Lil Durk’s Alleged “Enemies List”: Quando, Trina, YoungBoy, 6ix9ine & More

A text message read aloud in federal court has given jurors a blunt glimpse at the people Lil Durk allegedly considered enemies. FBI Special Agent Cody Burke reportedly presented a message attributed to the Chicago rapper that named Trina, NBA YoungBoy, Quando Rondo, Alexander Witherspoon, 6ix9ine, as well as “the feds” and several other names. Court reporter Taylor Parise reported that the message was sent to someone on Durk’s team and ended with him describing the people listed as those he hated and believed had something against him. Trap Lore Ross, who has also been attending the trial, described the message online as Durk’s “opp list.”

Some of the names carry obvious significance in the murder-for-hire case now before the jury. Quando Rondo is the alleged target of the August 2022 Los Angeles shooting that killed his cousin Saviay’a Robinson, also known as Lul Pab. Prosecutors contend that the attack was retaliation for the 2020 killing of King Von, who was fatally shot after a fight involving Quando outside an Atlanta nightclub. Durk has pleaded not guilty and denied ordering the hit. The government has spent much of the trial introducing messages and social media evidence it says help establish his anger following Von’s death.

Alexander Witherspoon brings a different piece of Durk’s past into the same message. Witherspoon was shot outside The Varsity in Atlanta in 2019 during an incident that led to attempted murder charges against Durk and King Von. Prosecutors initially alleged the two rappers were involved in robbing and shooting him, according to FOX 5 Atlanta. The case against Durk was ultimately dropped in 2022, with his attorney saying there was insufficient evidence to continue the prosecution, per Revolt.

Meanwhile, online reactions to Durk's alleged list quickly held on “Trina,” with some users assuming Durk meant Miami Rap veteran Trina. The courtroom updates available so far do not establish who that reference was actually about, making the memes considerably more certain than the evidence. The same caution applies to several of the other nicknames unless prosecutors identify them more clearly during testimony.

Durk's defense has consistently argued that prosecutors are assigning criminal meaning to communications and music that do not establish he orchestrated Robinson’s killing. The jury will ultimately have to decide how much weight to give this newly public message alongside the rest of the government’s case.