It&#8217;s been one hell of a year for <a href="/profile/lildurk" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Lil Durk</a>. The past few years felt like he had been restructuring his career following his exit from Def Jam. This year, he notched his first top 5 single of his career with his standout performance on <a href="/profile/Drake" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Drake</a>&#8217;s &#8220;Laugh Now Cry Later&#8221; as Just Cause Y&#8217;all Waited 2 continued to heat up the streets.
The past few weeks, though, his feud with <a href="/profile/tekashi-6ix9ine" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Tekashi 6ix9ine</a> was reignited. The rainbow-haired rapper attempted to keep his name in headlines by feuding with the city of Chicago, again. It didn&#8217;t work as planned, though. Tattle Tales fell short of its initial sales projections and didn&#8217;t launch to the top of the Billboard 200. As the feud continued, Durk didn&#8217;t shy away from reminding 6ix9ine that, even with all of this publicity, it didn&#8217;t reflect in his sales. He went on to <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-durk-labels-himself-chicago-jay-z-disses-6ix9ine-album-news.117288.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">declare himself </a>Chicago&#8217;s Jay-Z.
He still seems to feel that way. As he launched his latest merch drop dissing 6ix9ine, he shared a pensive photo as he reflected on his rise in the past eight years. &#8220;2012 I was #30 top chicago rappers 2020 I’m #1,&#8221; he tweeted before paying homage to the late <a href="/profile/Juice-WRLD" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Juice WRLD</a>.
&#8220;The Voice&#8221; didn&#8217;t become a number one smash single but Durk is well on his way to closing out the year on a big note. His forthcoming project, The Voice is due out next month and it seems like it could be his biggest project to date. 
Do you agree with Durk&#8217;s assessment? Is he the top rapper in Chicago right now? Check his post out below and sound off in the comments. 
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