Lil Durk is being compared to some of Hip Hop’s most respected MCs after a clip of him previewing new music went viral this week.
During a SiriusXM + Pandora Playback event held in Atlanta toward the end of October, the Chicago native played an unreleased song to a small audience.
On Tuesday (November 6), DJ Akademiks shared a brief snippet of the teaser, getting a lot of fans excited. Though the video isn’t too long, it was enough for people to point out that the 31-year-old’s lyrics and beat selection are reminiscent of JAY-Z.
“He’s rapping on some HOV Shit and I’m afraid it actually might work,” one fan wrote in the comments section, while another added: “Chicago JayZ.”
One person even drew the comparison from a different, more negative angle, writing: “I fw durk but this ain’t it [three laughing emojis] sound like 2003 jay z [laughing emoji].”
Others compared the sound to Kanye West, Meek Mill, Lil Wayne and J. Cole, with the general consensus being that he’s “rapping rapping.”
Earlier this year, Lil Durk recalled a conversation he had with JAY-Z that left him stumbling over his words. In an interview with XXL, the OTF frontman spoke about bumping into the Brooklyn rap mogul at a Michael Rubin party last year, where Hov told him he looks to him for motivation.
“I seen him at Michael Rubin’s party [in 2022] and he like, ‘Man, you motivate me,’” Durk remembered Jay telling him. “Man, fuck me up. I forgot my reply to him, ’cause it was on a walk-by. The reply ain’t make no damn sense ’cause it shocked me. I’m like, ‘What the fuck? Damn, that’s hard.’”
Durk’s anecdote came after he named JAY-Z as one of his biggest inspirations when it comes to building an empire of his own.
“Shit, look what he did. Résumé speak for itself,” the 7220 rapper said. “He used to be in this position. He used to be the underdog. The streets used to take him under. And he bossed up, nah’m sayin’? You ain’t see him post pictures every day tryna fit in.”
Lil Durk has referred to himself as Chicago’s JAY-Z in the past.
“Compared to Jay Z” by a random Instagram commenter? Wow. Great story.
Im so used to hearing these guys on autotune, I forgot they can rap too. Sounds good, loose the singing and start a new trend.
So we making articles about ICECREAMKOHNS from twitter now? Fuck you Karan.
This aint nothing new this traaash can staff been doing this forever. Lets make some dumb laughable article about what 3 idiotic rando Gen Zers said on X. This place is done caput it’s the same 5 or 6 people in the comments everyday. Nobody comes here anymore except to totally shiiit on the horrendous staff and rightfully so. This is the worst place on the net it died a long time ago. Its wild these culture vulture out of touch buffoooons like Kara n Sing dont realize how cringe and pitiful they are posting this stoopid stuff
rap music I learn to fuck
is all good