Durk will head to trial facing federal murder-for-hire charges in August. Young Thug performs onstage during ComplexCon 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on October 26, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker/Getty Images for Complex Trending on Billboard Young Thug knows what it’s like to be sitting behind bars awaiting your day in court. Thugger took to X on Wednesday (May 13) with a message in support of Lil Durk , calling for the Chicago rapper’s freedom. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Free smurk please god,” he wrote. Free smurk please god — Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) May 13, 2026 Fittingly, Brian Steel, the powerhouse attorney who represented Young Thug in his YSL RICO case, filed to join Lil Durk’s legal team in March and represent him in his federal murder-for-hire case. Steel facilitated a plea deal for 15 years of probation and time served to get Thugger out of jail in October 2024 after the YSL rapper spent over two years behind bars. “I get very close to my clients.…