The federal case against rapper Lil Durk has reached the point where every remaining courtroom moment carries extra weight. As the murder-for-hire trial moves into its final stage in Los Angeles, attention is turning from the broader allegations to the final arguments, jury instructions, and the question of what prosecutors have proved. Lil Durk, whose legal name is Durk Banks, is best known as one of the most visible voices in Chicago drill music and the founder of the Only

In recent weeks, the music world has been shaken by the arrest of Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk in Florida on serious federal charges....