LOS ANGELES — Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk must remain behind bars in downtown Los Angeles while awaiting trial on federal criminal charges stemming from an alleged murder-for-hire conspiracy near the Beverly Center two years ago, a judge ruled Thursday.
The 32-year-old Chicago rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, pleaded not guilty last month to charges of conspiracy, use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, and using, carrying, and discharging firearms and a machine gun and possession of such firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
At the conclusion of a detention hearing Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue ruled that Banks should remain jailed based on what prosecutors argued was significant risk of flight, ongoing danger to the community and witnesses, and risk that he could obstruct of justice…