of Saviay’a “Lul Pab” Robinson, left that decision to the judge considering the rapper’s request.

“On behalf of the family of Saviay’a Robinson, we do not object to Durk Banks being granted a bond if it is deemed appropriate by the Honorable Court,” she wrote.

The federal case grew out of an August 19, 2022 shooting near Los Angeles’ Beverly Center that killed Pab. Prosecutors alleged the intended target was his cousin, rapper Quando Rondo, whose legal name is Tyquian Bowman.

They accused Durk of financing a murder-for-hire plot that sent gunmen after Quando Rondo in Los Angeles. The government claimed the attack was retaliation for the November 2020 killing of King Von during a confrontation involving an associate of Quando Rondo.

Authorities took Durk into custody in October 2024, and he denied the accusations. On September 11, 2026, a jury acquitted him on five murder-for-hire and stalking counts heard in the first trial.

The verdict left him in custody because he also faces separate murder-in-aid-of-racketeering and firearms charges that remained pending, with another trial still ahead. He pleaded not guilty and now wants to be released.

“Following eleven days of evidence and argument and three days of deliberation, the jury unanimously found that Mr. Banks did not beyond a reasonable doubt participate in the conspiracy to stalk Mr. Bowman that ended in Mr. Robinson’s death,” the lawyers wrote.

They also argued that the verdict weakened the court’s earlier concerns about flight and possible interference with witnesses who testified against him.

“The jury’s full acquittal of Mr. Banks sends a clear message about his chances of success at a second trial, and diminishes the likelihood that he would violate his bond conditions should he be released,” the defense wrote.

His lawyers cited an earlier ruling to explain why the new offer went beyond the cash and property already proposed as security.

“[Lil Durk] would still have his intellectual property with which to earn a handsome living abroad. Any set of conditions would need to impoverish [Lil Durk] and lead to the forfeiture of all interest in his intellectual property,” Judge Fitzgerald wrote in the earlier order.

So, the new offer covers digital radio royalties plus publishing rights from Durk’s albums Almost Healed and Deep Thoughts, according to his lawyers.

It also included merchandise, branding and other income tied to his name, image and likeness. Touring completed the four streams, though lawyers acknowledged he could not tour while on the run.

“Mr. Banks offers to encumber each of these future income streams,” his lawyers wrote. “Of course, this encumbrance on his intellectual property is in addition to the other significant collateral: the home that Mr. Banks’ mother lives in, and a significant sum of cash and property proffered by friends who have placed their trust in Mr. Banks.”

Sony Music Entertainment backed part of the proposal in a September 14 letter signed by executive Stephanie Yu and included with the court papers.

“This letter will serve as confirmation that Sony Music Entertainment is prepared to guarantee an appearance bond for Mr. Banks up to an amount of $1,000,000,” Yu wrote.

“Separately, we have also agreed that Mr. Banks is allowed to forfeit his future earnings toward the bond in an amount to be determined by this Honorable Court.”

Letters from JAY-Z, J. Cole, Michael Rubin and former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx also supported the request or described Durk’s character and community work.

The defense said therapy, sobriety and his Muslim faith had changed his life before his arrest. The filing said he completed a 30-day inpatient drug treatment program with encouragement from his wife, India.

JAY-Z’s letter described Durk helping young artists from his community secure recording contracts, giving them work in music and a route beyond limited neighborhood opportunities.

Cole explained that Durk insisted on the hopeful message behind their collaboration “All My Life,” even after Cole asked him for a different song.

“He wanted to push a message of change and of peace and of growth and maturity, and he thought that if I got on this song with him it would have the greatest impact,” J. Cole wrote.