Lil Durk's Daughter Sparks Controversy After Prank Calling Him In Jail

BY Zachary Horvath
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Lil Durk's daughter's prank call was most likely done in good faith, but some fans of the rapper feel the timing isn't it.

Lil Durk is still awaiting his fate inside the MDC in Los Angeles. It's been a grueling year and change for the Chicago rapper since being arrested in October 2024 for his alleged involvement in a murder-for-hire plot. But even though he's facing the potential outcome of life in prison, one of his kids were trying to cheer him up.

That's what we are to assume anyway based on this clip caught by Live Bitez. The video is of The Voice's oldest daughter Bella, whom he shares with ex-partner Nicole Covone. She explains to her viewers that she's going to pull the "PC Unit" prank on him during their jail call.

For those who don't know, the PC unit is a sector inside a jail for people who need extra protection from the general inmates. It's typically used for higher profile offenders. However, it could also just be for those who have specific concerns for their safety.

After explaining to Durk that she's got a friend who's in a similar situation with her dad, Bella tells him that she told this schoolmate that he was in this PC unit.

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Bella eventually told him it was prank, which got a good laugh out of him. However, he did confirm that he's not in protective custody. "PC is protective custody. That’s when you scared to be on the floor with regular people. I ain’t in no PC, girl," he half-joked.

Overall, though, fans see this as a pretty wholesome moment between daughter and daddy. "Wow that’s a good dad," one Instagram user replied. [Laughing emoji] He's so chill," another writes.

However, some feel there's a time and place for quips like this. "Durk in the Feds fightin for his life and she on the internet playing," an X user pens. A second adds, "Baby girl you supposed to wait till he beat the case that man life on the line he ain’t tryna play that game rn."

Either way, it sounds like Lil Durk is doing what he can to be strong and be there for his kids.

Hopefully, things will get better soon though as his murder-for-hire trial was recently delayed until August 25. However, there's a chance Durk's appearance gets bumped up. "Lil Durk's trial moved to 8/25/26 at a hearing today, but there's a catch," Rolling Stone reporter Nancy Dillon tweeted. "If the judge grants pending motion from 3 co-defendants seeking to sever their cases from Durk's trial, Durk wants to go sooner. The 8/25 date was set to accommodate defense for codefendant, not Durk."

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Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.

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