Lil Durk Quietly Returns After Instagram Hiatus

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Lil Durk makes his way back onto Instagram and people anticipate that he has new music on the way.

It's only necessary to remove yourself from social media sometimes. And it makes sense for artists to do the same, especially as aspects of their personal life bleed into the public eye. Last month, the death of King Von shocked the world. The 26-year-old Chicago rapper, who was signed to Lil Durk's OTF imprint, was readying a takeover; having been a week removed from the release of his highly-anticipated album, Welcome To O'Block.

Twitter and Instagram became the main sources for new developments on Von's death, and it seems that Durk found out of Von's passing while on Instagram Live. Later, it was alleged that Durk bought out all of tickets to Quando Rondo's show as revenge. And just before that, Tekashi 6ix9ine got extremely disrespectful towards Von.

Durk vanished from Instagram shortly after sharing a tribute post to Von. A little less than a month later, and he quietly reinstated his account. Many fans expressed their relief at his return. And with The Voice still set to drop, people are hoping that this means that Durk will be dropping some new music before the year comes to an end. The rapper previously stated that he wrapped up his forthcoming album The Voice so, at this point, we're just waiting on a release date. 

Are you excited for more music from Durk?


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Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.
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